Kit Harington: 'Pompeii' Was a Great Opportunity To Be A Leading Man

Kit Harington flashes a smile while making an appearance on Extra on Thursday (February 20) at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif.

The 27-year-old English actor was interviewed by Mario Lopez to promote his new film Pompeii, which hit theaters today (February 21)!

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Kit recently opened up on why he decided to take the role of Milo in Pompeii.

“This was a great opportunity to be a leading man,” Kit told The Washington Post. “It’s a genre I know and have worked in. It’s not going to be a wildly different character, it’s not a particularly character-driven role, but it’s an opportunity to be a leading man, to do a body transformation. And I had lots of things I wanted to do within it.”

FYI: Kit is wearing Levi‘s jeans.

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