“When I first read that, I was like, ‘Oh God, I’m a bastard!’” Harington confesses. “That’s a weird thing to be called throughout the series. I hope people don’t find that part of it funny. I have to find it serious for Jon ultimately, and so this word — which we use in England all the time as kind of an offensive thing — became something different. That’s part of who he is. … He should own it and use it to make him stronger. So something he was fighting against becomes something he is and is proud of.” - Kit Harington talks about his character in Game of Thrones / TV GUIDE