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The Wire. Sopranos. True Blood. And now Game Of Thrones. The 10-part fantasy series has just finished screening its first season on HBO in the US and already it's being hailed a masterpiece. Based on the series of novels by George R. R. Martin, Game Of Thrones follows the struggle for power among kings in the mythological land of Westeros. The high concept and high budget production is one of epic scale. The pilot alone is said to have cost $US 5 - 10 million.
Among the cast of acclaimed actors such as Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Mark Addy and Lena Headey, is 23-year-old Kit Harington. The English actor is straight out of drama school, with only a lead role in stage show Warhorse to his name. Yet somehow he scored his breakthrough role as Jon Snow, the bastard son of Bean's Eddard Stark.
"I've been a jammy, jammy sod,'' says Harington.
"I'd been doing Warhorse for a year and wanted to do something else when this audition came through the door for a pilot in a HBO series.
"I did three auditions and as I got further I began to think `this is a part I could really do.'
"I guess the more I thought that, the more they did too.''
Harington says he was attracted to Jon Snow because he's "an unusual hero type.''
"I don't think I've read or seen a character quite like him,'' he says.
"His story's very separate from what goes on the with the iron throne and his father and family. "He's been rejected by everyone because he's an illegitimate child and I like that he has to go off and do his own thing.
"It makes him incredibly strong-willed, determined and he has this chip on his shoulder.
"At the same time he's dealing with something much darker than everyone else is (in the series). "It's exciting.''
His first film job of any kind, Harington says it was "terrifying and amazing'' to be on the Games Of Thrones set in Northern Ireland with renowned actors and multi-million dollar set pieces.
"I kept asking people `is this usual for a TV show, is this normal?'' he says.
"And they were all like `no, this is usual for a big film.''
"I've grown up watching Sean on shows like Sharp, I've seen most of Pete's movies, I'm a huge fan of Mark Addy and it was fantastic to be opposite them.
"I look up to them and it was great to see how they worked and what they'd do.
"This was my first film job so I had to learn on my feet.''
Part of that learning experience was dealing with the pranks of show creators and lifelong friends David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Harington says although you "honestly couldn't ask for two nicer guys'' as bosses, they can be "a bit mean.''
"They were horrible to me once,'' he says with a laugh.
"We get new editions of the script every day and they noticed I was a bit of a vain narcissist so they sent me this version of the script where Jon gets set on fire and his whole face gets burnt off.
"They had things in there like he was permanently disfigured and horrific to look at.
"I called my mum and I was like `I can't believe they've done this.'
"I thought I'd just have to deal with it like a professional.
"Then when I walked on set that day they were all there laughing at me.
"I'll get them back one day.''
In the meantime, Harington and the team are basking in the success of Season 1, with Season 2 set to commence filming in Northern Ireland at the end of this month. Harington says he’s relieved Game Of Thrones is a success, like he originally predicted it would be.
“It always felt like something that should work, but you’re never sure what the outcome’s going to be,” he says.
“As it’s gone on, more and more people have got on board this thing we’ve created.
After getting the part of Jon Snow, Harington says he started reading Martin’s books and, like millions of readers before him, got hooked.
“They are page turners,” he says.
“They really get you completely immersed in that world.
“I never used to be a big fantasy fan but I’ve got into it now, it’s true escapism.”
A slap back to reality for Harington has been the “mental” fan mail he gets from Game Of Thrones diehards, particularly those of the female variety.“I can’t say specifically what it is in case they’re reading this,” he says.
“But I also get a lot of normal fan mail, which is brilliant because I’ve never had it before.
“I like getting it and reading it and learning about someone else’s’ life which is very different from my own and has been effected by the show.
“It makes for an interesting read.
“I think it’s really sweet someone takes the time to write a letter to say they like what you’re doing.
“Especially a handwritten letter, you don’t get those very often nowadays.”
Harington will experience fandom on a whole new level when he takes part in the Game Of Thrones panel at Comic Con, San Deigo this month. He says it will be his first time at the “massive” event and he’s looking forward to “lots of attention, because I’m an actor.”
**Stay peeled for my follow-up story with Kit Harington on Game Of Thrones, Season 2, and my exclusive on his first film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D at Bloodydisgusting.com
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