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Kit Harington to replace Nicholas Hoult in HBO’s Harry Potter TV series
Actor best known as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones will now play Gilderoy Lockhart in show’s second season
TL;DR
- Kit Harington will replace Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart in HBO's Harry Potter series.
- Hoult departed the production due to scheduling conflicts.
- Harington is a known fan of the Harry Potter series and previously voiced Lockhart in an audiobook.
- The role of Lockhart is for the season based on "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
- The HBO series plans to adapt each of Rowling's seven books over multiple seasons.
- The first season, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," is set to premiere on December 25th.
- Production for the second season begins this autumn.
- Gracie Cochrane is also leaving the series and will be replaced for the second season.
- Hoult and other cast members faced backlash related to JK Rowling's views.