{
  "id": 613670,
  "title": "HBO's Harry Potter Casts Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/hbos-harry-potter-casts-nicholas-hoult-as-gilderoy-lockhart-in-season",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:07:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/harry-potter-hbo-nicholas-hoult-gilderoy-lockhart"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nicholas Hoult has reportedly been cast as Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO's Harry Potter series, taking over the Defense Against the Dark Arts role.",
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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."
}