{
  "id": 606158,
  "title": "HBO's Harry Potter Adds Nicholas Hoult To Season 2 Cast In Key Role",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/hbos-harry-potter-adds-nicholas-hoult-to-season-2-cast-in-key-role",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:13:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2235069/nicholas-hoult-gilderoy-lockhart-harry-potter-season-2-hbo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nicholas Hoult, a talented actor known for his roles in both television and film, has been announced to join the cast of HBO's Harry Potter series for its second season. The Great alum will be playing the character of Gilderoy Lockhart, a pompous wizard and professor at Hogwarts. This role is significant as it was previously portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in the 2002 film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. HBO renewed its Harry Potter series for a second season in May, with the eight-episode Season 1 set to debut this Christmas. Previous cast members for the series include Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively, and John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore.",
  "summary": "The Great alum Nicholas Hoult has lined up another great role - see who he's playing in Season 2 of HBO's Harry Potter series.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Nicholas Hoult Joins ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/nicholas-hoult-joins-harry-potter-season-2-as-gilderoy-lockhart",
        "published": "2026-08-11T21:22:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Nicholas Hoult to Play Gilderoy Lockhart in ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Season 2",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/nicholas-hoult-to-play-gilderoy-lockhart-in-harry-potter-hbo-series",
        "published": "2026-08-11T21:29:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/harry-potter-hbo-series-casts-nicholas-hoult-as-gilderoy-lockhart",
        "published": "2026-08-11T21:45:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}