Before you read further, let me tell you that there is a Game of Thrones spoiler in this story if you haven’t watched the Finale of Season 6. It is said that it has finally confirmed the R+L=J theory. Bran Stark looks back again into the past where Eddard Stark finds his sister Lyanna who has just given birth to a boy and the scene cuts to the Jon Snow, played by Kit Harington in the massively popular TV series. Lyanna was abducted by Rhaegar Targaryen one year before Jon Snow was born. If that scene means that Jon Snow is a Targaryen, that means he is the true heir of the Iron Throne and meant to rule the Seven Kingdoms.

With Season 6 concluded, we look into Kit Harington’s next project, which is being the main antagonist in the upcoming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Already confirmed early this month, when a video was shown that Harington was doing motion capture scenes for the video game. Now, Activision released official photos showing Harrington busy at work for the production in the game wearing a motion-capture suit.

Whilst in Game of Thrones Kit Harington plays Jon Snow plays a well-liked and admired, (some say he is rather dumb) hero who has established himself as the King of the North in Season 6; in Infinite Warfare, his actual role is being Admiral Salen Kotch of the Olympus Mons and the leader of the Self Defense Front that is bent on destroying planet Earth.

In an interview by Game Informer with Infinite Warfare narrative director Taylor Kurosaki, he explains how they were able to nab Harington for the role of Kotch:

We identify actors that we think would fit into our narrative. In the end, it was about winning him over with the material. I assume Kit gets a lot of offers. He saw it as an opportunity to be part of this compelling narrative, which is what excited him, and the chance to play a villain. We reached out and sent him a comprehensive bio of his character, some of it is on the screen and some of it is implied. Our process at Infinity Ward helps each actor bring a believable representation, but only if there’s a believable backstory, which we meticulously develop.

Kit really liked the character we were developing for him; he liked the text on the page, and the vision for his character in the Infinite Warfare story. Once that foundation was established, it simply came down to where and how could we do it, and does the entire PCAP process work for everyone’s schedule?

He took time with us to meet, discuss the role, what the character represents and ensure it was right for him. It’s important to note that we are inventing an enemy in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. That said, inventing an enemy is an incredibly difficult process. To what lengths should the actor go in playing this role, but also in communicating to the player who this enemy is? Creating an enemy from scratch is a very difficult thing to do, there are no gimmes. The player only knows what they know about this enemy force from the presentation of the game.

In the same interview, Kurosaki reveals that Harrington was exposed to Call of Duty through his brother who is a big fan of the game.

Harington is the second big name actor to play as the main protagonist in the Call Of Duty franchise. Kevin Spacey appeared in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in 2014 with the role of Jonathan Irons, the CEO of ATLAS, a private military company.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is set to be released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 4 this year.