For all of you complaining about all of the Kit Harington coverage… shhh!! First of all, I enjoy Sadface McGee and all of his whining, especially about how difficult and terrible it is when people find him attractive. The sadder he gets, the happier I am. Also, he’s been promoting projects back-to-back for more than a month: Game of Thrones, Spooks and Testament of Youth. He’s been in NYC all week doing press for ToY and that’s why we’ve had so much Kit coverage this week specifically. Kit has a new interview in the Wall Street Journal which is mostly about ToY… and poetry, and Game of Thrones. Some highlights:

Getting so many action-oriented roles: “I kind of weirdly fell into being an action hero. I have no f— idea how that happened. You have to remind people that you want to act rather than just run around. If I keep doing my own stunts in too many of those roles then I literally will turn into a stuntman, and that’s not what I got into this for.”

The poetry within ToY: “They were very my type of poems. I’ve written poems in the past—not particularly good ones—but they’ve always been three stanzas, just like his. You know, three stanzas seems to be a very easy way of writing poetry. I love reading poetry out loud.”

ToY is a feminist story: “It’s a film where there is a woman actor playing the out-and-out lead in a day and age when that’s still not very common. And actually it’s a story of feminism, and we’re in a strange way still fighting that fight today.”

On his celebrity & the obsession with his hair: “Mmm, people love talking about my hair… I don’t accept celebrity. I think it’s a really confusing part of this job. You got into this job to play roles to depict characters, and celebrity is an unfortunate side effect of that—for me. I guess I understand why people ask questions about appearance. I understand why, I don’t know why.”

[From the Wall Street Journal]

It’s worth noting that even though Wee Sadface’s previous complaints seem rather peasanty, he’s actually from a very well-to-do, educated background with many aristocratic and royal ties. He was raised in a house that prioritized education, which is where his love of poetry and literature flourished. Does the fact that he loves poetry and reciting poetry make you like Wee Sadface a little bit more?

Oh, and Kit has a new Q&A with Vulture too – he talked about Valyrian steel, and how few people are actually carrying Valyrian steel, then he laughs and says, “Yeah, we’re all f–ked.” You can read the piece here.

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