Kit Harington has revealed that he landed his role in Game of Thrones with a black eye.
The actor, who plays series favourite Jon Snow in GOT, admitted that he got into a fight in McDonald’s the night before his audition, and lets just say – it didn’t end well for Lord Snow.
“I had a black eye,” he told W magazine.
“I’d been in a fight the night before… I’d went into McDonald’s with this girl I had been dating, and it was late night and there was no seats.
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“I asked this guy and this girl that he was with if we could sit at the same table as them. We sat down, and quite quickly he started being rude to the girl I was with, calling her names…
“He called her an ugly pig or something worse, and I said, ‘No you can’t, you can’t call her that. Get up!’
“He’d been sat down the entire time so when he got up he just kept going… I realised I had to, at that point, I had to throw the first punch or else I’d look like a complete wimp. And I got batted,” he revealed.
Despite getting a beating, the 29-year-old admitted that he thinks his roughed up look helped him land the gig.
“I think that man who punched me in the face may have helped me get the job, so thank you,” he added.
