Michael Condron (Bowen Marsh, First Steward of the Night’s Watch): The [scene where Jon Snow hangs the men who killed him] was a proper stunt we did ourselves. It was petrifying. We fell — probably about a foot — and a harness supported us. Did it hurt? It did. We all ended up having slight bruises on our shoulders for a few weeks after. Also because of the harnesses, it could be, let’s just say, slightly uncomfortable for males. [Laughs.] Kit was such an incredibly humble guy. The only time I saw him pulling rank was when the four of us were hanged. Kit sort of went, “Guys, we need to start filming this! These guys are in pain!”
Presley (Unsullied/Wight/Lannister General): In the finale, I was Unsullied. There was a giant green screen we were facing — Daenerys’s speech was filmed completely separate. There was a little Welsh guy up in the front with a microphone going, “One, two, three,” [indicating when we should] bounce the spears on the sand. Your spear had to be pointed perfectly in the air for the shots. I saw Kit Harington straighten a guy’s spear, just to get the scene done.
He was the only one with us for that last episode, for some of those scenes. Because he’s marching through us, and we’re chanting, we’re kind of saying, “Are we chanting him as the king?” When we stopped seeing other actors on the set, we started thinking it was him. A lot of us were hoping it was him. But that’s not what we got.
Presley (Unsullied/Wight/Lannister General): The background actors from what we call the Northern Alliance, Kit Harington would try to sneak out and meet them out at a pub. They went out again [after the finale] for the last time together; they called it the Last Watch.
Great article from Vulture - An Oral History of Game of Thrones as told by it’s bit players. Extras get treated the absolute worst on set. So happy to see that Kit seems to be the stand out to them for being humble and kind. Clearly a favourite!
