Love on the set! Kit Harington and Rose Leslie met whereas filming season 2 of Game of Thrones in 2011.
Whereas Harington starred as Jon Present within the HBO hit, Leslie made a number of appearances as Ygritte throughout seasons 2 to 4. Whereas the actress’ character was killed off in 2014, the twosome had begun an offscreen romance.
After briefly calling it quits in 2013, Us Weekly broke the information that Harington and Leslie have been again on in the summertime of 2014. The Pompeii star later spoke candidly about falling for his costar in an interview with Vogue Italia.
“As a result of the nation is gorgeous, as a result of the Northern Lights are magical, and since it was there that I fell in love,” Harington gushed in Might 2016. “In the event you’re already interested in somebody after which they play your love curiosity within the present, it turns into very simple to fall in love.”
5 years into their romance, the Methods to Prepare Your Dragon voice actor got down on one knee and proposed to his longtime love. Whereas Leslie accepted, Harington revealed throughout an October 2017 interview that he fumbled the big moment.
“I did have some plans to do it, I used to be going to string up some lights in some timber and do all of the romantic stuff …” he informed British TV host Jonathan Ross. “However we have been within the nation and we have been below this stunning night time sky and had a log fireplace burning and pink wine, and I blew my load early. … Sorry, that’s a very unhealthy expression!”
“I used to be meant to do it the day after with the lights. What I meant to say was, I popped my query a bit early,” Harington clarified. “Not blew my load.”
The twosome exchanged vows in June 2018. Three months later, Harington gushed about his spouse backstage on the 2018 Emmy Awards.
“I met my spouse on this present, so in that method it gave me my future household, and my life from right here on in,” he stated in September 2018. “That’s the primary factor it did for me, and it’s modified it utterly.”
Whereas the duo’s love story is magical for GoT followers, Harington and Leslie have gone through their ups and downs. Scroll by means of to revisit their relationship timeline.
