Given his amnesiac condition, Lockhart was sent to St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, in the Janus Thickey Ward for permanent spell damage.

Producers initially eyed Grant for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. But instead of donning Hogwarts robes, Grant stuck to what he knew best — being the ...

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With his memory wiped, Gilderoy Lockhart couldn't return to his former life, and with his mind unstable, he was moved to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

Kenneth Branagh as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. Warner Bros. It has previously been reported that Hugh Grant was initially offered the role of Gilderoy Lockhart, which he accepted.