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Key FactsKit Harington Takes Over Lockhart Role in HBO Series
Aug 25, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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  • According to Deadline, Kit Harington is joining the planned HBO series as Gilderoy Lockhart and replacing Nicholas Hoult.

  • Lockhart teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts during the characters’ second school year.

  • Harington had already played the same role in the audiobook adaptation Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, released earlier this year.

  • Nicholas Hoult had been announced as Lockhart less than two weeks earlier and is now no longer involved; Deadline cited scheduling issues.
  • I read it and, like so many generations, I was entranced and then I was a huge fan all through my teenage years,
    — Kit Harington, while promoting that project
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