Tom Felton to return as draco Malfoy on broadway
India, June 8 -- Tom Felton will reprise the role of Draco Malfoy for Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The 37-year-old made the announcement on Thursday. He is the first actor from the original cast of the popular movie series to join the stage play, which opened on Broadway in 2018.
Tom has been cast for a 19-week engagement, in which he will play Draco as an adult. The play is set 19 years after the events of JK Rowling's series. It revolves around the children of the Draco, Harry, Ron, and Hermione (now adults) attending Hogwarts.
"We start 19 years later," Tom said of the play during a media appearance, adding, "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 went on to say that "it's very, very easy to get emotional": "When they put my blond wig on for the theatre production, I just immediately cried. It was just sort of like a blast from the past."
However, Harry Potter fans seemingly do not share the same feelings as the actor. Shortly after Tom's return as Draco was announced, fans flooded social media with negative reactions, many saying, "He needs to move on."htc...
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