Nicholas Hoult fans disappointed as he joins HBO Harry Potter as Gilderoy Lockhart

Hoult joins the wizarding world as the famously vain Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, previously played by Kenneth Branagh in 2002.

The 36-year-old will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling.

The 36-year-old will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling.

The highly anticipated first season of HBO's reboot of Harry Potter has yet to be released.

The 'Superman' actor takes on a role played by Kenneth Branagh in the 'Chamber of Secrets' film.

Nicholas Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season of HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series, Variety has learned from sources. The highly-anticipated series is due to debut on Dec. 25 on HBO and HBO Max, with the first season adapting the first book in the novel series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.”

EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Hoult is still in his villain era. The Superman star has been tapped as a high-profile cast addition to the upcoming second season of HBO’s Harry Potter series. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, a major character in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, who was portrayed in the second movie by Kenn

Harry Potter fans ‘make our lives hell’, say Glenfinnan residents  The Times

Harry Potter fans saved Dobby's grave by forcing energy company to divert $581m international cable  Dawn Images

A major electricity interconnection project linking Britain and Ireland has been rerouted after widespread opposition from Harry Potter fans.

A £430 million energy project linking Ireland and the United Kingdom has an unexpected obstacle in its path: the grave of a fictional house-elf.

A multimillion pound undersea power cable was set to run through the exact site where Dobby the house elf is "buried", which distressed Potterheads refused to allow

A £430m power cable between the UK and Ireland has been diverted from Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire due to a backlash from Harry Potter fans as it would desecrate the "grave" of Dobby

Dobby, a fictional elf adored by fans for his loyalty, bravery and touching pursuit of freedom, died in Harry's arms during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Here lies Dobby, a free elf. There will be no electricity cables in sight.

Nation.Cymru staff Harry Potter’s legacy is still being keenly felt and nowhere more so than at a certain poignant landmark on a Welsh beach. Dobby’s Grave has become a much-loved landmark at Freshwater Beach in Pembrokeshire, thanks to the boy wizard’s army of fans. House elf Dobby died in the film series’s penultimat

Harry Potter Fans Force A Reroute Of Undersea Cables To Avoid Dobby's Grave  HuffPost

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The CEO of Etchea Energy described being inundated with calls after inadvertently planning an underground cable beneath a memorial to the fictional "Harry Potter" character.

Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters Harry Potter fans have successfully pushed a $580 million power project to change course after discovering that an underground cable could pass through the spot where Dobby, the fictional house elf, was buried in the film series. Dobby was killed and laid to rest on Freshwater West beach

Harry Potter and the chamber of Dobby's 'grave': Fans force diversion of £430m cable route to save movie landmark  lbc.co.uk

A €500 million electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales was diverted due to efforts from Harry Potter fans to save a memorial to Dobby the House Elf.

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf. The chara

It has been revealed that Harry Potter fans succeeded in diverting a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland after they pointed out the project would disturb a memorial to Dobby the House Elf.

The cable was originally “going to go straight through” the memorial at Freshwater West beach in Wales.

Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.

Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport energy from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted

Dobby’s final resting place has become a tourist attraction for Harry Potter fans (Picture: Warner Bros./Getty Images) Harry Potter fans have proven there’s clearly power in numbers, as their joint outrage forced the diversion of a multi-million-pound energy project. It has emerged that plans for a £430million Greenlin