He discovered his real name when he was 11 years old…
He suffered to play in Pompeii
Although Kit was already in good shape thanks to his role as brother of the Night's Watch in Game of Thrones, they had to undergo a violent diet to build the figure of the gladiator Milo in Pompeii. 3000 calories per day for five weeks to gain 12 kilos, then a dry diet for four weeks to trim your fat (going from 76 to 63 kilos) and sculpt the pecs and abs which stand out so well on screen.
Silent Hill scares him
To play in Silent Hill: Revelation (2012), Kit started playing video games from the series silent Hillbut had to stop because he was freaking out too much. Although a fan of horror films, he admitted that he was not very good at it. “I was once terrified of Doom. I'm such a wimp for horror video games.”
He wore a wig to play Jon Snow
For the filming of the pilot of Game of ThronesKit wore a wig to play the role of Jon Snow. He had never worn his hair long. Once HBO gave the green light to film the remaining nine episodes, Kit had to grow his hair. Unable to bear having long hair, he goes to the hairdresser at the end of each season.
He was still at school when he starred in War Horse
At the age of 21, in 2007, Kit had not yet graduated from the renowned Central School of Speech and Drama (founded in 1906, she trained Laurence Olivier) when he was hired to create the role of Albert in the production on stage in the show War Horse (based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, which was brought to the screen by Spielberg in 2012).
Kit is not his real first name
Kit is an abbreviation of Christopher, his real first name. “I've always been called Kit, actually, he says. I didn't find out my real name until I was 11.”
After Jon Snow's black cape in the hit series Game of Thronesthe British star Kit Harington don the armor of a gladiator this Sunday at 9:10 p.m. on W9 in the catastrophe peplum Pompeii. The opportunity to take stock “fun facts” on the English actor.
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The history of Pompeii: In the year 79, the city of Pompeii experienced its most prosperous period in the shelter of Mount Vesuvius. Milo, the slave of a powerful merchant, dreams of the day when he will be able to buy back his freedom and marry his master's daughter. However, he, riddled with debt, has already promised his daughter to a Roman senator as repayment… Manipulated then betrayed, Milo finds himself risking his life as a gladiator and will try everything to find his beloved. At the same time, strange black smoke rises from Vesuvius to general indifference… In a few hours the city will be the scene of one of the greatest natural disasters of all time.
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