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# Video Shows Kit Harington's Prank on Rose Leslie Was as Brutal As _Game of Thrones_

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## Video: Kit Harington and Rose Leslie Are Engaged. Finally, a Game of Thrones Wedding Fans Can Root For

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Oct 9, 2017 3:00 PM UTC

It was the on-screen romance that sparked a thousand memes — and now, five years later, a real-life engagement 

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## Raisa Bruner


Oct 9, 2017 3:00 PM UTC

When it comes to pranks, _Game of Thrones_ actor [Kit Harington](http://time.com/4959441/kit-harington-rose-leslie-love-story-timeline/) is not messing around.

His newly-announced [fiancée](http://time.com/4959071/kit-harington-rose-leslie-engagement-announcement/) Rose Leslie learned this the hard way last April, when [Jon Snow](http://time.com/4956042/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-dragon-meeting/)‘s alter ego took his macabre sense of humor to the next level, playing a prank on Leslie that she would not soon forget. (Maybe all that time on the _Thrones_ set fighting off decomposing, reanimated corpses is rubbing off on him — and desensitizing him to gruesome scenes.)

The prank: a severed head modeled in his likeness, placed casually inside the refrigerator for her to unwittingly discover. The reaction: screams, tears, utter despair. In a new appearance on the _Jonathan Ross Show_, Harington shared the video he took of Leslie’s horrified response. While funny in retrospect, it wasn’t quite a win for Harington.

“My family does April Fool’s. Her family doesn’t do April Fool’s,” Harington explained. “After that, she was in tears. And I was there going, ‘April Fool’s.’ It didn’t go down well.” In fact, although it was a successful prank, it doesn’t sound like he’s converted Leslie to the joys of April Fool’s in the slightest. “She pretty much told me if I did it ever again, that would be it, and I think that’s marriage included,” he said.

The couple, who met on the _Thrones_ set while filming in Iceland, [announced](http://time.com/4959441/kit-harington-rose-leslie-love-story-timeline/) their engagement at the end of September.

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