Good news for Harry Potter fans! Actor Tom Felton, most popularly known for his iconic role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise is reportedly reprising his role in the Broadway production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. This is also the first time a star of the movies has joined the stage production.
The play, co-devised by J.K. Rowling and written by Jack Thorne, the co-creator of Adolescence, began in 2016 in London, and has been running on Broadway since 2018. The play is an epilogue set nineteen years after the events of the final book; it follows the children of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy. The play is also the highest-grossing, non-musical play in Broadway history, and has sold over ten million tickets worldwide since its premiere in 2016.
The actor, who starred in all the film adaptations of the famous novel from 2001 to 2011, will make his comeback fourteen years later on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre in New York, later this year. The production said that he was the first actor from the films to reprise their role on stage, and interestingly, this will be Felton’s Broadway debut.
“It’s very much a pinch-me situation. I keep thinking I’m dreaming. I let go of that character sixteen years ago, and now I get to step back into his shoes, as a father this time, in a new story,” Tom said to TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin.
“We start nineteen years later,” he says, “Now we’re no longer children. We actually are the parents. So as much as it is reprising an old role for me, it’s very much treading into new, unfamiliar territory. I know him quite well as a kid. I don’t know him that well as an adult.”
The actor also posted a teaser video on Instagram, donning Draco’s iconic platinum blonde hair and black robes, reaching for his hand before asking, “Scared, Potter?” with the announcement, “Draco is back.”
For Felton, reprising the role is a “full-circle moment,” as the actor would be the exact age as Draco is in the play. His run in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on November 11, will be for nineteen weeks, the production said on Thursday.
In a joint statement, the producers of the famous Broadway production, Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, said that they could not wait for Felton to perform “once again with the same depth, gravity, and humanity he has always brought to Draco.”
“It's not lost on us that this is a cultural moment charged with nostalgia, evolution, and emotion,” they added. “Tom's return to Hogwarts bridges generations of fans and breathes new life into a beloved story. We're beyond thrilled to welcome Tom back “home” but also into a new family: our Broadway company.”
