Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington is now all set to play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of the Harry Potter series. The actor will be replacing Nicholas Hoult, who exited the production recently due to scheduling conflicts.

Kit Harington to play Gilderoy Lockhart

As reported by Variety, Kit recently voiced Lockhart in Audible's Harry Potter audiobooks late last year. Notably, the character of Gilderoy Lockhart is central to the plot of the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,