Filming that Game of Thrones dragon scene nearly did Kit Harington some serious damage

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In a new behind-the-scenes video, the 32-year-old reveals that he had to film the impactful scenes on a mechanical 'buck' – which put a particularly sensitive area under threat.

"Buck work is not easy," Harington explains. "I think what sums up the buck for me was there was a bit where Jon almost falls off.

"The dragon swings around really violently, and my right [testicle] got trapped, and I didn't have time to say 'Stop!' and I was being swung around.

"In my head, I thought, 'This is how it ends, on this buck, swinging me around by the testicles, literally.'”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkdbetJTZGA

The dragon scenes were not the only awkward moments that Harington had to film, with the star admitting it was “really odd” to kiss co-star Emilia Clarke, who plays his lover/aunt Daenerys Targaryen.

“Emilia and I had been best friends over a seven-year period and by the time we had to kiss it seemed really odd,” he told The Mirror.

“Emilia, [my wife] Rose [Leslie] and I are good friends, so even though you’re actors and it’s your job, there’s an element of weirdness when the three of us are having dinner and we had a kissing scene that day."

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