One of the biggest fan-favorite characters in HBO's hit drama series "Game of Thrones" is the unassuming Stark love-child, Jon Snow, and many fans breathe a sigh of relief each time an episode ends and he comes out alive. In a show in which characters suddenly die, often in the most gruesome way imaginable, he has so far survived — bruised, scathed, and bloody at times — but he has nonetheless outlived Stark matriarch Catelyn and heir to Winterfell Robb, as well as nasty characters like Tywin Lannister and King Joffrey Baratheon. Snow is still alive, yes, but death — not to mention walking dead and those who want him dead — is always close by, and viewers can expect him to face more in the it's-taking-too-long-to-get-here season 5.
But while a number of critics have given their disapproval for "GoT's" no-holds-barred violence and gore, Kit Harington, the 28-year old British actor who plays Jon Snow, does not have a problem with it. He shared his opinion in an interview with Radio Times.
"I don't see a problem with it because you mostly always feel the consequences of that person dying," he said. "In Thrones it's war and awful, awful things happen, as we see on the news daily. And if we've got an appetite for watching these things on the news then you can't shy away from it on cable drama."
Fans can't wait for season 5 to air, and Harington only has good things to say about it — which makes waiting a tad more painful.
"It was phenomenal this season," he said. "They've seriously overreached themselves. They've built it in the right way – it could have got a lot sillier a lot earlier and it hasn't. It's progressed in the right way story-wise. It's so brilliant this year."
To ease the slow torture that avid viewers are going through (or maybe to make the wait even more agonizing), HBO just might show a teaser of season 5, similar to last year's promo of season 4. "GoT" vigilante site Watchers on the Wall reports that this year's behind-the-scenes featurette titled "Games of Thrones: A Day in the Life" might air on Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m., based on HBO's schedule spotted by some very keen subscribers of the network. 2014's promo called "Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing" showed some clips, behind-the-scenes footages, and interviews, and this year's might have a similar format.
