Kit Harington joins HBO's Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart
- Kit Harington has been tapped to join the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series as the wizarding world's celebrity-turned-Hogwarts instructor Gilderoy Lockhart, HBO confirmed to the BBC.
- Harington is replacing actor Nicholas Hoult who could not film season two of the series due to a scheduling conflict.
- Best known for playing Jon Snow for eight seasons in the award-winning series Game of Thrones, Harington also appears in the BBC and HBO financial drama Industry.
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- Kit Harington has been tapped to join the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series as the wizarding world's celebrity-turned-Hogwarts instructor Gilderoy Lockhart, HBO confirmed to the BBC.
- Harington is replacing actor Nicholas Hoult who could not film season two of the series due to a scheduling conflict.
- Best known for playing Jon Snow for eight seasons in the award-winning series Game of Thrones, Harington also appears in the BBC and HBO financial drama Industry.
Sources: BBC News