Does '7 Days In Hell' Prove Kit Harington Can Be More than Jon Snow?

A lot of people are very interested in British role player Kit Harington right now. Well, that is to say, a lot of people are very interested in Harington's Game of Thrones character Jon Snow. The fifth flavour ended with Snow being murdered Julius Caesar-manner by the men of the Night's Watch, but the show's fans are grasping for clues that bear witness he'south coming dorsum side by side flavor. Practise his eyes change color in the final scene? Why does Melisandre testify upward to Castle Black? Is Harington actually going to ever cut his pilus?

Of course, there'due south some other question Kit Harington fans should be asking: can he always escape the role of Jon Snowfall?

No, but seriously. Who do you care more than about: Kit Harington or Jon Snow? Jon Snowfall, right?

Kit Harington was an unknown before he landed Game of Thrones. His one big credit was playing the human person lead in War Horse on the London phase (and permit'south be existent: people only liked that show considering of the amazing equus caballus puppets). Then, after nabbing the part of Jon Snow, he popped up in the disappointing disaster flick, Pompeii, and worked on a cord of minor British dramas that most Americans oasis't seen. Then, you'd be forgiven if you lot don't recollect of Harington as anything other than the brooding British guy who plays Jon Snowfall.

The new HBO one-act 7 Days In Hell could change all that for Harington. The hilariously inane sports documentary spoof about a fictional seven-twenty-four hour period-long Wimbledon match landed on HBO Now and HBO Go (and it'south due to debut on the cable aqueduct this weekend). Sat Night Alive vet Andy Samberg stars as one of the players: the cocaine-fueled Aaron Williams, aka Venus and Serena's adopted brother. Harington is the other. He plays the hopelessly dim Charles Poole and y'all desire to know something? He'due south really swell in the part.

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There's a new tendency in Hollywood where up-and-coming actors are using comedy to evidence off their range every bit opposed to drama. Nosotros know that Harington tin play a stoic hero, simply until 7 Days In Hell, nosotros didn't know if he could do much more. Charles Poole is an idiot, but in that location's nuance to how Harington plays him. The character has a sad innocence, which makes him a corking foil for Samberg's riff on brash and cocky sports stars. And so, with only one silly HBO comedy special — that reportedly merely took three days to shoot — Harington has proven that he not only has comedic chops, but interim range.

Now nosotros'll accept to expect and see what Harington does next. He'due south got an extraordinary corporeality of buzz and then at present'due south the fourth dimension to seize the career he wants. He's filming a thriller chosen Brimstone right now, but he'south mentioned in interviews that while he wants to stay articulate of romantic comedies, he's keen to do more than piece of work in farcical fare. Of class, he might not have all the freedom in the world. He might — fingers crossed — have to go dorsum to Westeros. [Where to Stream 7 Days In Hell]

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