--- title: Game of Thrones: Kit Harington on Why Jon Snow Is Safe description: Game of Thrones' Kit Harington explains why he didn't feel Jon Snow was in danger of being killed off during the show's sixth season. canonical: https://time.com/4456259/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-safe/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-17T18:54:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:36.462Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kit Harington on Why Jon Snow Is Safe on Game of Thrones og:description: "It would be awful storytelling" og:url: https://time.com/4456259/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-safe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30073052caa0d55f/69889809cf40a8eaabc43a3b/game-of-thrones-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-facebook og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kit Harington on Why Jon Snow Is Safe on Game of Thrones twitter:description: "It would be awful storytelling" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30073052caa0d55f/69889809cf40a8eaabc43a3b/game-of-thrones-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kit Harington on Why Jon Snow Is the Safest _Game of Thrones_ Character > Sponsored content. 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During a recent interview with [TheWrap](http://feature.thewrap.com/emmy-feature-kit-harington/) for an Emmys feature, the 29-year-old actor explained why he didn’t feel Jon was in danger of being killed off during the show’s sixth season. “Here’s the thing: I feel like one of the safest people on _Thrones_ now,” he said. “Maybe I shouldn’t say that. He could die next season, but I felt very safe this season. Because if I come back to life in episode two, it would be awful storytelling if you kill me in episode four. So I felt a bit cocky this season.” Harington also spoke about his reluctance to reveal any thoughts he has about what the truth of the [R+L=J theory](http://time.com/4373723/game-of-thrones-season-6-theories/) — that Jon is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen rather than Ned’s illegitimate — will mean for Jon going forward. “If I say what my theory is, then some people will take it as gospel because I play the character,” he said. “And I also find it unhelpful in playing the character to theorize about it, because he doesn’t think too much about it. If he gets to know that truth at some point, which I hope he will, it will be a really fascinating moment to play.” Read more at [TheWrap.com](http://feature.thewrap.com/emmy-feature-kit-harington/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4456259/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-safe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4456259/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-safe/"},"headline":"Kit Harington on Why Jon Snow Is the Safest Game of Thrones Character","datePublished":"2016-08-17T18:54:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:36.462Z","description":"\"It would be awful storytelling\"","url":"https://time.com/4456259/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-safe/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Kit Harington","TV","Jon Snow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30073052caa0d55f/69889809cf40a8eaabc43a3b/game-of-thrones-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30073052caa0d55f/69889809cf40a8eaabc43a3b/game-of-thrones-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-facebook","caption":"Kit Harington as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan—Courtesy of HBO","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/4456259/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-safe/","name":"Kit Harington on Why Jon Snow Is the Safest Game of Thrones Character"}}]}] ```