Package Harington has spoken about his “breakdown” brought on by Sport of Thrones.
The actor spoke to Ben Branson for his podcast The Hidden 20%, which interviews public figures who’re additionally neurodivergent. In an interview with The Instances, Harington says he was recognized with ADHD later in his life, and beforehand managed his ADHD by consuming, main him into alcoholism.
Harington, who is greatest identified for his position as Jon Snow on the hit HBO present, mentioned Sport of Thrones worsened his signs and his consuming. “Individuals would deal with me just like the character, who was a hero and good,” he mentioned. “However in my life, personally I didn’t really feel like that in any respect. And that, I feel, [led to] some form of psychological scarring.
“I used to be consuming quite a bit. I used to be going by dependancy and the whole lot that entails and hiding issues and all kinds. And that was the polar reverse of the character I used to be enjoying, who couldn’t inform a lie.”
He went on to say that individuals anticipated him to be like Snow: “The frustration reveals of their face the minute you begin speaking.”
Harington went on to explain his “breakdown” as soon as Sport of Thrones completed filming, naming his “all-time low second” when he carried out in Sam Shepard’s play True West within the West Finish in 2018-19.
“[The] character and me did get very combined up at that time,” he defined. “I didn’t know who I used to be, actually. Regularly consuming whereas enjoying an alcoholic. It was at its worst. It was throughout that play that I type of collapsed and informed folks round me what was happening and at last took motion.”
The actor unsuccessfully entered rehab earlier than: “I entered rehab drunk, sobered up in there and went, ‘Ah f*** this, not you guys in a circle. No, thanks.’ And I left that fairly fast and mentioned, ‘I’ll attempt to cope with this on my own.’ Which didn’t work after about 4 years.”
Ultimately, he tried it once more, the place he was recognized with ADHD. “I realised that my life was hinging on this. Fortunately it was the appropriate place on the proper time. I managed to forge a brand new life from there.”
In August final yr, it was hinted that Harington could reprise his position as Snow in a brand new HBO spin-off concerning the character.
Elsewhere, George R. R. Martin teased final Monday (January 8) that there shall be a massive change to the brand new Sport of Thrones prequel 9 Voyages.
