With Game of Thrones ending earlier this year, Kit Harington is finally able to work on new projects with the actor recently signing up to the MCU’s Eternals to play Dane Whitman AKA Black Knight.
It was confirmed at the D23 Expo earlier this year that the Jon Snow actor would join his former Game of Thrones co-star Richard Madden in the MCU film.
While Harington is of course very keen to get started on the movie, he also knows just how daunting it can be when trying to satisfy fan expectations.
According to ComicBook.Com, Harington spoke about Eternals at ACE Comic-Con in Chicago over the weekend. He said, “A lot of people who go into something like the MCU, they haven’t had experience of, maybe, a franchise that big.
“I’ve lived with Thrones for ten years, I’ve known a big franchise and something that’s created a world and it has a huge fan base. So for both reasons, I’m excited and terrified.
“I know the responsibility of actors who came into Thrones knowing that they’re playing a beloved character and that they had a responsibility to fans and to people to do something with that character. And for me, looking at this new universe, I’m prepared because I’ve been part of a universe… but I also have been part of a universe, so I am terrified.”
Look, let’s be honest, considering all the backlash the final season of Game of Thrones received, it makes sense that he’d be “terrified” to get things right for the hardcore Marvel fans.
Landing a role in a popular franchise is definitely a bit of a double-edged sword and he knows that all too well – especially as both Jon Snow and Dane Whitman have source material that fans know inside and out.
Harington didn’t reveal too much about the character but did say that he’ll once again be wielding a sword, making him pretty much Jon Snow 2.0.
Because the Eternals comics span thousands of years, it’ll be interesting to see whether Dane will be in the present day or in part of the story set in the past.
It’ll be a while before we find out more, as the film won’t hit cinemas until late 2020.
Also starring in Eternals with Harington and Madden is Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan and more.