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‘Game of Thrones’ Star Reveals Anger at Fans’ Remake Petition

The show’s finale received significant backlash after airing in 2019.

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington said he was infuriated by a fan petition to remake the show’s finale with “competent writers.” The actor played one of the HBO juggernaut’s key protagonists, Jon Snow, until it wrapped in 2019 and saw firsthand what the cast, crew, and writers, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, put into making it from start to finish. The Industry star met his wife, Rose Leslie, shot to fame, and was part of 40 battle scenes—one of which took 55 consecutive days in front of the camera. Harington said he thinks it’s disrespectful that 1.8 million people signed the petition to redo the widely panned finale, which aired to 13.6 million people. He was in rehab when it did, meaning he only saw the blowback after he emerged. “That genuinely angered me,” Harington told The New York Times. “Like, how dare you? Sorry, that’s just how I feel. I think it was a level of idiocy that can only come about through social media.” The eagerly anticipated eighth season was criticized for errors like errant Starbucks cups, as well as character deaths and accusations of rushing.