Game of Thrones star Kit Harington thinks all actors are narcissists

The English actor plays Jon Snow in the hit HBO fantasy series

Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington (Getty Images)

Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington has branded every actor in the world ever a raving narcissist.

The 27-year-old, who plays lead character Jon Snow in the hit fantasy TV series, spoke to GQ ahead of the show’s return next year.

“Actors are all narcissists. Every single one, I promise you,” he told the magazine. “To have that verve, to get up and want to be watched.

“It comes from a place – either you were denied that attention as a child, or you were given lots of it and want more. Which is where I land.”

Harington found success as an actor soon after leaving drama school. “It would be foolish to say I wish I’d gone through a period of longing,” he said. “Because any actors going through a period of longing themselves would tear my f**king face off.”

Harington will be reprising his role as Snow in the upcoming fifth series of Game of Thrones and is believed to have extended his contract for a potential further two runs.

“Game of Thrones is my life. It’s my day job, I love it. But honestly, if there is a curse of thrones, it’s a lifetime of having to talk about it,” he said.