By Kit Harington has possibly filmed his last ever scenes on Game of Thrones and 'Mother's Mercy' director David Nutter has hailed him as a "consummate professional".
Harrington's Jon Snow was killed off by the Night's Watch in the season five finale and Nutter spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his last day on set.
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"He is a consummate professional. It wasn't unlike the Red Wedding where everyone gets attached to people when you work with them for such a long time," Nutter said.
"You really grow quite fond of each other. You're family. It was a lot of sadness on the set. The guys on the crew knew Kit really well, and people who are extras - the members of the Night's Watch, they take this very seriously."
He added: "They have clubs and they have get-togethers. These guys have to look like that 24/7, 12 months a year. They live the part so much.
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"I took all of the extras aside prior to shooting the sequence and we read the Night's Watch creed together, because I wanted them to feel like they are part of it.
"Without them being involved, it wouldn't have worked as well. I wanted the scene to happen rather quickly, where it didn't hang at all. That it would happen before you know it."
Asked about the finality of the scene compared to the ambiguity of the books, Nutter replied: "Jon Snow is dead."
During the same interview, Nutter also spoke about Cersei's (Lena Headey) "walk of shame", which has been criticised by some viewers for less-than perfect use of CGI.
