Kit Harington was "genuinely angered" by a fan petition calling for the final season of Game of Thrones to be remade

Kit told the New York Times: "That genuinely angered me. Like, how dare you? Sorry, that's just how I feel. I think it was a level of idiocy that can only come about through social media."

The eighth and last series of the HBO fantasy drama aired in 2019 while Kit - who played Jon Snow - was in rehab for alcohol addiction and stress, and after he returned, the star was confused by its disapproval from fans and critics.

In August 2024, Kit told GQ Hype: "I went in, and everyone loved Thrones; I came out, and everyone hated it. I thought, 'What the f*** is going on?!'"

Reflecting on the final season of Game of Thrones - which ran from 2011 until 2019, he thinks one "fault" was that its cast and crew "were all so f****** tired, we couldn't have gone on longer".

Kit - who starred in the drama alongside the likes of Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) - added to the magazine: "And so I understand some people thought it was rushed, and I might agree with them.

"But I'm not sure there was any alternative. I look at pictures of me in that final season, and I look exhausted. I look spent. I didn't have another season in me."

Despite criticising the millions of fans for not liking the finale season of Game of Thrones - in which Kit said one battle scene took 55 consecutive nights to film - he recognised that "everyone is entitled to their opinion".

Kit said: "I think there were mistakes made, story-wise, towards the end, maybe. I think there were some interesting choices that didn't quite work."