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'Game of Thrones 'siblings Sophie Turner and Kit Harington were 'retching' after shooting movie kiss scene: 'It was vile'
The pair are set to play lovers in the upcoming gothic horror, "The Dreadful." After years of starring as half-siblings for eight seasons of Game of Thrones, Sophie Turner and Kit Harington were both seriously grossed out playing lovers in their upcoming gothic horror film, The Dreadful. The actress, who played the Queen of the North Sansa Stark on the hit HBO fantasy series, explained on Thursday's episode of Late Night that both she and Harington, who starred as Jon Snow, felt sick to their stomaches after shooting their first kiss scene together for the film. 'We get on set and it's the first kissing scene and we are both retching,' Turner revealed. 'Like, really, it is vile. It was the worst. Another really bad moment in my career.' Written and directed by Natasha Kermani, The Dreadful follows outsider Anne (Turner) as her life is turned upside down after the arrival of a mysterious man from her past. Turner, who also serves as a producer on the film, explained earlier in the interview that she knew right away that Harington was the perfect person to play Anne's lover Jago — but hadn't exactly realized what their characters' romance would require of them. 'I just got this script for this amazing Gothic horror called The Dreadful and I was reading through all the characters and I'm producing it so the director was asking me, 'Who do you think?'' She recalled. 'And immediately the first person I thought of was Kit.' So, naturally, she sent the script Harington's way and received an interested, but slightly hesitant, response in return. 'He kind of sent me a message back going like, 'Yeah, I'd love to, but this is going to be really f---ing weird, Soph,'' Turner recalled. 'And I was like, 'What is he talking about?' And then I was reading it and I'm like, kiss, kiss, sex, kiss, sex, and then I'm like, 'Oh, shoot, that's my brother.'' In the end, the pair decided that it was 'such a good script' that they couldn't let the idea of having to play lovers throw them off. She added, 'He was like, 'We kind of have to do it.'' That didn't make the reality of having to actually kiss one another any easier, though. When asked by host Seth Meyers if kissing Harington was worse than being covered in real-life cockroaches for her new film Trust, Turner admitted, "Yeah. Yeah, it was. I have to be honest, it was bad.' Watch Turner discuss kissing Harington — and accidentally ending a couple's engagement at a party — in the clip above. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
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18-07-2025
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Sophie Turner found it 'weird' having Kit Harington play her lover
Sophie Turner found it "weird" to play Kit Harington's lover in a movie. The pair - who first starred together as half-siblings Sansa Stark and Jon Snow in eight seasons of Game of Thrones between 2019 and 2019 - have showcased a very different relationship in upcoming gothic horror film The Dreadful, and the 29-year-old actress admitted it was bizarre having to get up close and personal with her good friend. Speaking in a video interview with Vogue, she said: "I did a movie last year which I'm really excited about with my old but very good friend Kit Harington, who played my brother on Game of Thrones. "We're doing a gothic horror… but we play lovers." Sophie then grimaced as she apologised to viewers. She said: "Sorry, guys. It's really weird for all of us." Game of Thrones featured incestuous relationships and Sophie had previously teased "things could happen" between Sansa and Jon, particularly after his true parentage was revealed, but she admitted she would find it awkward. Speaking in 2016, she told Access Hollywood: "Things could happen, things couldn't happen. They are cousins and it is Game of Thrones. "I could not do that with Kit. There's no way I could do those kind of scenes with Kit— I'd laugh way too much." Despite finding it "weird" playing lovers in The Dreadful, which is set in the 15th century during the War of the Roses, Sophie previously admitted she pushed producers to cast Kit, 38, opposite her. She told the Sunday Times newspaper: "They were trying to find someone for that role, and I was like, 'You can't not have Kit.' "It's set around the time of the Wars of the Roses, so we'll probably be floating about in robes on clifftops again." Sophie - who has Willa, four, and three-year-old Delphine with ex-husband Joe Jonas - previously joked she "got [her] sex education" from Game of Thrones. During an appearance on the Dish podcast, she quipped: "I definitely got my sex education from that show. More than enough." Sophie also likened her castmates to family members. She explained: "I never had proper formal training, so I got to learn from the amazing actors around me, which I felt like I won a competition. But it was great. We all were a family. "My character, I got to live with. So it felt like we kind of merged into one person by the end of it. But it was amazing." Sophie admits that the show "informed [her] entire life in terms of like business decisions, just etiquette on set, how to act". She added: "Everything I learned from Game of Thrones — and a bit from my parents."
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16-07-2025
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‘Nosferatu' Star Aaron Taylor-Johnson to Reunite With Robert Eggers for ‘Werwulf'
'Nosferatu' star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to reunite with director Robert Eggers on his next film, 'Werwulf,' set for a Christmas 2026 release by Focus Features. In 'Nosferatu,' Taylor-Johnson played Friedrich Harding, a wealthy shipbuilder who does not heed Thomas and Ellen Hutter's warnings that their German town has fallen under the curse of the vampire Count Orlok until it is too late. More from TheWrap 'Nosferatu' Star Aaron Taylor-Johnson to Reunite With Robert Eggers for 'Werwulf' LA County Board of Supervisors Unanimously Approve Measures to Streamline Filming Permits David Corenswet Has the 'Most Fun,' Giggle-Filled Interview — but 'It Doesn't Even Matter' Because 'Superman' Is Already Out | Video 'Superman' Breakout Edi Gathegi on His Comic Book-Accurate Mister Terrific – and Potential TV Spinoff Eggers co-wrote 'Werwulf' with Icelandic writer Sjon, with whom he wrote his 2022 Viking revenge tale 'The Northman.' The upcoming film will be set in the 13th century and will have Chris and Eleanor Columbus return as executive producers through their banner Maiden Voyage. 'Nosferatu' was a smash hit for Focus Features this past winter with $181 million grossed worldwide, becoming the studio's third highest grossing film in history. 'Werwulf' will hit theaters in 2026 as a likely R-rated gothic horror alternative to four-quadrant fare like Marvel's 'Avengers: Doomsday' and the DreamWorks animated legacyquel 'Shrek 5.' Taylor-Johnson most recently starred in another horror film, Danny Boyle's '28 Years Later' and is set to reprise his role as the post-apocalyptic scavenger Jamie in the film's sequel, 'The Bone Temple,' due out this January. He is repped by WME, Brillstein and David Weber. The casting was first reported by Nexus Point News. The post 'Nosferatu' Star Aaron Taylor-Johnson to Reunite With Robert Eggers for 'Werwulf' appeared first on TheWrap.
