Kit Harington on controversial Game of Thrones ending: "I think there were mistakes made"

In a new interview with GQ Hype, the Jon Snow actor has admitted he "might agree" with those who say the ending was rushed, but he doesn't see how there could have been another option given how "tired" the cast were.

"I think if there was any fault with the end of Thrones, is that we were all so f****** tired, we couldn't have gone on longer," he told the publication.

He continued: "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."

As for how fans reacted to the series, Harington said: "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."

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The finale was fairly controversial, with many fans split on how show bosses chose to close the chapter on Game of Thrones.

While some fans enjoyed the Westeros war, others were unimpressed with the pace of the story.

A year on from the finale, showrunner David Benioff admitted that there are things "we would do differently".

"I don't know if there's anything I would want to discuss publicly," he told Entertainment Weekly at the time.

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