Kit Harrington covers the April issue of GQ. I guess GQ is doing multiple covers, because Pharrell Williams also has an April cover. Kit is promoting Game of Thrones, obviously, because his foray into something different – Pompeii – crashed and burned at the box office. So Kit is going to be known as Jon Snow and only Jon Snow for a while. Which is fine. Some actors don’t even get that. Anyway, CB and I were talking amongst ourselves about how dull Kit is in interviews, and this GQ piece is no different. He’s so pretty… but it’s best not to pay attention to his personality, I guess. You can see GQ’s article here (the print edition is out on April 1st) and here are some highlights:
On GOT: “I think people like Game of Thrones because people respond to not being treated like idiots. It’s a really complex story, and it’s very hard to follow, and people love working that puzzle out. And essentially why I think people like it is it’s a rollicking good story with sex and violence.”
On Jon Snow: “I think Jon Snow is one of the last bastions of a young hero who might do a good thing. There’s a huge amount riding on him to be a leader, and I want him to become that leader. I guess for me, Jon Snow is a figure of hope within the whole thing—that he’ll continue to be this good person, and somehow the story will end well for everybody.”
On being naked in GOT: “It’s only right, if you’re going to make a show where nudity and sex is a large part of it, that you be a part of that.”
On a scene from last season where his is seen naked from behind jumping into a rock pool: “When it came down to it I had a broken ankle, so the only time you saw my ass, it wasn’t my ass.”
On the violence in the show and the upcoming season: “It doesn’t stop, either. It’s getting worse. There’s some scenes this season, and theres parts of it that go even darker. What I wonder is how people can deal with something going dark and dark and darker. Being unrelenting in how pessimistic things are. They really push it.”
On his fame: “I didn’t really think I’d be a leading man in any respect whatsoever. At drama school in my third year I was resigned to the fate of being Young Male Rape Victim No. 2. That was the kind of category I was put in.”
On his grown out hair and beard that he is contracted to keep as long as he is on the show: “It does keep you restricted. I can’t go off and play a U.S. Marine…I like it to look greasy and medieval, so it gets very tangled. By the end it’s pretty horrible.”
On his body in his recent movie, Pompeii: “That was f–king a lot of work. But for a film sometimes you’ve got to do those sorts of things. For people’s imaginations.”
It’s not that he’s dumb. At least he’s not, like, so stupid that we feel sorry for him. It’s not like that at all. Kit’s just sort of unimaginative. Does it matter? Does it matter when he has a great body and puppy-dog eyes and a tangle of Helena Bonham Carter-esque curls? No, it does not matter to me. Men are allowed to objectify ladies without caring about the ladies’ personalities, and I say that the reverse should be true too. Kit is my Kelly Brook.
Photos courtesy of Paola Kudacki / GQ.
He *is* exceedingly ornamental.
Awww that’s so damned sweet Sixer! 😉
But is he okay to decorate your boudoir? I’m thinking…not so much. He IS nice to gaze upon. I’ll give him that.
Kaiser asked if I’d hit it and I am rather fond of having an intelligent conversation so that’s probably a no to Kit*. And that connection from a good conversation is something that faked or concocted.
*He doesn’t like tall women either so I’m definitely out.
Because he’s only 5’6” himself.
Oh I know he’s short!
I give him kudos to voicing his dislike of tall women, a lot of men think it but won’t say it. It still reeks of insecurity regardless.
I’m lukewarm about any boudoiring. But on the upside, I’d not need to deplete my stock of ball gags.
There IS a silver lining in every cloud!!!
😉
Since we get fair play and can objectify guys, is appropriate for me to make a butterface comment?
His face messes up the hot.
*hides*
Bahaha perfectly inappropriate, I love it. You know nothing, Butterface Snow. 😀
I would Hit it hard until the Snow Melted from his fake GoT Name…. Ugh He looks extremely F-able in a hipstery I’ll-be-ashamed-some-day-but-not-today way in these pics
Oh my, I find him super hot in these pics! The t-shirt is quite pathetic though. Makes me laugh.
Me Too! But Like, who cares about the T-shirt when Im keeping him Naked in the closet?
Haha! True!
😉
QQ always gets me where it counts. What I mean is that she hits it spot on! Jon Snow knows everything I care about and i wouldn’t waste any time on any buttons either! RRR-IIII-PPP!!!! Don’t care that he is only 5’6″ – i am only 5’3″ – sound like a perfect fit to me. I always go for the good looking martyr anyway. Plus, he’s smarter than he looks. Ygritte (sp?) got cast in a lucky role, (bitch) – but she plays it well. From a pleased GoT watcher to others, Winter is Coming…
I’d rather a less good looking guy with some personality, frankly. It’s fine as Sixer says, to enjoy him as an ornament. But is he on my wish-list of people to have dinner with? No. And I tend to associate an interesting personality with someone who will be interesting in other places, too.
The bedroom, I’m talking about the bedroom. Boring at the dinner table too often translates into boring in bed.
Agreed.
I like my sex toys to at least carry on a decent conversation, is that really so much to ask?!???
Even if it doesn’t translate into being boring in bed, making pillow talk with someone who’s dull or not terribly bright can be pretty tedious, and it just seems rude to kick a fellow out afterwards.
I take it this is why the ladies of CB have so many ball gags on hand.
I kinda want to hit him in the face for mush-facing through what used to be one of my favorite characters.
I have to agree. He knows nothing about being Jon Snow.
Oh yes Dahling, you are *ever* so right. It is such a pity too.
Well played ladies. Altho as a previous poster wrote a few weeks ago, perhaps he is just growing into his character, as Jon Snow figures himself out. He actually looks like he *might* have some balls in the trailer for Season 4.
Kit’s Jon Snow is a one-hit wonder. He plays Jon as a brooding brat and that’s not at all how I saw Jon in the books. In the books, Jon is very flawed (as are all the characters) but not one dimensional. And since season 1 ended, Kit has been extremely one dimensional in his portrayal of Jon. That’s what I find objectionable.
In Kit’s defence, perhaps he needs a fantastic cast to play off of. The first season was filmed in N Ireland and Iceland since then. Of course there could be other reasons too beyond the cast….
(I’d would have *loved* to see Richard Madden’s Jon Snow. Now there’s a boy that can act and make me swoon!)
I don’t think Kit is that great of an actor (considering the other actors who said they tried out for Jon Snow) and the season 4 promos do not give me hope that he’s improved. However, he seems like a nice guy and I think he is good looking even though this GQ shoot does not do him any favors.
@Lady Slippers, I would have LOVED to see Richard Madden as Jon Snow…he is so gorgeous and he is a terrific actor. I am going to miss Richard on the show so much this season.
@Ladyslippers, you are a genius. I demand a reshoot!
I like the interview. Just because someone isn’t contoversial or witty in interviews doesn’t make them boring. Maybe he’s an introvert.
Having said that, I don’t find him hot, he doesn’t look like the Jon Snow I imagined and his acting is mediocre at best. Although, Jon is very stiff as an character, so maybe it’s that. Was he good in other films?
Watch more of his interviews — he doesn’t come across as that intelligent. Sad really.
I only saw the Kimmel interview and he came across well?
TBH I haven’t seen the Kimmel interview. Some of his interviews are good but there are others that make you realise he’s just a pretty face (that can’t act).
Um, only if he was a foot taller and less mopey. But then, yes.
This guy always looks like he lost his puppy. I guess if you only have one expression you should do it well.
Wish he would smile once in a while!
“He’s so pretty… but it’s best not to pay attention to his personality, ” AND his acting… He is so wooden in game of thrones. I don’t think he is gonna be a movie star, I can’t even see him as a lead actor on a tv show. He is more the poor man’s Orlando Bloom to me (and Orlando isn’t even a good actor or the most charismatic celebrity , imho). But they both seem nice and lovely.
He’s boring, and I find Jon Snow on GOT super boring as well. His whole storyline on the show puts me to sleep.
He was on Kimmel and not too bad.
I just watched the Kimmel interview. I like him, he came across really well.
All my friends say the same about Jon Snow, and I just don’t understand. I love Jon Snow. I can’t explain it, but I do. Probably because he has such a strong moral compass and need to do the right thing. He’s so very much like Ned. Except Ned made the mistake of thinking everyone else was as upstanding as he was.
Plus, I think Catelyn is a real bitch for punishing Jon for his entire life for his dad’s catting around, while she completely whitewashed Ned.
And I really love Ghost. I’m not even close to being caught up on either the books or the show, but I’m holding out hope that Jon and Arya are reunited with their wolves.
I am caught up in the books.
I like the books’ version of Snow vs Kit’s.
I love Jon Snow too. I don’t get why people think he’s boring. One of the best things about the ASOIAF fandom is reading the Jon Snow theories.
*Yawn*
He is hot…he looks like my doctor. I find he doesn’t sound dull at all…matter of fact, perhaps, but I would rather have a guy like that than a guy throwing out lines he perceives to be “cutesy.”
He can save his wit and raw animal magnetism for sexy time with me.
Yes, indeed.
I agree with others that this one is just for looking at. I enjoy him as Jon Snow, who he can play well because Jon doesn’t have a strong personality either, but he doesn’t really incite any lust in me. All for the best. It makes me a tad uncomfortable when I lust after actors who play teens, even if I know they’re much older than their characters.
I know I’m not the only one who googles Kelly Brook in a bikini, just to stare at her boobs…..
Can it be that Jon Snow is actually SMIZING in that cover shot? As someone who is sick to death of his sad-little-downturned-mouth pose, I find this a positive development.
He reminds me so much of this guy i used to like (friends with palpable sexual tension-didn’t work out, le sigh) except prettier. So yes. I would hit that harder than what’s probably recommended.
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(For the pillowy lips alone.)
He’s a miserable old so and so. I can’t stand him. Such an average actor too. He’s two a penny in the UK
BRB. /moving to the UK
I actually saw and liked Pompeii – it was just a good popcorn movie. Like Titanic we all know the ending and you just hope for a good build-up.
He’s OK, too young for me to look at like that though haha
I saw an interview with him (not Kimmel) and he seemed to have a high opinion of himself and pretty blehhhhh all around. Mind you, probably not unlike many of the actors these days!
He ruined Jon Snow for me completely. In appearances and in character. This guy simply can´t act. And he isn´t much to look at.
Cute in a hipster way is the best I´ll give him but I´m afraid that won´t get him far. And he is as interesting as a pair of old socks in this interview.
Now, I don’t know this guy from Adam – maybe he’s a miserable so and so, maybe he’s full of himself, IDK. If you’ve read the books, however, you would know he’s playing the character pretty much on target. Most of what we know about Jon is from his thoughts, not from what he says or does, which is relatively little. The show would have to do almost continuous voiceovers of what Jon was thinking to grasp his inner turmoil, which, considering his life- born a bastard, a stepmother who hates him, disillusion with the Night’s Watch, being ordered to turn traitor – is fairly harrowing. So here’s a thought; he’s famous for playing Jon Snow, a brooding, introverted, sullen character. I’m thinking maybe, just maybe, during photo shoots, they want him to exemplify the character for which he’s known. Don’t know, I could be wrong, but it makes sense to me.
I think he seems quite sweet and down to earth too. Very nice. No biscuit tingling happining here though.
Exactly! I don’t know what books everyone else has read, but book Jon Snow is way more whiney and emo than tv Jon. I love Kit Harington and I just do not see what everyone else see, I guess.
As long as he doesn’t kill my lady hard-on with his talking, then yes. I would hit that like a brick wall
He reminds me of Christopher Abbott. Definitely hot… but kind of ruined with the Helena Bonham Carter reference *shudder*
Funny, I actually wrote an assignment about this exact issue (whether it was okay to just be into a guy for their looks) for my Non-Fiction class and used him as my focal point. What happened was, we were assigned to pick an image and write about it, and that picture of him in Vanity Fair in the water was so epically stupid (as was Pompeii), that I just had to talk about it. Basically, it was about me being utterly shallow and feeling bad about it, because here was this guy I could only either blatantly objectify or make fun of. And how I’d tried to read about him to see if I had any depth so I could take him seriously in any capacity and not laugh at him, but everything I’d read just made him seem more ridiculous. Like how he was supposed to play a native of Silent Hill, a town in West Virginia, in a movie, but decided to speak in Stewie Griffin’s voice for the flick. Stuff like that. In the end, I decided that just looking at a person merely for the pretty was at least kinder than making fun of them.
I was in a weird headspace when I wrote it. In my defense, I’d just seen the Pompeii movie because pretty much nothing I hadn’t seen before was playing at my local theater, and the prior piece I’d turned in for that class had been a really emotionally-draining narrative essay and I wanted to turn in something completely fluffy for my next piece. I’m pretty sure I succeeded.
I actually liked the movie “Pompeii”. I have this unresolved question as to why he was promoting this movie with guys instead of with Emily Browning. Pompeii is very much a love story and he was out promoting it with guys. Isn’t that funny or weird?
I recently listened to his interview on The Nerdist podcast with Chris Hardwick. Kit was funny and charming without trying too hard. If “dull” means nice and non-controversial, sure. But I’ll still take it.
I would hit it so hard he would actually smile, which would probably kill him.
Meh, he’s pretty by any measure but too short for me and he smokes, yeuch. Even my fantasy b.f. must adhere to certain codes. He’s not the most exciting interview I’ve read but he could just be an understated guy w/a subtle sense of humour that doesn’t come across in print. He didn’t stand out as overly dour to me in the GOT dvd extras. Tbh he’s probably more chill/less hard work than a Cumberbatch or Hiddleston, they seem kind of exhausting to me….(ducks and hides ;-))
He’s also hotter than Cumberbatch because he doesn’t look like he’s made out of rubber.
Oh yes, bitches, I went there.
#StillNotGettingTheCumberbatchAppeal
Does he have any other facial expressions besides semi-hurt bewilderment?
Arnold the Shwarz’s tip for making your arms look extra-huge in photographs; don’t flex, relax. Then cross arms, place hands behind biceps and push forward to gain an immediate 25% in size.
Yes. I would. But, no talking–he’d have to keep his mouth shut.