Overview
- The two actors sat down for Variety’s Actors on Actors, a reunion published Friday that marked their first extended public conversation in seven years and prompted fresh firsthand recollections.
- Harington said his very first on-camera scene was opposite Dinklage and that he coped with nerves by trying to stay perfectly still while watching Dinklage’s more veteran, mobile performance.
- Both described how parenthood changed life on set, with Harington saying he now welcomes being doted on during filming and Dinklage recalling a ‘homebody’ period while raising a child in Belfast where much of Winterfell was shot.
- Harington confirmed he checked into rehab for six weeks when the final season began airing and said stepping away helped him address sobriety and mental health as he rebuilt his life after the show.
- They reflected on Game of Thrones’ humble Belfast origins—cold tents and tight budgets—and noted how that modest start grew into a career-defining phenomenon that altered cast ties and spawned multiple spin-offs.