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started by entertainment16 on 03 Jun 15
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Christopher Catesby "Kit" Harington popularly known as Kit Harrington is a British actor
that rose to worldwide prominence via his role as Jon Snow of the hit TV series
Game of Thrones. This also opened his doors to the big screen when he appeared
in the movies Pompeii and lend his voice to the animated film How to Train Your
Dragon 2. But how well do you know Kit?
Let us uncover more cool facts and trivia about this hunk British actor
and have fun doing this, shall we?
Kit Harrington knew
his real name very late. Kit Harrington knew his real name was Christopher
when he was already 11 years old. He was called Kit since he can remember. He was taking a placement test and when he writes
down Kit, he was shocked to know when he was told his real name is Christopher.
Kit Harrington was
the real War Horse. When he was studying in college, he portrayed the role
of Albert until 2009, the main protagonist in the stage version produced by the
National Theatre. The play did well
critically, in fact the play won 2 Olivier Awards and brought recognition to
Kit.
Kit Harrington is
nobility. Kit is a descendant of
Charles II, the former King of England, Scotland and Ireland sometime in 1600's
via her paternal grandmother Lavender Cecilia Denny. His father's great
grandfather was Sir Richard Harington, the 12th Baronet Harington.
Kit Harrington broke
his foot by climbing the window of his
apartment. Kit he lost his house keys so he was forced to climb the window
of his apartment to gain entry. Unfortunately, he broke his ankle while doing
that. So when he showed up for the filming of the 3rd season of the
Game of Thrones, the crew has to find a way to hide his orthopedic boot by implementing
tricky angle shots and the use of doubles in wigs. He felt guilty about the
difficulty he put the crew in so he bought whiskey to thank them for showing
patience with him.
Kit Harington always
prefers short hair. Kit admitted that he has always been a short hair guy
and he never grew his hair long. But things changed when he got the role in the
TV series Game of Thrones because his character require him to wear a long
hair. In the beginning, he used wigs to achieve the look, but he allows his
hair to grow in order to wean himself from the use of a wig which he
successfully did.
Kit Harington is a big
horror fan. Kit admitted that he likes watching horror films. In fact, his
favorite movies are The Shining, The Ring and The Scream movies.
Kit Harington does
not like video games. Strangely though, Kit appeared in the movie Silent
Hill: Revelation 3D an adaptation of the popular video game, but he does not
like playing the video game. He said scared as shit when playing Silent Hill.
He was also terrified with the video game Doom. Kit admits that he is such a
weakling when it comes to video games. You can hop over to this web site to find more amazing entertainment for your family.