LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE
EMMY-NOMINATED ACTOR YOU KNOW AS JON SNOW ON "GAME OF THRONES."
PLEASE WELCOME, KIT HARINGTON!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HERE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, IN CASE YOU DO NOT HAVE
THE REFERENCE FOR THIS, IS THAT NOT EVERY GUEST WHO COMES ON
GETS SQUEALS OF PLEASURE.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: FROM THE AUDIENCE.
VERY FEW PEOPLE GET THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, NICE TO MEET
YOU.
I'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE?
>> NO.
IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR YOU
BECAUSE YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CAST ARE OUT HERE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL SEASON COMING UP, BUT YOU CAN'T
REALLY-- YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, ALL OF US IN THE CAST.
WE'RE KIND OF TURNING TO EACH OTHER GOING, WHAT, DO YOU SAY?"
AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY LIES.
I CAN'T EVEN MAKE SOMETHING UP.
>> Stephen: WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE STUFF UP?
>> BECAUSE THEN THAT GETS PICKED UP AND THEY PICK THAT APART AND
ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE TRUE THEY NARROWED THAT OUT OF IT.
>> Stephen: THROW STUFF IN THAT COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAPPEN
LIKE FRODO THROWS A RING IN THE MOUNT OF DOOM.
WE'VE GOT-- IT'S EVERYWHERE.
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT NOW.
THIS IS ONE OF THE-- I DON'T KNOW-- 50 COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
OR SOMETHING THAT "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY" IT PUTTING OUT RIGHT
THERE.
ARE YOU GOING TO MISS-- ARE YOU GOING TO MISS THE FURZE?
JUST TELL ME IF YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE SMELL OF WET FUR, KIT
HARRINGTON?
>> YOU KNOW, IT WEIGHS A TON.
IT SMELLS AWFUL.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> IT'S WONDERFUL.
WHENEVER WE WENT OUT THERE AND YOU PUT IT BACK ON YOU FEEL BACK
IN THE CHARACTER AGAIN.
THAT'S GREAT.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT IS JUST-- IT-- IT LITERALLY-- I
THINK THEY ADDED WEIGHT TO IT EVERY YEAR.
( LAUGHTER )
DESIGNER HATES ACTORS, OBVIOUSLY.
AND, LIKE, I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO PHYSICALLY TIRE US OUT
BY THE END SO WE NEVER, EVER WANTED TO DO THE SHOW AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: IF YOU-- IF YOU HAD TO LIVE IN THE "GAME OF
THRONES" WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE?
WHAT-- LIKE, WOULD YOU WANT TO BE YOUR CHARACTER--
>> NOT BE ON THE WALL.
NOT BE ON THE WALL.
>> Stephen: NOT BE ON THE WALL.
>> I'D GO TO DORN OR SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE ALL TANNED THERE.
>> ALL THE OTHER ACTORS WOULD COME BACK FROM CROATIA.
IT WAS GREAT, WE HAD SILK COSTUMES.
WE TOOK THEM OFF AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH OUR MA-GREETERS.
>> Stephen: MARGARITAS.
>> AND I'VE BEEN IN THE RAIN AND MUD WITH NIGH 15-KILOGRAM
COSTUME FOR THREE MONTHS.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG HAS BEEN IT BEEN SINCE YOU STARTED
SHOOTING SEASON 1?
>> 10 YEARS 10 YEARS.
>> Stephen: HERE YOU ARE, FIRST EPISODE, RIGHT, FIRST
SEASON.
>> I COULDN'T EVEN GROW A BEARD THEN.
THAT BEARD IS DRAWN ON.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WHAT-- DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WERE
GETTING YOURSELF INTO, LIKE, WHEN YOU STARTED THIS?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: DID YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE 10 YEARS OF
THIS?
>> I KNEW-- ALL I KNEW WAS I BOOKED A PILOT ON AN HBO TV
SHOW, AND THAT WAS JUST WINNING THE LOTTERY ANYWAY.
LIKE, WHETHER IT WAS GOOD OR EVEN GOT PICKED UP WAS BY THE BY
FOR ME.
SO, NO, I HAD-- OBVIOUSLY HAD NO IDEA.
AND TO THINK I'D BE OUT IN NEW YORK DOING TALK SHOWS OR GOING
TO THE EMMYS OR THE SAGA, WARDS-- OR WHATEVER-- OR MEETING
SOME OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE, IT'S-- IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
AND IT'S SORT OF, AFTER 10 YEARS OF IT, I'M STILL PINCHING
MYSELF, AND I STILL CAN'T QUITE GRASP IT.
AND I THINK ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I THINK ABOUT WHO I WAS 10 YEARS
AGO, AND WHAT THE THE WORLD WAS 10 YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK ABOUT IT NOW, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHO I AM
NOW.
AND THEY'RE JUST WORLDS APART.
IT'S-- IT'S BEEN -- >> Stephen: THIS SHOW WAS A
BIG CULTURAL DEFINER FOR THE 2010s.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO WE CAN BLAME YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
LAUGH.
>> I'VE GOT THIS THEORY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE KIND OF SCREWED
THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
I FEEL LIKE--
>> Stephen: BY MAKING THE LANNISTERS AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF
RULING FAMILY?
>> NO, I JUST FELT THAT CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL FIGURES
TRIED TO EMULATE JOFFREE AND THINGS WENT A BIT WRONG?
>> Stephen: GOT THE HAIR.
ARE-- DID YOU KNOW HOW THE SERIES ENDED BEFORE YOU GOT TO
THE END?
LIKE, DID YOU HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHERE THIS WAS GOING BEFORE YOU
GUYS SHOT THE FINAL STUFF?
>> I HAD MY THEORIES.
I HAD, LIKE, THEORIES ALL ALONG AND ALL OF THEM WERE WRONG.
THEY WERE ALL WRONG.
AND I'M QUITE GLAD I NEVER TOLD ANYONE MY THEORIES BECAUSE THEY
WERE ALL WRONG.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN EVEN TELL US THE WRONG THEORIES.
>> NO, BECAUSE THEN YOU SEE-- I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: CALCULATEUS ELIMINATEUS.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
>> THIS IS THE PROBLEM, CEIVE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A GREAT GUEST RIGHT NOW.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YEAH, I'M AWARE OF THAT.
WE HAD A TABLE READ, THOUGH, AND I WAS THE ONE PERSON WHO HADN'T
READ THE EPISODES.
EVERYONE ELSE HAD HAD THEM, LIKE, THREE DAYS BEFORE AND READ
THEM.
AND I JUST-- I THINK I TOLD EVERYONE IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST LAZINESS THEY DIDN'T READ THEM.
LAW LAUGH ANYWAY I GOT TO THE TABLE READ AND THEY USED ME AS A
LITMUS TEST.
THEY WERE LOOKING AT ME TO SEE MY REACTION AS THE EVENTS
UNFOLDED.
AND THEY GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD REACTIONS.
IT WAS ALL FILMED -- >> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION WHEN YOU GOT TO THE VERY END OF-- CAN YOU TELL US
THAT, WHAT YOUR REACTION WAS?
>> I WAS VERY SHOCKED AND SURPRISED AT CERTAIN EVENTS
UNFOLDING.
AND THEN I-- THEN I BLUBBED MY EYES OUT.
>> Stephen: YOU CRIED.
>> I CRIED, YEAH.
>> Stephen: OH, SO IT HAS A HAPPY ENDING, EVERYBODY...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY, IT'S ALL A DREAM, YOU WAKE UP AND
EVERYTHING IS FINE.
>> YOU'D BE SO DISAPPOINTED IF IT JUST ENDED-- ANYWAY, I'M NOT
GOING TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
>> Stephen: I'LL BE DISAPPOINTED-- I'LL BE
DISAPPOINTED WHEN IT ENDS.
LAST SEASON, THIS IS-- THIS IS, OF COURSE, YOU-- YOUR-- YOUR
LOVER IN THE-- EARLIER IN THE SEASON IS ROSE LESLYE, GRET.
WHO IS NOW YOUR LOVELY WIFE.
YOU GUYS MET AND GOT MARRIED.
FANTASTIC.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND I-- AND I BRING THIS UP,
BESIDES TO CONGRATULATE YOU, TO ALSO-- TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE
HERE THAT LAST SEASON, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU TOLD YOUR
WIFE HOW THAT SEASON ENDED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND THEN SHE WAS VERY ANGRY THAT YOU TOLD HER.
>> SHE ASKED.
LIKE...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: NO, WAIT A SECOND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT PART.
SHE SAID, "HOW DOES IT END?" AND YOU TOLD HER.
>> SHE ASKED AND I SAID, "YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW."
AND SHE SAID, "I WANT TO KNOW."
AND SHE SAID I WANT TO KNOW.
AND I SAID HE DESTROYS THE WALL AND THE ARMY OF THE UNDEAD COME
RUSHING THROUGH AND IT ENDS THERE.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE...
( LAUGHTER )
"HOW DARE YOU?" "YOU ASKED."
AND THEN SHE DIDN'T TALK TO ME FOR, LIKE, TWO DAYS OR
SOMETHING.
SHE'S DOING HER OWN PRESS AT THE MOMENT.
SHE KEEPS CONTRADICTING EVERYTHING I SAY, SO --
>> Stephen: DOES SHE KNOW HOW THIS END?
DID YOU TELL HER HOW THE WHOLE SERIES ENDS.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: HAS SHE ASKED?
>> YES, YES, SHE HAS GUESSED EVERY POSSIBLE OUTCOME BAR THE
ONE THAT HAPPENS.
>> Stephen: WHAT HAS HE GUESSED?
>> I'M NOT TELLING YOU, CEIVEN.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NOW, I UNDERSTAND-- I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE FINAL SIX EPISODES-- HOW MANY EPISODES ARE THERE THIS
TIME AROUND?
EIGHT?
>> SIX.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE ONLY SIX.
>> THERE ARE SIX.
>> Stephen: IT TOOK 10 MONTHS TO FILM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND IT INCLUDES ONE OF THE BIGGEST BATTLE
SEQUENCES IN FILM.
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST BATTLE ON TV OR FILM.
I DON'T KNOW.
I COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE.
BUT IT'S UP IS THERE.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS-- WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE JUST TO SHOOT THAT BATTLE?
>> 55 NIGHTS.
>> Stephen: SO THE BATTLE TAKES PLACE AT NIGHT?
>> WELL, THAT WE CAN SAY, YEAH, IT DOES.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE AND NOW I DO.
>> IT'S A NIGHT BATTLE.
>> Stephen: IT'S A NIGHT BATTLE, OKAY, SURE.
>> IT'S A NIGHT BATTLE.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
UH-HUH.
RIGHT.
>> EVERYONE SURVIVES.
>> Stephen: NO ONEIDIZE.
>> NO ONEIDIZE.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> NO ONE DIES.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY MISSES, RIGHT?
SO WHAT'S THAT LIKE, 55-- WHERE WERE YOU SHOOTING THIS?
>> WE WERE STHOOGHT IN BELFAST.
>> Stephen: WAS THIS IN WINTER OR SUMMER.
>> IT WAS MIDWINTER.
>> Stephen: MIDWINTER IN BELFAST AT NIGHT!
THAT MUST SUCK.
>> NO, IT DID.
YOU REALIZE-- YOU REALLY REALIZE THAT HUMANS ARE NOT NOCTURNAL
CREATURES WHEN YOU PUT A CREW THROUGH 55 NIGHT SHOOTS.
AND DAVID AND DAN JUST KIND OF SWORN UP EVERY ONCE A WEEK, AND
THE POISON IN EVERYONE'S EYES LIKE, "YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH
THIS, MAN."
IT WAS-- IT WAS SERIOUS.
YEAH, IT WAS-- IT WAS A LOT TO ASK.
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE DEFINITELY WORTH IT.
>> Stephen: WELL, SINCE YOU CAN'T TELL ME--
>> ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING, I'M GOING TO-- I'M JUST GOING TO
GUESS SOME THINGS.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T-- I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO READ IT IN MY EYE S.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU GET A SINGLE ON KIT, PLEASE?
DON'T PUSH IN YET.
DON'T PUSH IN.
AS EYE
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO LOOK DOWNTOWN LENS?
>> Stephen: LOOK STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMERA.
I'LL SAY THESE.
AND YOU TRY TO CONVEY NO INFORMATION AS I MAKE MY
GUESSES.
>> GOTCHA.
>> Stephen: OKAY?
"GAME OF THRONES" FINALE THEORIES:
SOMEBODY DIES.
( LAUGHTER )
GEORGE.
ARE R. MARTIN WATCHING THE CREDITS ROLL.
HE SAYS, "THAT'S A GREAT IDEA," AND FINALLY FINISHES HIS BOOK.
( LAUGHTER )
REAL GAME WAS HOW WE MADE FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY."
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: JOURNEYS DON'T STOP BELIEVING PLAYS, AND WE
SUDDENLY CUT TO BLACK.
( LAUGHTER )
IS THE ONE I HOPE.
I'M HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE THIS ONE, SO DON'T-- DON'T BETRAY
ANYTHING.
BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE ONE THAT I WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN, IT WILL
BREAK MY HEART IF YOU LET ME KNOW THAT I'M RIGHT AND IT'S NOT
A SURPRISE TO ME.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
CONVEY NO INFORMATION.
I KNOW YOU'RE AN ACTOR.
AND I KNOW THE CAMERA CAN READ YOUR MIND.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE TRAINED TO GIVE ME AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE.
BUT, PLEASE, DO NOTHING WITH YOUR FACE!
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I'M VERY GOOD AT THAT AS JON SNOW.
>> Stephen: JON SNOW HAS A SON AND NAMES HIM TONY.
HOW STARK.
TONY STARK, HE'S IRON MAN.
IT'S THE ULTIMATE CROSSOVER!
>> YOU GOT IT.
YOU GOT IT.
>> Stephen: GOT IT OUT OF YOU.
THANK YOU, KIT.
THE FINAL SEASON OF "GAME OF THRONES" BEGINS APRIL 14 ON HBO.
KIT HARINGTON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH AMBER TAMBLYN.