Will Kit Harington ever truly escape #HairWatch? Probably not.
While promoting their upcoming films, Kit Harington and Natalie Dormer addressed questions concerning their Game of Thrones characters’ fates. Well, more accurately Dormer was questioned about Margaery’s troubles in King’s Landing. Harington was asked about his hair.
Harington sat down with ET to discuss his new movie MI-5 and, inevitably … his long curly locks. ET asked him what style he’d consider trying out once his highly publicized hair contract is up to which Harington answered: “I can chop it off right now.”
Whether or not Harington’s hair contract really has expired is up for debate (honesty from GoT insiders when discussing Jon Snow’s future has been a little dubious, after all). It’s also worth noting that Harington’s co-stars Finn Jones and Alfie Allen have been photographed sporting shorter locks than their characters were when we last saw them. So, just to reiterate: hair length confirms nothing.
Meanwhile, Natalie Dormer appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden to promote The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II.
Corden tried to coax a few details about season 6 out of her. Though Dormer remained generally tight lipped, she did admit that Cersei is “the least of Margaery’s problems. She’s got bigger problems this season.”
She also assured “concerned dragon owner” Ty Burrell that, thus far, no dragons have been harmed during the filming of Game of Thrones.
HODOR!
Hodor!
grr too late…
Hodor! Oh my god I did it! Yay!
(ok…honestly I hate this whole Hodor-thing but while being the first I couldn´t resist, sorry)
edit: hahaha…ok forget everything I wrote *cough*
back to the hairstyle 😀
It’s almost december and people are still questioning Kit about his hair for God’s sake…
His hair is just soooooo sexy. i do not care where he works as long as he keeps it….well….long!
….I like cake 😀
Won’t be a surprise though if Finn and Alfie are killed off in season 6.
NattyD looked amazing at the Mockingjay LA premiere. Good for her. I’m happy for the career boost she is getting, along with Gwendoline Christie.
Gwendoline though, as she said, she is the “Overlord of the Comic Cons.” GoT, Hunger Games and Star Wars? GC can Comic Con her on her deathbed and there will still be lines to see her.
I think the two of them have gotten the biggest boosts from GoT. Sure, Emilia is the sexiest woman alive and all, but she has yet to have a hugely successful film, or even one anticipated to be a huge success.
Hopefully, X-Men goes well for Turner.
On the films that suck side, we have Pixels (Dinklage), Pompeii (Harington) and now Gods of Egypt (Coster-Waldau).
Piyush Sharma,
Kargaryen,
Yeah, he just should have said he needs the long hair because it’s nearly December, it’s cold outside, and winter is coming.
Loras, they’ve never figured out how to use well or had time for him. So like Mance Rayder they might cut out all mystery from bad things that befall him.
I won’t be surprised if Loras dies (will miss Finn terribly)… But Theon!! No no no he can’t die. I forbid it lol
Also having a “hair contract” sounds so silly. XD
Alfie was a convincing shit head in John Wick. I liked it.
Hair can grow back, people. Relax.
Besides, if Jon gets a new identity, perhaps a new hairstyle should be the appropriate next step. Maybe some highlights, too?
yeah margaery’s biggest problem is going to be the faith and loras being tortured by the faith probably.
but seriously what is cersei even going to do next season? we’ve had 0 spoilers about her 🙁
Spooks: The Greater Good (MI-5) is a very british and intelligent movie. Top performances by Kit and Peter Firth
aurane waters,
Yes, except for the pics from Dubrovnik we have not heard much.
HotPinkLipstick,
Terminator Genisys?
Not sure about the success, but I felt it was widely anticipated.
Well, I guess that’s something. 😉
Such a girl crush on Natalie Dormer.
Aeryn Sun,
No highlights, please.
Newbietothegame,
it seems like she’ll be in KL for the entire season but what is she doing? it seems like 99% of her scenes will be indoors, but doing WHAT? because i think she’ll powerless for most of next season
The filming for Cersei was delaying because of LH’s maternity leave, right? She’s been all over Belfast for the last month though. I imagine most of her work is interiors this season, her cell in the Red Keep, chatting with Qyburn, probably some interiors with Olenna and the HS. I imagine she’ll be seen watching
and she will have some raginess.
Alfie has some chops. And I will look for John Wick.
Platinum ice Mohawk?
Margaery is probably going fake that she’s in tow with the Faith Militant or she’ll sell out Loras but one way or another she’s walking out of there leaving him behind….I think.
Jr Targ,
Pretty widely panned and a failure in the domestic market. The planned sequels and possible series are on hold because of how poorly it did. EC is a gorgeous woman, but she was out of her element.
HotPinkLipstick,
Yes, Natalie Dormer and Gwen Christie are the real “winners” from the show, and it’s well deserved 🙂
Peter Dinklage and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau were succesful before Game of Thrones, but yeah, they haven’t really gotten a boost from being in the show (maybe because it takes up so much of their time? They do have families).
And while Kit Harington’s been in better movies then Pompeii, (I’ll happily recommend Testament of Youth to anyone) and is set to star in a Xavier Dolan movie, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns to the stage after GoT. He always seems to miss it a lot when asked about it in interviews etc, and from what I’ve understood he was really good in War Horse.
Drink more wine.
HotPinkLipstick,
lol i know but i feel like she has to do more than just hang out with qyburn for the season.
Harington and his character (Jon) is much more than his hair…
For me, the important thing is the evolution of Jon in the season 6 🙂
(Can’t wait until spring!)
HotPinkLipstick,
I personally think Emilia’s acting has been part of the reason I don’t love Dany on the show – I’m still not totally understanding why people love her so much. I think obviously they love the dragons, but liking Dany is a stretch (for me) with the way Emilia acts.
She’s elevated being opposite Peter though, so meeting Tyrion is the smartest decision the writers made.
Yes, I wonder about Cersei too?
Seems like Lena Headey has done a lot of filming, especially lately, BUT WHERE?
Is Cersei in a cell at the Red Keep or can she roam free?
Yikes I hate Qubyrn and the Mountain.
Could actually be cool and interesting to see Marg and Cersei put their braids or brains together to get back at the High Sparrow 😛
Which is why I thank the Seven every morning.
I have the same view. She is a beautiful woman, but her acting, not so much. I think that is why I cannot get excited about her arc. They had to get Tyrion to Essos to make it more interesting, well, for me at least.
Show a little more cray cray with two scoops of coo-coo-ca-choo on top.
JCDavis,
Cersei as “the walrus” confirmed! 😉
Absolutely. She looks like she’d be fun in a chick flick or a comedy, but heavy drama seems beyond her. I also think the dark eyebrows and flammable wigs do her no favors.
She can do her ragey think perfectly well in NI interior shots. She’s not going to be going anywhere outside KL though, so why send her to a ton of locations? She went to
with the Mountain. Where else she we have seen her?
Cersei is not
I’m sure LH has had plenty to do, on a nice sound stage.
Newbietothegame,
Agreed, whereas I think Kit’s Jon got more nuanced as the seasons progressed. He was brilliant the last half of the season. But Emilia’s “regal” air or whatever she tries to do with Dany is so bad I find it hard to enjoy her scenes all that…until they show the DRAGONS woooo dragons!
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
LOL we CA chica’s know our Beatles when we see it!!
about all the Hair Watch nonsense: actors have been knew to were something called a “wig”.
Nope. And neither will Adam Driver, after The Force Awakens is released. Get ready for those hair questions, Adam.
I loved Spooks/MI5, and Peter Firth especially. Can’t wait to see this movie. Elyse Gabel stars in it too.
Am I required to pick on Emilia in the comments? 🙂
Pretty sure I’m the only one who couldn’t give a sh*t about Jon Snow 😛
Dinklage was excellent in knights of badassdom
NCW was in Oblivion
GC prolly had the biggest career boost
Natalie Dormer will find another role as a queen…or become a real queen, idk
Nodor,
Yeah, Dormer I always thought was a fantastic actress before GOT – she just became really more mainstream for Americans. Hunger Games, guest starring on Elementary, etc.
But GC has become the franchise gal, I would warrant without GOT someone as unconventional in Hollywood like her would not get the chance. Unfortunate ugly truth.
Totally agree. And that’s a damn shame for other unconventional actors. J.J. Abrams was quoted as saying GC was his favorite to work with on the Star Wars set. Because of her height though, she might never have been cast. D&D have commented that they love working with her as well. This career boost is well-deserved. I can only hope casting directors see that a non-standard look isn’t a bad thing and give other actors a shot.
Yes, it is unfortunate, but anyone who could fall under the “unconventional” label knows when they decide to go into the business it will be an uphill battle. The great thing is they are brave enough to go for it, anyway, and those who are fortunate enough to break though can help break down some barriers. Hell, the “color barrier” still exists. It isn’t as big as it was, but it is most definitely still there.
I’m so excited for Kit to stop having to lie about Jon Snow because he’s so bad at it.
Flora Linden,
I would great if he simply shave his hair and go around with beautiful bald head. Just imagine the shitstorm it would cause.
Speaking of fellow member of curly, dark hair club. I’m truly excited about Adam’s role in Star Wars along with Gwendoline and Glesson’s General Hux. I’m way more exicted about villains than for heroes for some reason. 😀
Py,
We can find some companions for you. Don’t worry. Every character shares people who loves them and who couldn’t give a shit about them. Some more than the others. 😉
Nadia,
We can always applaud the effort. 😉
Isn’t Jessica Henwick supposed to be in the new Star Wars, too?
I thought John Wick was a good movie, not award caliber, but worth watching.
Alfie played such a good entitled piece of sh-_.
Hope he doesn’t get type cast.
I know Natalie Dormer long before GoT from The Tudors so I think she was quite famous even before GoT.
Gwendoline Christie tho, she is something. That lady is in everywhere.
aurane waters,
Is the Faith even allowed to physically torture High lords and ladies? If I’m remembering my history lessons correctly wasn’t a King not even allowed to legally torture his earls and dukes?
That makes two of us. 😉
I always loved him in the novels….Kit almost lost me with his acting in seasons 1-3, but ep 4-9 and season 5 brought me back 🙂
Brilliant! You should be his PR agent! 😛
Agree! I really enjoyed it. I loved Testament of Youth as well, it was a really heart-rending film. But my favourite of Kit’s non-GOT work has to be 7 Days in Hell. F’ing hilarious. That whole scene with the streakers on the tennis court…omg, I was crying.
grailking,
John Wick was fun, wasn’t it? Great to see Keanu back in form. I still can’t believe he’s 51 – he doesn’t look a day older than 35. Must be making sacrifices to R’hllor.
Nadia,
But it’s Dany failing at the regal thing, not Emilia. That’s the point – Dany tries to act like a queen based on what she thinks a queen is supposed to act like, but isn’t really all that good at it. There’s quite a subtle layer behind that where Emilia manages to bring forth Dany’s real emotions and thoughts behind the stoic facade, but you have to pay attention to that. There’s also a big difference when Dany’s talking in public, with her council or in private. It doesn’t help that her arc has been quite the bore fest since that glorious take down of Astapor.
Granted, she was quite bad in that Terminator train wreck, especially her scenes with Arnold were cringe-worthy. But I guess no one could have saved that POS.
If we’re talking about movies from the cast, Stealing Rembrandt with NCW needs to be mentioned. It’s a Danish comedy about, well, stealing a Rembrandt.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Yes, Jessica Henwick has a bit part in TFA as a pilot.
Can someone explain why this two interviews made into an article…
But Emilia’s interview last week didn’t even get mention …she also spoke about GoT…
And the funny thing is there still comes post how terrible she is..
Her best in series is season 1 where she didnt have dragons and a clear storyline…
And then comes season 3 and season 5 with emmy noms each …so no its not about dragons and no one that worse will be getting noms just because they have dragons…
She was the best in season 3 onlu jamie can compete with her in season 3 ..
And she has given good performamces in season 2 and 4 where she was given a chance to perform ..
If anyone feels to blame …i think it should be towards GRRm who ruined character by stalling her storyline so other storylines catch up …and does not came up with a compelling storyline for her while he had her stalled …and D&D for writing season 2 and 4 comes to my mind and season 5 her arc is all over the place …
She is not the best there is but she is good at doing what was given and asked of her
Conan Troutman,
Exactly a lot of scenes which is considered bad acting just happens to be how the show runners wanted that scene to happen …
A complaint about the spice merchant scene comes to my mind …which is exactly how the directors wanted it ..
A lot of complaints is based and the disabilty of viewer cant able to distinguish between character and actor…
But like you said she says lot with her eyes and if one focused well enough …they can sure see that …
Mmm…I like Kit´s acting;it helps that he is beautiful 😉 Emilia is a beauty, as well, but I just don´t like her character at all but not really sure why
Conan Troutman,
Sorry, but I just think Emilia is not a great actress, and she’s exposed when she acts against others of a better caliber than she is. I don’t think it’s Dany, it’s her.
Although maybe I´m no reliable critic ; I hated Mark Addy´s performance as Robert and everybody else loved it…
dragonbringer,
Some people like her portrayl and other not so much.
I agree with what you said about Emilia. Acting here isn’t a problem, but sometimes material or other things are not helping them.
Her last season was good no matter what people says. Don’t if it was Emmy worthy, but she can’t be that terrible as some people suggest. Although, Terminator was not her best choice. I always hoped she would land Queen Victoria role, but Jenna beat her to it.
Geralt of Rivia,
People can have different tastes they can like others not like but my problem is when people make judgememt of others like emilia is being loved just because she have dragons or she is pretty …
Iam personally looking forward to Me before you with sam clafin …that should be a nice flick ..
Nadia,
Huh, for me it’s the other way around. I like her best in scenes with Ian McElhinney, Peter Dinklage and Ian Glen. She always rises up to the occasion, like Hardhome – her best stuff since season 1 (or the dracarys scene). It’s when she’s not in a scene with those three that I get bored of Dany.
I don’t know if she’s legitimately great (would need to see her in another role and judging her for Terminator is like judging Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor for the Star Wars prequels…), but you don’t get nominated for an Emmy if you stink. Say what you will about the Emmy politics and you’ll always have your fair share of snubs, but the voters can certainly tell the difference between good and bad acting.
jewels,
Looking forward to seeing this movie. Missed out on Testament of youth at the theater (can’t watch that if you are even slightly depressed) and he didn’t have “the hair” in that anyways haha. It’s cool this is coming to the US. Didn’t think they’d release it here. I like intelligent spy flicks …except for James Bond:)
Nadia,
There doesn’t seem to be much love for Emilia. As I’ve said before I think she does quite a good job interacting with the tennis balls in place of the CGI dragons. I guess it’s different strokes for different folks – a lot of people like Penny Dreadful but as an English person when I tried to watch it I found myself sticking my fingers in my ears at Eva Green’s “English” (LOL) accent and some Irish people said Billie Piper’s accent was a bit stage “Oirish”. We are all individuals and are drawn to different things – or different actors and acting styles.
What’s Cersei going to do? She will be mourning her dead daughter and raging at Jaime and the world because of it. That will provide at least a few emotional scenes -leading to more breakdown as she see Marge figure out a way around the Sparrows. Plus she will be attempting to put her new toy, the Mountain 2.0, to best use. She’s not gone yet, still more mayhem to make.
It kinda feels like he’s going that way, sadly. That’s one reason why I hope the “What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger” line applies to Theon, and comes to pass.
Ignore the fact that that would be a fun story, and that I like the character and want him to have some victories; it’d just be great for the actor as well. Gets to play an entitled fool, a dehumanised shell of a man, and a half-mad badass warrior/general/admiral/whatever all within the same, prominent show.
That could lead to a very strong career without any more typecasting.
Don’t like her character either and it’s because she’s too one-dimensional I think. Comes off as wooden. Maybe they want her to portray an ice-queen reserved/steely type but they need to have her put some emotion into it. Not be so constrained in her expressions, body language and tone of voice. I think by season 4 Kit is a fantastic actor. When I re-watched some of the episodes I really noticed just how well he nailed it with his delivery and micro expressions.
What I really don’t understand is why don’t they dye Emilia’s eyebrows, does anyone knows the reason?
Mark Addy as Robert was THE WORST casting choice in the history of acting, going back thousands of years to the Greek plays! Robert should have been fierce, imposing, 6’4″ at least, older at this point but still strikingly good looking, a warrior still, a king. A king who likes to drink and frak and hunt, but a KING. (He should have been unable to joust, not because of being fat and out of shape, but because he had an arm injury from the Targaryan war. Something like that) Instead we got short, fat, not attractive, not imposing, not fierce. (Not Mark Addy’s fault, just the reality) We are supposed to believe that Mark Addy as Robert beat Raeghar? That Cercei was attracted to him at her wedding? If only they had chosen someone else….GOT biggest misstep.
All other casting choices have been stellar, although I would have thought Catlin was much more a beauty than Michelle Fairley. (Not that she’s not attractive – she’s just not a beauty).
No, and it’s dumb.
O_o,
Rat Kook,
Re. typecasting of Alfie, in the immortal words of Leonard Nimoy, better to be typecast than not cast.
O_o,
I’d guess that she’d look decidedly odd when she was being herself – not on set – fair eyebrows and dark hair would look as odd as fair hair and dark eyebrows. I have seen some blondes with dark eyebrows in real life (unless they’ve used eyebrow pencil to darken their brows). It’s just a fact that it’s easier to make a natural blonde look dark on screen (e.g. Natalie Dormer) than vice versa.
Who else thought MI5 was mission impossible…. And even with the abnormally wide spaced eyes ND’s a smoke show
Tootie,
Sheesh aren’t we hard to please. Kinda agree about Robert but not at all with cat MF was a great cast
I don’t believe a word KH says. “I can chop it off right now” yeah and you’ll be out of a job. Just like the semantics right after the finale when he said JS is dead.
well if not dye her eyebrows they could easily paint them!!
Tootie,
We are so hard to please 😉 Mark Addy is a fantastic actor and he nails everything he´s in…it´s just he is NOT who Robert was supposed to be when he was younger…even if you haven´t met the actor before,it is really hard to envision him as beautiful,dashing,daring,bla,bla,bla…But,most people thought he was right in his performance so it is of no consequence what I think about it
Alex G,
I see what you’re saying, but I look at it this way: I try to imagine someone I used to think was gorgeous, like Val Kilmer, and see what he looked like after getting really fat, which is decidedly not gorgeous. It’s hard for me to see the formerly gorgeous Val Kilmer when I see some of the more recent pictures. When I think along those lines, it helps me suspend my disbelief. It also didn’t hurt I thought Addy nailed who Robert became.
thorne garnet,
He did wear a wig for the pilot episode because his hair was too short during filming, then he offered to grow his hair out because he said he hated the wig so much… then a few seasons later, he said he regretted that choice and he’d rather wear the wig now because he hates having to keep it long. Ha! Maybe he talked the powers that be into letting him change to a wig again? Or maybe he’s just lying again? Who knows! His real hair looks better than that pilot wig though, IMHO… far more luxurious. 🙂
P.S. I’m pretty embarrassed this is my first post- I’ve been a long-time lurker. Hello, everyone!
Danielle Stark,
Nice first post. Please continue to contribute and welcome to WotW.
keltia,
Thank you! I was a late bloomer- I didn’t start the show until Feb 2014- then I binged, caught up and have made sure I’m home every Sun night a new episode airs ever since. Wanted to read the books SO bad but didn’t want to be spoiled either… acquaintances who were book readers told me I was (mostly) safe to dive into the books after season 5 finished- so I finally started them in August and I just started A Dance of Dragons last week. I’m up until almost 3am on some work nights because I just can’t stop reading! I’m an addict! It’s been a terrific way to alleviate my withdrawal between seasons though. 🙂 I prefer the books to the show… but I love the show almost as much. Anyway. Off topic introduction, sorry. But thank you for the welcome! 🙂
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Nice analogy…it does help if you look at it that way
Danielle Stark,
Yes! Hello! We get larger by the minute 😉
Just want to say real quick that the man in the photo accompanying this article has the most beautiful face of any man I’ve ever seen.
Yeah I got it bad for him and I’m really too old for that sh!t lol
Also welcome to WotW Danielle!
dragonbringer,
Sam is very talented actor and by the sound of it should be great movie. I watched Love, Rosie when he starred with Lilly Collins. She look very much liek Emilia. Crazy, funny, beautiful movie based on a book just like this one.
Danielle Stark… Im kinda a newbie too (since beginning of summer) and its always nice to see someone take a leap of faith to reach to the community at large. Sometimes it can be unnerving because there are a few members who will rip you apart for your opposing opinions (think thick skin)! Like you I have had to binge watch this last year to catch up. I saw the show its first season but due to a family death I was pretty much out of sorts for the last few years. I subscribed to HBO and taped every season and then watched them all in less then a month… (obsessed a little yes)…. now Im onto book three… I should be busy for a while trying to read as much as I can before season 6. I have mixed opinions as to which I love more books or show. They both have their pro’s and cons. Either way WELCOME!
Danielle Stark,
Allow me to join the merry band welcoming you to the site, Danielle.
Welcome!
Don’t worry you will find your way.
You can really geek out here and you will find others to join you. Don’t be afraid to go all out book fangirl/boy here. We are all in the same boat. We all geek out. Also, have fun speculating about next season too. You can put out your theories about what might happen.
I am new too and it has been really good so far. Tidbit, be friendly to our unsullied friends. Cover your spoilers. I cover everything regarding books and the show. Just in case so there’s no drama.
i do believe the leaked scripts are exactly what is going to happen