--- ---  # The _Game of Thrones_ Stunt Guy Has a Pretty Positive Review of Kit Harington's Moves  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 25, 2018 9:26 PM UTC  HBO  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 25, 2018 9:26 PM UTC In a new behind-the-scenes [ _Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5112778/peter-dinklage-on-game-of-thrones-last-season/) video, we get an [inside look](https://www.facebook.com/GoTBehindTheScenes/videos/736516929864993/) into the making of the blockbuster TV show — specifically, the complex stunt work that brings the bloody battles to life. Stunt coordinator [Rowley Irlam](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410034/), who’s also worked on sets of major action films like James Bond’s _Skyfall_ and _The Bourne Ultimatum_, shared his thoughts on some of the actors’ own stunt abilities. His verdict on Kit Harington’s Jon Snow: pretty positive. Looks like Snow might know something after all. “Kit’s doing most of it himself,” Irlam said. “He’s doing all the fighting, he moves really well. He’s great.” Another actor involved in many of the complex Northern fight scenes is [Kristofer Hivju](http://time.com/4928981/game-of-thrones-brienne-on-tormund-romance/), who plays the fearsome wildling leader Tormund Giantsbane. “The thing about Kristofer: you don’t have to build him up, you have to just reign him back a bit. Not in a dangerous, reckless way, he’s just full on,” Irlam reflected. “The stunt guys just love it. It was really cool working with him.” And then there’s [Iain Glen](http://time.com/4970783/game-of-thrones-season-8-release-date/), the chivalrous Jorah Mormont and Danaerys’s sworn protector. “Iain’s another one who doesn’t pull too much,” Irlam said. “He picks up the fights really well, wants to do it all himself, so we hardly used a double.” Sounds like the actors of _Thrones_ pass the stunt work test with flying colors. Game of Thrones Stunt Behind the Scenes Video YouTube ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5119300/jon-snow-stunts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5119300/jon-snow-stunts/"},"headline":"The Game of Thrones Stunt Guy Has a Pretty Positive Review of Kit Harington's Moves","datePublished":"2018-01-25T21:26:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:05.287Z","description":"The show's stunt coordinator dishes on the behind-the-scenes work of actors Kit Harington, Kristofer Hivju and Iain Glen.","url":"https://time.com/5119300/jon-snow-stunts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d4a89b08872b39/6988d59597cdff68126b1931/kit-harington-jon-snow-battle-of-the-bastards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d4a89b08872b39/6988d59597cdff68126b1931/kit-harington-jon-snow-battle-of-the-bastards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kit-harington-jon-snow-battle-of-the-bastards","caption":"kit-harington-jon-snow-battle-of-the-bastards","creditText":"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5119300/jon-snow-stunts/","name":"The Game of Thrones Stunt Guy Has a Pretty Positive Review of Kit Harington's Moves"}}]}] ```