--- description: Tennis, anyone? title: HBO Wimbledon Documentary: Andy Samberg, Kit Harington image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta98b7b904d836bc2/69869d2535ba6f8600c03281/450324688.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Andy Samberg and Kit Harington to Team Up In HBO's Wimbledon Mockumentary by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 7:59 PM CUT  LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 07: Actor Andy Samberg attends Spike TV's "Guys Choice" Awards at Sony Studios on June 7, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 07: Actor Andy Samberg attends Spike TV's "Guys Choice" Awards at Sony Studios on June 7, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 7:59 PM CUT Andy Roddick and Andy Murray are about to be joined by a new tennis-playing Andy: Andy Samberg. The comedian will not be playing at the U.S. Open any time soon, but he will be honing his backhand to play a tennis bad boy opposite _Game of Thrones_ star Kit Harington (a.k.a. Jon Snow) in an upcoming HBO mockumentary called _7 Days in Hell._ Samberg will play “tennis’ superstar bad boy” Aaron Williams, who is up against Harington’s Charles Poole, “a tennis prodigy and certified truck driver,” facing off during a legendary seven-day match at Wimbledon, [according to Deadline](http://www.deadline.com/tag/7-days-in-hell/ "undefined"). While the story sounds far-fetched, it has roots in reality. Back in 2010, Wimbledon hosted an epic match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, who battled it out for 11 hours over three days, with Isner eventually winning, 70-68 in the fifth set. Rounding out the cast of the mockumentary will be Fred Armisen, Lena Dunham, Karen Gillan (as a supermodel and Charles’s childhood best friend), Howie Mandel, Soledad O’Brien (as herself), Michael Sheen and Mary Steenburgen (as Charles’s crazed mother). _Nebraska_ stars Will Forte and June Squibb will reunite on screen as well, with Forte playing a tennis historian. The HBO original was written by _Girls_ and _American Dad!_ writer Murray Miller and is based on a concept by Miller and Samberg. _SNL_ and Funny or Die’s Jake Szymanski will direct. **MORE**: [A Conversation with Andy Samberg: Cops, Cuckoos and Comedy](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/11/a-conversation-with-andy-samberg-cops-cuckoos-and-comedy/ "undefined") **MORE**: [The Best Theory About Jon Snow’s Mother](http://time.com/3003227/game-thrones-jon-snow-mother/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3030859/andy-samberg-kit-harington-hbo-wimbledon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3030859/andy-samberg-kit-harington-hbo-wimbledon/"},"headline":"Andy Samberg and Kit Harington to Team Up In HBO's Wimbledon Mockumentary","datePublished":"2014-07-24T19:59:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T07:48:07.043Z","description":"Tennis, anyone?","url":"https://time.com/3030859/andy-samberg-kit-harington-hbo-wimbledon/","keywords":["Television","HBO","game of thrones","Kit Harington","Wimbledon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta98b7b904d836bc2/69869d2535ba6f8600c03281/450324688.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta98b7b904d836bc2/69869d2535ba6f8600c03281/450324688.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Spike TV's \"Guys Choice\" Awards - Arrivals","caption":"Spike TV's \"Guys Choice\" Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3030859/andy-samberg-kit-harington-hbo-wimbledon/","name":"Andy Samberg and Kit Harington to Team Up In HBO's Wimbledon Mockumentary"}}]}] ```