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New Harry Potter casting, Dua Lipa shares details of wedding day and more!

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 25, 20265 min
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stepping into the role because of a slight change due to schedule. The post

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Hello and welcome to The Daily Lowdown, your fix of everything in the world of celebrity music and entertainment news. Happy Tuesday everybody, I hope you had a wonderful start to your week. Kicking things off today, Game of Thrones star Kit Harrington is set to replace Nicholas Hoult as Gil Droy Lockhart in the second season of HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series.

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The X-Men star, who is 36, was announced to be starring as the Hogwarts Professor earlier this month but on Monday in a post on the Harry Potter Instagram page it was revealed that Kit who starred as Jon Snow in the George RR Martin series would be stepping into the role because of a slight change due to schedule. The post

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featured a picture of the 39 year old British actor with the caption, before we begin year two at Hogwarts there has been a slight change due to schedule. Kit Harrington will be stepping into the role of Gilda Roy Lockhart. The change is reportedly due to scheduling conflicts. This however is in kits first foray into the famous role

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