EntertainmentKit Harington Addresses 'Game of Thrones' Critics

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Jon Snow doesn’t play any games — unless it’s the game of thrones.

The season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones on Sunday night was the most-watched entertainment program of the year, bringing in 17.4 million viewers across multiple platforms, Entertainment Weekly reported. It became HBO’s largest telecast in its 46-year history, but with all of those viewers there are bound to be some critics — and Kit Harington has a thing or two he’d like to say to them.

“I don’t mean to sound mean about critics here, but whatever critic spends half an hour writing about this season and makes their [negative] judgment on it, in my head, they can go f— themselves,” Harington told Esquire in an interview published Monday.

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It's a big week for the actor, who is also set to host 'Saturday Night Live' for the first time this weekend. He told Fallon he's both "terrified and confident" to host, explaining that "it's like a rollercoaster" of emotions and that he has the "ultimate admiration" for the show's cast. Harington also said when he called his mother to tell her the news that he'd be hosting, she didn't know what SNL was. He told her that it "was like stand-up comedy" and her response was, "You don't do that; you're really good at the sad stuff." The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones airs April 14 on HBO.

Photo: HBO. Didn’t like all those circles? The tease of Cersei being pregnant? That out-of-nowhere (but cute!) inclusion of elephants? Kit Harington doesn’t give a shit about your negative Game of Thrones energy, so don’t even think about wasting your time brainstorming a dumb tweet that’ll get, like, 15 RTs.

Kit Harington Says ‘ Game of Thrones ’ Critics Can ‘Go F*ck Themselves’. “I think no matter what anyone thinks about this season — and I don’t mean to sound mean about critics here — but whatever critic spends half an hour writing about this season and makes their negative judgement on it, in my

Much like the King of the North, Harington is just looking out for his people — the cast and crew who put countless hours into creating the most anticipated finale of one of the most popular shows in television history.

“I know how much work was put into this. I know how much people cared about this. I know how much pressure people put on themselves and I know how many sleepless nights, working or otherwise, people had on this show,” Harington went on in the interview. “Because they cared about it so much. Because they cared about the characters. Because they cared about the story. Because they cared about not letting people down.”

“Now if people feel let down by it, I don’t give a f—, because everyone tried their hardest,” he told Esquire.

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Kit Harington has slammed Game of Thrones ‘s critics , saying those who make negative judgements on the HBO show can “go f*** themselves”. The actor spoke to Esquire as the show began its eighth and final season, admitting he has come to feel “quite defiant” about the series.

Kit Harington is feeling "quite defiant" about Game of Thrones these days. “I think no matter what anyone thinks about this season—and I don’t mean to sound mean about critics here—but whatever critic spends half an hour writing about this season and makes their [negative] judgement on it, in my

© Adam Whitehead Adam Whitehead After nearly 10 years of filming — from the production of the first pilot episode in 2009 — Harington explained that no one is more invested or loves the show more than the people who created it.

“In the end, no one’s bigger fans of the show than we [the cast and crew] are, and we’re kind of doing it for ourselves,” he said. “That’s all we could do, really. And I was just happy we got to the end.”

Harington previously told Willie Geist on Sunday Today that he was “satisfied” with the way the show ended.

“I’m satisfied with how they finished my storyline, the storyline of Thrones,” he told Geist. “But you cannot satisfy everyone.”

© Provided by TIME Inc. HBO And although he is happy with the ending of Snow’s story, he will miss his character and the series.

“Thrones, it’s given me possibly my future family. It’s given me my wife [Rose Leslie], it’s given me friends for life. It’s got a character I love, I will love, more than any other character I’ll ever play,” Harington said.

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Kit Harington said detractors can't invalidate what the show means to the cast and crew because he knows "how much work was put into this." The internet is dark and full of terrors and Kit Harington is not here for it. Sunday's Season 8 premiere of " Game of Thrones " captured record ratings – 17.4

Kit Harington has stated that he doesn't care about what Game of Thrones critics think of the final season, saying that they can "go f**k themselves". The star, who plays Jon Snow, admitted that he was "quite defiant" but pointed to the amount of work and dedication everyone on the show has contributed

Game of Thrones airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.

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Pompeii (M6) 5 good reasons to watch the peplum with Kit Harington

In 2014, WS Anderson reconstructs the tragedy of Pompeii, a Roman city razed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and signs a volcanic peplum with Kit Harington alias Jon Snow of Game of Thrones, who plays here a hot-blooded gladiator.

© snd In 2014, WS Anderson reconstructs the tragedy of Pompeii, a Roman city razed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and signs a volcanic peplum with Kit Harington aka Jon Snow of Game of Thrones, who embodies here a warm-blooded gladiator .

1- A childhood passion

At age 10, Paul William Scott Anderson discovers a book that tells the incredible drama of Pompeii, devastated by a volcanic eruption in the year 79. The images of the inhabitants frozen by the ashes and the wash the fascinate. In addition, the kid loves Antiquity: "The history of the Roman Empire captivates me because I was born in the north of England, a region of archaeological sites that I visited with my father." "Once the work closed, he swears to make a film one day. His vocation as a director was born.

2- The Maximus

model In 2000, Paul Anderson has a second revelation by discovering Gladiator , Ridley Scott, English director, like him he admires deeply. "This masterpiece has turned my life upside down!" The irresistible rise of Maximus (Russell Crowe) in the arena will inspire the scenario of Pompeii: as the hero of Gladiator, Milo is a gladiator seeking revenge on the powerful. And, like Maximus, seconded by the Nubian slave Juba (Djimon Hounsou), Milo is allied with an African athlete named Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Thanks, Ridley Scott ...

3- A bankable hero

To embody Milo, the hot-blooded Celtic gladiator, the director thinks of Kit Harington, the taciturn Jon Snow of Game of Thrones . A wise choice, knowing that the series is seen by millions of viewers. Anderson Commentary: "We had a bankable actor, whose face is familiar all over the world, not to mention his very physical presence and his natural charisma ..."

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4- A perfect torso

"You do not have to be content with being handsome, you have to become a real warrior, with an impressive musculature" , the director drops to Kit Harington. Two months before the shooting, the star comedian is entrusted to Nuno De Salles, a global player in sports coaching. On the program: dumbbells, 20-km daily jogging, push-ups, bodybuilding and fat-free diet, tea-based. Then the actor passes into the hands of the famous stunt leader Jean Frenette, who choreographed the clashes of the film 300. He teaches him the Greek fight, sword fighting with wrought iron weapons. This training pays: in the image, Kit exhibits an athlete's torso with, as abs, tablets that thrill the audience ...

5- A neat reconstitution

To achieve the sets, reconstructed and filmed in 3D in Toronto studios, Anderson left nothing to chance. He spent two weeks on the site, near Naples, to take 35,000 photos. Thanks to these images, he was able to restore the real Pompeii: " With its taverns, brothels and shops ... It was a city of opulence and pleasure, a kind of Las Vegas of the Roman Empire." He deployed the same rigor for the final scene of the disaster: "Everything seems true on the screen Do not forget that the explosion of this volcano had the destructive power of several atomic bombs and this resulted in a tsunami which has engulfed the city ... "

Pompeii is broadcast Tuesday, July 23 at 9:05 pm on M6.

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