{
  "id": 3069907,
  "title": "Kit Harington Joins ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart, Replacing Nicholas Hoult",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kit-harington-joins-harry-potter-season-2-as-gilderoy-lockhart",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T16:42:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/kit-harington-harry-potter-gilderoy-lockhart-nicholas-hoult-exit-1236841629/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kit Harington will now play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO’s “Harry Potter” series, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who exited the production due to scheduling conflicts. The “Game of Thrones” star recently voiced Lockhart, who is central to the plot of second book “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” in Audible’s “Harry Potter” audiobooks […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}