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Game Of Thrones: Kit Harington And Emilia Clarke Had Epic Reactions To The Final Table Read

Kit hadn't read the scripts before getting together with his cast mates.

If you haven’t watched the final season of Game of Thrones, proceed with caution: spoilers ahead.

Game of Thrones fans were given one last hurrah in the form of a behind-the-scenes documentary that offered an inside look at the actors reading the series finale script for the first time.

Directed by Jeanie Finlay, The Last Watch zeroes in on the colossal team behind the HBO series and how exactly the show got made.

The documentary includes moments fans wouldn’t get to experience otherwise including a day in the life of an extra, Andy McClay, who was with the show for five years, and the backstory of the stuntman who portrayed the Night King.

But perhaps one of the bigger attractions in the nearly two-hour film was a look at the cast getting together for table reads of the final season. It’s a fun trip to see Cersei Lannister’s Lena Headey in a tank top, tattooed arms and eyeglasses sitting beside a short-haired Khalessi played by Emilia Clarke.

Emilia specifically was a highlight in the doc because of her reaction, alongside Kit Harington, to her character’s death.

Kit, who played Jon Snow, the person who stabs Daenerys, hadn’t read the scripts before the table read ― despite the cast being given their copies a few days before. As such, when the moment arises for Jon Snow to stab the Mother of Dragons, Kit’s face of shock and sadness is totally genuine.

You can watch the range of emotions on his face in real time:

It’s particularly cute when you see Emilia’s awkward smile and nod in response to Kit’s reaction.

Kit even appears to break into tears at the end of the reading so, fair warning, you might too.

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