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    Kit Harington Admitted He's A Little "Terrified" To Join The MCU

    All hail the one true king (sorry, Bran).

    Evelina Zaragoza Medina
    by Evelina Zaragoza Medina

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Ace Comic Con Midwest was this weekend, and there were a lot of celebs in the house.

    Among them was the King in the North himself, Kit Harington, AKA Jon Snow.

    Over the weekend, Kit took pictures with fans and on Sunday he participated in a panel moderated by Karama Horne.

    He talked about saying goodbye to Jon Snow, and how much he came to love his Game of Thrones character.

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    "One of the struggles about playing Jon was that I was always playing someone who was a better person than me...he's good to his core." He added, "It's only now I realize I love him dearly."

    He also talked about how difficult it was to take things from the set, and how "selfish, selfish HBO" hasn't let him keep Longclaw, Jon Snow's famous sword.

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    But the good news is that he's getting a replica made and plans on billing the network. As he should!

    His favorite scene with Emilia Clarke was when Jon Snow met Daenerys Targaryen for the first time.

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    And he pitched an idea for a Jon Snow centered spin-off.

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    "I thought about doing a really, sort of, dark comedy about Jon Snow in real life. Just, like, loads of little shorts of me not being able to let go of the character. Like going to do [groceries], or something."

    He mentioned his love of Harry Potter, and said that Goblet of Fire was his favorite book in the series.

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    And even though Kit himself is a Gryffindor, he acknowledged that Jon is probably a Hufflepuff.

    However, Kit admitted he always wanted to be a Slytherin.

    And that if given the choice to play James Potter or Sirius Black in a Harry Potter prequel, he'd play Sirius, but that the character he'd most like to play is Snape.

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    TBH, I'd pay to see it. Can we make this happen?

    Of course, Kit talked about his new role in the MCU.

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    In case you missed it, he'll be joining the cast of The Eternals as Dane Whitman AKA Black Knight, a character who he acknowledges "on the surface, can look a little bit like Jon Snow, in who he is in the comics," but went on to say, "There's a lot to be done that's different."

    He also talked about hoping that his experience with a huge franchise like GoT means that he's ready for the MCU.

    "I'm excited and terrified. I know the responsibility of actors who came into Thrones knowing that they were playing a beloved character and that they have a responsibility to do something with that character."

    This time, though, he'll know to ask for a bigger trailer.

    Kit Harington Updates @BestofKitH

    🎥 Kit Harington with one last anecdote about his Game of Thrones time on why he only had a shoebox sized trailer as well as him thanking his fans for coming this weekend.

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    His watch may have ended, but he'll forever rule our hearts. Watch the entire interview on the Ace Comic Con Facebook page!

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