The star also addresses Game of Thrones rumors.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Kit Harington's new movie Blood for Dust sees him taking up guns instead of swords, as he teams up with True Detective's Scoot McNairy for a drug run that will change their lives. Helmed by Rod Blackhurst and with a screenplay by David Ebeltoft, Blood for Dust follows a traveling salesman named Cliff who foregoes his attempt at a "good" life in favor of rejoining his partner Ricky on a dangerous mission.
Kit Harington: It was maybe one of the first decisions made to have him have a mustache, but it came from conversations about who he is and his backstory. As is alluded to in the film with the speech he gives, I think he comes from a background of neglect and abuse. I think he was raised by TV, so that was a conversation me and Rod had. I felt that he was sort of raised watching certain TV shows where the cops or the bad guys have these mustaches.
I think there's this thing about Ricky of, “You went and ruined it. We had a good thing, and you went and ruined it.” I think he's trying to get back to where they were in some ways. He pulls Cliff's character back into this because he's like, “You don't get to get out. We had a good thing. We're going to go for this last ride.
And this came from a place of people he sort of knew. I got the feeling with Rod that he'd grown up in places where he'd seen the other side of the curtain; he'd seen the underworld a little bit and had friends he'd lost to it. I think it comes from a place of knowledge as well. Favorite memories? We were in Montana. We were surrounded by incredible beauty, and there's always something really special about going to a location that feels a bit wild and otherworldly and kind of at the ends of the earth. I can feel everyone in Montana screaming at me that I'm diminishing where they come from, but it feels to me as an English guy going over there. The other great thing was that it was in the winter.
You mentioned Ricky is the kind of guy who modeled himself after what he saw on the shows he watched. Did you have any Western or noir stories that you kind of took inspiration from when shaping Ricky? I don't know, though. The honest answer is nothing's in the works at the moment. If they decide to use the character in something, or as a solo thing, I'd be very excited by it. But I don't think it's planned at the moment.
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