"In a new New York Times profile, actor Kit Harington has revealed how he felt about the negative critical reaction to the HBO drama's final season: Mad. "That genuinely angered me," the Game of Thrones alum told writer Miles Ellingham. "Sorry, that's just how I feel." Season 8 of Game of Thrones, presided over by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, received no shortage of flak for how it wrapped up the series' major storylines."
"This included an awkward rush to transform key character Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) into a despot who ended up getting killed by Harington's Jon Snow. The final six episodes of the series had fans calling for a complete redo of the final season - something Harington described as "a level of idiocy that can only come about through social media." Previously, Harington had revealed that when the final season of Game of Thrones was airing, he was receiving treatment in rehab."
The final season of Game of Thrones faced intense criticism for rushed storytelling and the abrupt transformation of Daenerys Targaryen into a despot who was killed by Jon Snow. Fans launched petitions demanding a complete redo of the final six episodes, a movement characterized as social-media-driven idiocy. One cast member experienced treatment in rehab while the season aired. HBO leadership rejected the idea of remaking the season and a proposed Jon Snow spinoff was later shelved. The actor now appears in HBO's Industry season four, streaming on HBO Max.
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