Desperation sets in on ‘Game of Thrones’ following White Walker battle

TORONTO – Desperation is setting in for the hapless humans of “Game of Thrones,” star Kit Harington says of the fallout from last Sunday’s devastating supernatural attack.

For those who haven’t seen the most recent episode of HBO Canada’s fantasy smash, spoilers follow.

Reached in New York, Harington says his shell-shocked warrior Jon Snow heads back to Castle Black more convinced than ever of the impending threat posed by the White Walkers.

But convincing his brethren of the terrifying foe they face will be no easy feat.

“The situation gets more and more serious and more and more desperate as the story continues and it’s only Jon who’s really seeing the full impact of what might be coming,” Harington says of the most recent episode, in which much of a Wildling camp is virtually wiped out by an undead army.

“He’s now going to go back and convince the guys at Castle Black that that’s what’s facing them and that’s not exactly an easy task.

“They haven’t believed him on most things so that’s what you’ll be seeing in the next (final) two episodes.”

In Sunday’s episode, the mysterious White Walkers led thousands of walking dead soldiers to a Wildling camp north of the wall.

They arrive just as Jon and his Wildling ally Tormund, played by Kristofer Hivju, plead with Free Folk leaders to join them in the south before it’s too late.

And then suddenly it is, with hordes of axe-wielding skeletal demons converging on the camp.

Like his “Game of Thrones” character Jon Snow, Harington says he knows nothing — about how things ultimately wrap up.

“We’re all in the dark about what happens from here on,” he says of secrecy surrounding the sprawling serial.

Harington can also be seen in the upcoming wartime romance “Testament of Youth,” based on the memoir by Vera Brittain.

His romantic character — a sensitive poet sent to the front lines of the First World War — is sure to further cement his heartthrob status, something Harington says confounds him.

The Brit actor notes it’s even brought up frequently in the “Game of Thrones” script, with Sunday’s episode having Tormund describe Jon as prettier than his two daughters.

“It’s quite nice that it’s pointed out by the writers,” Harington says.

“I wouldn’t say I’m massively comfortable about it. I don’t get the kind of heart-throb reference really.”

“Game of Thrones” airs Sundays on HBO Canada.