{"id":263422,"date":"2026-09-17T01:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/kit-harington-explains-why-he-joined-harry-potter-hbo-tv-series-as-lockhart\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T01:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:23:36","slug":"kit-harington-explains-why-he-joined-harry-potter-hbo-tv-series-as-lockhart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/kit-harington-explains-why-he-joined-harry-potter-hbo-tv-series-as-lockhart\/","title":{"rendered":"Kit Harington Explains Why He Joined &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; HBO TV Series as Lockhart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2285497\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kit-harington\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kit Harington<\/strong><\/a> is dishing on joining the HBO Max\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/harry-potter\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Harry Potter<\/strong><\/a><\/em> series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you didn\u2019t see the news, it was announced last month that the 39-year-old Emmy-nominated actor will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/24\/nicholas-hoult-exits-harry-potter-season-2-kit-harington-to-replace-him-as-gilderoy-lockhart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing the role of Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season<\/a>, which will be focused on book two, <em><strong>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will actually be the second time <strong>Kit<\/strong> is playing Lockhart, as he previously voiced the character in <em>Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions<\/em> that Audible released last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While appearing on <em>Today<\/em> on Wednesday (September 16),<strong> Kit<\/strong> explained why he decided to join the TV series.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kit Harington on \u2018A Tale of Two Cities,\u2019 \u2018Harry Potter,\u2019 NY Knicks\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1x54zbfIox8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been a lifelong<em> Harry Potter<\/em> fan,\u201d <strong>Kit<\/strong> began. \u201cI was a fan when I was a kid, and then I rediscovered it as an adult, listening to it every night. I listen to it every single night, and it helps me go to sleep, and I know other people do that as well, so they\u2019re really important books to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I knew this was happening as a series, I thought it was the best idea,\u201d the <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> alum continued. \u201cBecause I love the films, but with this, they can really explore the books at their fullest, and for a book nerd like me, that was a really great idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kit <\/strong>also noted that he has \u201chad eyes on\u201d the TV series for a while and \u201creally wanted to be in it\u201d from the jump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kit-lockhart.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\" title=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kit-lockhart-788x1181.jpg\" alt=\"Kit Harington talks joining Harry Potter series\" class=\"wp-image-2285499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kit-lockhart-788x1181.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kit-lockhart-428x642.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge pss-trigger__badge--top-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nicholas-hoult\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Nicholas Hoult<\/strong><\/a> was actually the first actor cast to play Lockhart in season two, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/24\/nicholas-hoult-exits-harry-potter-season-2-kit-harington-to-replace-him-as-gilderoy-lockhart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he dropped out of the project<\/a> due to scheduling conflicts. In the 2002 movie, Lockhart was played by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kenneth-branagh\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kenneth Branagh<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if production for season two has begun, <strong>Kit<\/strong> reluctantly said, \u201cWe\u2019re into it now. We\u2019re into the second season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he quickly glanced around the studio, he jokingly added, \u201cI feel like there\u2019s sort of HBO snipers everywhere. I can\u2019t say anything. It\u2019s the most secretive thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/em> premieres on Christmas Day on HBO and HBO Max. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/02\/harry-potter-trailer-photos-give-us-first-look-at-quirrell-more-snape-dumbledore-the-main-trio-watch-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the new trailer here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/harry-potter\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kit-harington\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kit Harington<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/16\/kit-harington-explains-why-he-joined-harry-potter-hbo-tv-series-as-lockhart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Kit Harington is dishing on joining the HBO Max\u2019s Harry Potter series. If you didn\u2019t see the news, it was announced last month that the 39-year-old Emmy-nominated actor will be playing the role of Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season, which will be focused on book two, Harry Potter and the Chamber [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}