--- title: Kit Harington Has Always Wanted to Play Harry Potter description: Kit Harington is pretty much universally recognized as the one and only Jon Snow. But it turns out he has always dreamed of playing Harry Potter. canonical: https://time.com/5391563/kit-harington-jon-snow-harry-potter/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-10T15:12:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T07:53:45.787Z og:title: Jon Snow Wants to Play Harry Potter So What's the Holdup? og:description: From the King in the North to the Boy Who Lived og:url: https://time.com/5391563/kit-harington-jon-snow-harry-potter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef712e16b24f84e9/698939d4fb4eac82b48979ae/jon-snow-harry-potter-diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Jon Snow and Harry Potter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Snow Wants to Play Harry Potter So What's the Holdup? twitter:description: From the King in the North to the Boy Who Lived twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef712e16b24f84e9/698939d4fb4eac82b48979ae/jon-snow-harry-potter-diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jon Snow Has 'Always Wanted' to Play Harry Potter So What's the Holdup? > Sponsored content. 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Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge captures startling renaissance inspired photographs for TIME's Game of Thrones issue._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 10, 2018 3:12 PM UTC Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge captures startling renaissance inspired photographs for TIME's Game of Thrones issue.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 10, 2018 3:12 PM UTC After seven seasons of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/), [Kit Harington](http://time.com/5336938/kit-harington-on-game-of-thrones-finale/) is pretty much universally recognized as the one and only [Jon Snow](http://time.com/5187572/game-of-thrones-emilia-clarke-targaryen-kit-harington-drinking/). But it turns out the King in the North has always dreamed of playing another beloved literary character. Whilepromoting his new movie _The Death and Life of John F. Donovan_ at the Toronto International Film Festival, Harington told [_Entertainment Weekly_](https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/09/kit-harington-why-keeping-game-of-thrones-look/)that he has long aspired to take on the role of Harry Potter. “I always wanted to be in a Potter movie,” he said. “I always wanted to be Harry Potter.” At this point, the 31-year-old Harington is too old to portray the Boy Who Lived during his Hogwarts years. But there’s no reason he couldn’t pass as adult Harry in _The Cursed Child_ play. However, he may have to put this particular dream on hold until the _Thrones_ team finally allows him to shave off Jon’s signature facial hair. “We just finished filming. You can’t tell because I look exactly the same,” he said before joking, “They own me; they’ve just kept me like this.” ## Transcript [00:09] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [00:39] The dinners we have are definitely not that [00:42] Well- mannered, with their little boosters and that. There's [00:45] usually wine, and you're usually looking at each other as [00:47] opposed to staring ahead. [ MUSIC ] It's [00:51] difficult to not start laughing and making jokes. I mean, [00:52] Peter, I mean it's impossible for him to take [00:56] away two minutes without making some sort of funny [01:00] observation. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] This group of [01:04] people, I've been working with for eight years. It's been [01:08] a roller coaster, it's been a ride. [01:13] Each season, you feel closer and you feel sort of the club [01:15] has just been going on for a while. 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