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Kit Harington Plans to Cut His Iconic Jon Snow Hair When Game of Thrones Ends

Over the many seasons of Game of Thrones, Kit Harington's character, Jon Snow, has made audiences cry several times (holding Ygritte as she died damn near killed everyone who watched), but nothing has us tearing up as much as the news that he plans to cut his iconic hair in the near future.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Harington revealed that his first stop when season eight wraps filming will be the barbershop. "I’d like to step away and enjoy the obscurity, cut my hair, make myself less recognizable as the character, and go do and some other things with a completely new look and tone,” he explained. As for how short he'll go, Harington isn't afraid of losing some length. He's ready to cut it "short-short," he said.

The beard, on the other hand, may stick around for a while longer. (Thank the old gods and the new.) "The beard will be harder to get rid of — I quite like the beard. I like having the long hair and beard both, but it will be like [a] ritualistic thing," Harington said. "I can’t go into my next role looking the same. This role was brilliant, but I’ll need to get rid of Jon Snow."

The actor did previously give fans a glimpse of what a short hairstyle looked like on him, when he was on hiatus between seasons five and six. But it seems like he's been itching to make a more drastic change for some time. "I cannot wait to chop it off, and then I'll stop being asked about it," he said back in 2017. "Look, I don't do much to it — I just get out of the shower and let it dry. And it sort of naturally dries in an intriguing way for people, I guess."

He can cut his hair, perm his hair, or shave his head, but guess what — it's still going to make headlines.


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