The Jon Snow actor remembered thinking, “That child actor is wiping me off the screen.”
“Now I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, how awful.’
Harington then shared his side of the story.

Kit Harington at the New York premiere of ‘Industry’ season 3; Bella Ramsey at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards.Credit:John Nacion/Variety via Getty; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
“I do remember you helping me out and it being quite humiliating,” he recalled.
“But yeah, thanks for that.
I’ve probably chosen to forget it.”

Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont on ‘Game of Thrones’.HBO
Ramsey said they now regret the move.
“You’re welcome.
No, I think I need to forget it, because that’s so annoying,” they said.

“Like, how annoying is that?”
Harington reassured his former costar: “It wasn’t at all.
If anything I was like, ‘Oh god, I’ve got to up my game.

Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont on ‘Game of Thrones’.HBO
And then that child actor is wiping me off the screen.’
Ramsey also shared their first impression of acting onGame of Thrones.
“I would’ve been 11 when we first met,” they said.
I was coming into it very much blind.”
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Harington was immediately impressed by Ramsey’s natural abilities.
We were like, ‘Oh, they’re good,'” he remembered.
“You brought a confidence and clarity that was quite unusual for a young actor.
It didn’t feel like working with a child.
It felt like working with a very experienced actor.”
TheCatherine Called Birdyactor echoed Harington’s evaluation of their own ageless demeanor.
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“I wouldn’t have it any other way.