Harington said that for modern fathers, although they are more involved than previous generations, there is still a disconnect.

He said he “definitely” felt that way in his experience of being a new father.

He went on to explain the process as it went for him. “It was a stranger that had been planted into my house, now I had to look after the stranger, and the stranger was keeping me up all night,” he joked. “It takes time to grow love, to get to know someone.”

He said it took him a few weeks to get to know his child and found the process — and the way it connected to his work in the film — “beautiful.”

“My boy’s 19 months now so he’s tottering around just naming things, he goes around saying ‘curtain’ or ‘carpet,’ he just likes impressing you with his knowledge,” he shared. “It’s the most astonishing thing, it really is.”

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Speaking withAccesslast July, Harington gaverare insight into his life as a new dad, sharing what has surprised him most about fatherhood.

“I think the thing that’s surprised me most is, you know, they tell you, but they don’t; everyone goes, ‘Look, it’s big. What you’re about to go through is big.’ And you have no way of knowing that until it happens,” he said. “Then what surprises you is you go, ‘Oh, this goes on forever!’ You don’t get a break from it. You’re just like … every day I wake up and look after this little human, and now we’re part of a unit together.”

“You are now a unit, the three of you,” added Harington of his family. “That’s a whole new dynamic you need to find, and pretty much find every day as he grows and changes, and how does that change you? It’s a beautiful thing, it really is.”

In November last year, Harington chatted withE! News' Daily Popabout his whether he’ll eventually let his son watch the series — and how he plans on discussing the show with his little one.

He said he’ll most likely tell his son, “Look, I mean, you can just be thankful that it happened because otherwise, you wouldn’t be here.”

“So that will be it,” Harington said, cracking a smile. “I’ll be like, ‘You don’t like watching it? Well, tough luck.”

source: people.com