Kit Harington has a nice feature in the new edition of Mr. Porter. Such a permanent sad face. Bless his heart. Some have complained about the sudden abundance of new Kit interviews, to which I can only say… he’s promoting a movie. It’s called Spooks: The Greater Good. And even though he’s promoting that movie, he ends up spending most interviews talking about Game of Thrones. Which is fine. You can read the full Mr. Porter piece here. Some highlights:

When he realized GoT changed his life: “I think the moment I realised it could be a life-changer personally was going to Comic-Con for the first time. I’d splashed out on a drop-top Mustang in LA, and I drove with my girlfriend at the time to San Diego. I got out of the car and… flashbulbs!”

Jon Snow lives in his head: “He’s incredibly introverted. It’s like if anyone in Game of Thrones didn’t want to be on the show Game of Thrones, it’d be Jon Snow. If he could see the cameras, he wouldn’t want them there. He lives in his head.”

Jon Snow is not demanding: “No. It’s very physically demanding, but I think Jon is quite straightforward. I find I get in a certain mood that maybe can be a bit dour. But I’m nowhere near being a Method actor.”

Finding success so early in his career: “There’s that saying about never find success too early. And there are moments when I think maybe I would find it easier not to take this for granted if I’d toiled a bit more first. But I’d be stupid to say that I regret it. I’d be stabbed by many unemployed actors, quite rightly. This has opened so many doors to me and it’s my job now to do as much as I can with my career.”

Fame: “It can make you feel like a nutcase some of the time. It has turned people I know mad. But you just surround yourself with people who don’t kiss your arse, who don’t put up with any kind of arrogance that might be seeping through.”

His GoT contract: “I can’t speak for how other actors’ contracts work, but I understand the show will run for somewhere between seven and eight seasons.” Meaning a further two or three years, “if I’m in it”.

What if Jon Snow died in Season 6: “I would miss it sorely. I would be very sad to leave. But it would open me up to new things. There’s lots I haven’t been able to do that I would be able to do. So I think I’d be all right with it. Look, I’ve landed a role of a lifetime and it has happened during my twenties and that’s great. Hopefully there’ll be another role of a lifetime down the line but for the moment I can use my thirties, whenever I’m free from this, to go and look for loads of different strange and incredible work.”

[From Mr. Porter]

The girlfriend at his first Comic-Con… I wonder if it was Rose Leslie/Ygritte? Hm. As for the rest of it… Kit just seems like such a serious person. I don’t know if it’s the permanent sad-face or if he really is this guy who takes everything a little bit too seriously.

Kit also says that when he was a kid, he saw Ben Whishaw play Hamlet, and that Whishaw “literally was the reason I wanted to act.” Kit says he’s met Ben twice since then and he was “tongue-tied” both times. Which is adorable. Ben Whishaw is amazing! Kit chose a great actor to admire.

Photos courtesy of Jo Metson Scott/Mr. Porter.