Tom Felton, greatest recognized for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy within the “Harry Potter” movie franchise, is making the leap from the display to the stage.
The British actor is about to reprise his iconic position in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on Broadway this fall. This can mark the primary time an unique “Harry Potter” movie actor joins the stage manufacturing, which premiered in London in 2016 and opened on Broadway two years later.
Showing on NBC’s “Today” Thursday, Felton described his upcoming stint in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which additionally marks his Broadway debut, as a “pinch me kind of situation.”
“I keep thinking I’m dreaming,” the 37-year-old actor defined. “I let go of that character 16 years ago, and now getting a chance to step back in his shoes as a father this time, in a new story … I get to meet Draco as an adult, which is very exciting.”
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The actor additionally admitted he “immediately started crying” when he donned Draco’s iconic blond wig once more: “It’s such a huge part of my childhood. It’s like I’m back to high school.”
In an e-mail, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender mentioned they had been “beyond thrilled to welcome Tom back ‘home’ but also into a new family: our Broadway company.”
“It’s not lost on us that this is a cultural moment charged with nostalgia, evolution and emotion,” they added within the e-mail assertion. “Tom’s return to Hogwarts bridges generations of fans and breathes new life into a beloved story … We can’t wait to see him inhabit this role once again with the same depth, gravit, and humanity he has always brought to Draco.”
Felton’s 19-week Broadway run will kick off Nov. 11.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” takes place 19 years after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the ultimate ebook in writer J.Ok. Rowling’s sequence, and relies on an unique story by Rowling, Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. The play, which gained six Tony Awards, picks up with Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy and Ron Weasley as adults, with their kids now attending Hogwarts.
In his native England, Felton has starred within the performs “2:22 A Ghost Story” and “A Child of Science.”
Within the years since his “Harry Potter” movie tenure got here to an in depth, he’s additionally stayed lively on the massive display, showing in “Some Other Woman” and “Altered,” amongst different films.
Watch Tom Felton’s “Today” interview beneath.
