--- title: Kit Harington Reads a Poem to Nicole Kidman on Corden VIDEO description: The 'Game of Thrones' actor was convinced to share his amateur love poetry with Kidman during a visit to James Corden's 'Late Late Show.' canonical: https://time.com/4808872/kit-harington-poem-nicole-kidman/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T14:34:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:14.556Z og:title: Here's Kit Harington Reciting a Love Poem to Nicole Kidman og:description: The 'Game of Thrones' actor shared a handwritten piece of poetry og:url: https://time.com/4808872/kit-harington-poem-nicole-kidman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Kit Harington Reciting a Love Poem to Nicole Kidman twitter:description: The 'Game of Thrones' actor shared a handwritten piece of poetry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Kit Harington Reciting a Handwritten Love Poem to Nicole Kidman  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 7, 2017 2:34 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 7, 2017 2:34 PM UTC Turns out [Kit Harington](http://time.com/4654176/kit-harrington-interview-2017/), better known as stoic Jon Snow, styles himself as something of a romantic wordsmith. During an appearance on Tuesday’s [_Late Late Show_](http://time.com/4805897/carpool-karaoke-with-ed-sheeran/) with James Corden alongside fellow celebrity guest Nicole Kidman, the [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4786703/best-game-of-thrones-memes/) actor was coerced into sharing some of his craft publicly for the first time — with rather silly results. “I do write poetry,” Harington admitted, noting that he’d never read it to anyone. “I personally think it’s good, but I’m not sure what you guys will think,” he added as a caveat. He then whipped out a piece of paper with some handwritten lines on it, and proceeded to recite a poem he stated was titled “I Have a Bad Crush on Nicole Kidman.” Predictably, the amateur poetry proved cringe-worthy. “Nicole Kidman, I have a really bad crush on you,” he said, waxing rather less than poetic. “And I wanted to take this opportunity to say I think you’re a very good actress and also I think you’re very good looking. I’ve also really enjoyed your work for a long time, and I’ve also fancied you for a long time. ‘Fancied’ in English means I think you’re hot.” He quickly noted, however, that he thinks his actual girlfriend is “hotter,” in case his former _Game of Thrones_ star was watching canceling out his interest in Kidman. Harington has [many talents](http://time.com/4405279/game-of-thrones-fans-are-totally-misbehaving-at-this-kit-harrington-play/), but perhaps the poetry should be polished in a workshop before he takes it to the stage next time. Watch the full performance above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4808872/kit-harington-poem-nicole-kidman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4808872/kit-harington-poem-nicole-kidman/"},"headline":"Here's Kit Harington Reciting a Handwritten Love Poem to Nicole Kidman","datePublished":"2017-06-07T14:34:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:14.556Z","description":"The 'Game of Thrones' actor was convinced to share his amateur love poetry with Kidman during a visit to James Corden's 'Late Late Show.'","url":"https://time.com/4808872/kit-harington-poem-nicole-kidman/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Kit Harington","Late Night Television","The Late Late Show","Nicole Kidman","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4808872/kit-harington-poem-nicole-kidman/","name":"Here's Kit Harington Reciting a Handwritten Love Poem to Nicole Kidman"}}]}] ```