Reflecting on the final season of Game of Thrones, which ran from 2011 until 2019, he thinks one “fault” was that its cast and crew “were all so f****** tired, we couldn’t have gone on longer”.
Harington, who starred in the drama alongside the likes of Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), told the magazine: “And so I understand some people thought it was rushed, and I might agree with them.
“But I’m not sure there was any alternative. I look at pictures of me in that final season, and I look exhausted. I look spent. I didn’t have another season in me.”
Despite criticising the millions of fans for not liking the final season of Game of Thrones – in which Harington said one battle scene took 55 consecutive nights to film – he recognised that “everyone is entitled to their opinion”.
“I think there were mistakes made, story-wise, towards the end, maybe. I think there were some interesting choices that didn’t quite work.”