--- title: Kit Harington Cried Reading Game of Thrones Finale Script description: Kit Harrington revealed that he bawled as he and his cast mates sat down for a read through of the final episode of the hit HBO show. canonical: https://time.com/4993047/kit-harrington-game-of-thones-read-through-cry/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-23T13:45:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:12.150Z og:title: Kit Harington Knows Everything About the Final 'Game of Thrones' Script og:description: 'I know everything now' og:url: https://time.com/4993047/kit-harrington-game-of-thones-read-through-cry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffe1cc4897acd981/6988e2ea97cdff03df6b2f38/kit-harrington-game-of-thrones-finale-crying.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4256 og:image:height: 2394 og:image:alt: Premiere Of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 7 - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kit Harington Knows Everything About the Final 'Game of Thrones' Script twitter:description: 'I know everything now' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffe1cc4897acd981/6988e2ea97cdff03df6b2f38/kit-harrington-game-of-thrones-finale-crying.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Cried at the End.' 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The _Game of Thrones_ actor revealed on [BBC’s _The One Show_](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b098rws9/the-one-show-20102017) Friday that he bawled as he and his cast mates sat down for a read through of the final episode of the hit HBO show. “We had a read through last week in fact, so I know everything now,” he said. While the final episode won’t air until the series comes to an end with the eighth season in 2019, the actor said he couldn’t help but get emotional. “I cried at the end,” he said. “You have to remember that eight years of it — no one really cares about it more than us.” Harington continued, “It’s been an institution longer than any other institution I’ve been in. School, drama school, anything. I get a bit weepy thinking about it. It’s going to be a strange year saying goodbye to everyone and having last scenes with this person and that person. Not only you’re attached to it, loads of people around the world are attached to it.” Despite being in the know of his famous character’s fate, Harington said he’s been sworn to secrecy. “\[I was told\], ‘Don’t tell them you’re filming. Don’t take pictures in Belfast. Don’t do all of that,’” he said. “It’s on lockdown!” With _Game of Thrones_ ending, the British actor has much to look forward to, including a wedding to former costar [Rose Leslie](http://people.com/tag/rose-leslie/), whose character on the show said in the meme-worthy words: “You know nothing, Jon Snow.” The two [became engaged](http://people.com/tv/kit-harington-rose-leslie-engaged/) in September, with the couple also taking out a [wedding announcement](http://people.com/tv/kit-harington-rose-leslie-engaged/) in their hometown newspaper of the _Times_ in England. As if they weren’t cute enough, Harington recently revealed that [Leslie made him dress up as Snow for a “bad taste”](http://people.com/tv/rose-leslie-kit-harington-costume-party/) costume party. _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/tv/kit-harington-knows-game-of-thrones-ending/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4993047/kit-harrington-game-of-thones-read-through-cry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4993047/kit-harrington-game-of-thones-read-through-cry/"},"headline":"'I Cried at the End.' 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