Sophie Turner Opens Up on Awkward First-Day “Kiss” That Left Her and Kit Harington Retching

15 August 2025

Turner and Harington as Sansa Stark and Jon Snow on 'Game of Thrones'. Helen Sloan/HBO

When Sophie Turner and Kit Harington reunited for The Dreadful, their once‑iconic sibling bond from Game of Thrones made their new roles as lovers unexpectedly surreal. Turner, who also serves as producer on the gothic horror film, revealed during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers that their first kiss scene was so disconcerting they both literally puked. She recounted, “We get on set and it’s the first kissing scene and we are both retching. Like really, it is vile. It was the worst.”

The backstory frames the discomfort: Turner had tapped Harington for the role early on, drawn by the strength of the script, only to realize later that their characters shared a full-on romantic storyline. She explained how Harington’s message “Yeah, I’d love to, but this is going to be really f---ing weird, Soph” made perfect sense once she saw how the script played out: “kiss, kiss, sex, kiss, sex Oh shoot, that’s my brother.” Still, they agreed the quality of the story made it worth diving into.

Even more surprising, Turner compared that cringe‑inducing moment to filming with live cockroaches and rats for her other project, Trust and said the Dreadful kiss was worse. “Yeah, it was,” she admitted with a laugh when asked which was more uncomfortable.

The Dreadful, directed by Natasha Kermani, ventures into gothic terrain, following the haunting return of a man from the past into the life of Turner’s character, Anne. Kermani’s film explores themes of memory, dread, and altered reality an emotional tone that likely added to the eerie disconnect the actors felt during filming.

Turner’s candid reflection stands out for its raw honesty and emotional nuance. She likened the awkwardness of kissing someone who had once been framed as a sibling to a kind of psychological whiplash. It wasn’t just the kiss it was the collision of past roles and new intentions that made the scene so viscerally unsettling.

This moment underscores how deeply interwoven identity and performance can be for actors. Turner and Harington moved from being demi-siblings to intimate partners in front of the camera, and the memory of that dynamic stayed with them at least long enough to make them retch.

As anticipation builds for The Dreadful, Turner’s remarks provide a glimpse behind the gothic curtain, revealing how laughter, nausea, and unrestrained candor can accompany even the most spellbinding creative ventures.