“I understand some people thought it was rushed, and I might agree with them. But I’m not sure there was any alternative,” he said. “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. “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.”
Harington was also willing to chat about what happened with his touted Jon Snow spinoff series, which was quietly nixed before it got off the ground. The actor revealed that he initially didn’t want to do the spinoff, but was convinced by the possibilities of Jon Snow’s story continuing in an “interesting and important” way.
“We spent a couple of years back and forth developing it,” he admitted. “And it just didn’t… nothing got us excited enough. In the end, I kind of backed out and said, ‘I think if we push this any further and keep developing it, we could end up with something that’s not good. And that’s the last thing we all want.’”
New episodes of Industry season 4 premiere Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max. Meanwhile, Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will premiere Sunday, January 18 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.
