‘GoT’ alum Kit Harington calls ‘House of the Dragon’ spinoff ‘weird’

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“House of the Dragon.”“I’m really enjoying it,” the “Eternals” star told the Hollywood Reporter. “My friend Miguel [Sapochnik] showruns it, so I’m really enjoying it.”The 35-year-old Harington starred as Jon Snow from 2011 to 2019 in the much-acclaimed HBO drama “Game of Thrones” and recently applauded the new show for its individuality and clever connection to its parent series.“It’s a weird one to start a whole new show in the same kind of realm and to make it its own thing,” added Harington, “and I think that they’ve really done that.”While Sapochnik has exited as showrunner for Season 2 of “House of the Dragon,” he’ll stay on as an executive producer.“Working within the ‘Thrones’ universe for the past few years has been an honor and a privilege, especially spending the last two with the amazing cast and crew of ‘House of the Dragon,’ ” Sapochnik said in a statement last month. “I am so proud of what we accomplished with Season 1 and overjoyed by the enthusiastic reaction of our viewers”Sapochnik even directed several episodes of “Game of Thrones” during its eight-season run.

Harington will be returning to the “GoT” world with his own Jon Snow sequel series in the foreseeable future. “Yes, there is a Jon Snow show in development,” author and “GoT” creator George R.