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'Game of Thrones' Star Jacob Anderson Thinks Jon Snow Got Off Too 'Lightly' in Finale

By Jessica Bowman

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The ending of Game of Thrones saw a lot of the major characters we had grown to love (and hate) over the years die in an epic finale, but no death was more shocking than Jon Snow, played by Kit Harington, murdering his lover/aunt, Daenerys Targaryen, played by Emilia Clarke.

As you remember, after some campaigning from Daenerys’ right-hand man, Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson), Jon was sentenced to live out his days with the men of the Night’s Watch as his punishment.

However, Anderson still believes that Jon got off a little too easily. Metro UK reports that the 29-year-old British actor thinks that Jon should have gotten the ax, but he understands that Grey Worm just wanted to the fighting to be over with.

Anderson shared:

“I feel like from Grey Worm’s perspective, it’s just there had been enough violence by that point. Grey Worm was all about peace at that point, he was like, ‘Right. I just wanna go and chill on an island and fulfill my promise to Missandei.’ Personally I feel like he got off a bit lightly.”

Anderson also realizes that fans would have been pretty upset if Jon would have had the same fate as the man who raised him, Ned Stark. He admitted, “Can you imagine? People would be very upset if Jon Snow was beheaded. People love that guy.”

Yes, we do, but we also loved Daenerys, so I’d say the reactions would’ve been a mixed bag.