One cast member from the Harry Potter films have shown a lot of support for Tom Felton as he reprises Draco Malfoy for Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Felton first gained fame as Malfoy in the first Harry Potter movie, which was released in 2001, with seven more films following over the next decade.
When Harry Potter and the Cursed Child debuted in the West End and on Broadway, none of the stars from the movies reprized their roles. The stage productions featured brand-new casts to the Harry Potter franchise. However, that all changed when Felton was announced as the next actor playing Draco Malfoy on Broadway for a 26-week run beginning November 11.
With just weeks to go until Felton makes his Broadway debut Cursed ChildFelton revealed to People which Harry Potter movie star reached out to him with advice.
Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter in all eight films, has a lot of stage experience, so he’s been “holding (Felton’s) hand” and helping the actor through all the hard elements that go into acting in a play. Check out Felton’s comments below:
My old school chum, Potter, Radcliffe, has done quite a bit of Broadway, so he’s holding my hand and certainly helping me through all the things that are hard to learn.
Radcliffe made his West End and Broadway debut in 2007 and 2008, respectively, in the play Equus while he was still starring in the Harry Potter films. He has also starred in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Privacy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadand The Lifespan of a Fact. His most recent role on Broadway, in Merrily We Roll Alongearned Radcliffe a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Radcliffe’s advice will definitely be useful as Felton begins his months-long run on Broadway. Felton went on to say that Broadway has an “amazing community of people,” and Harry Potter fans are excited for him to join Cursed Childwhich makes him feel even morethrilled” to be on this journey:
But from what I gather, it’s an amazing community of people. The fans are really, really gracious and excited. So I’m just thrilled to be part of it.
Felton will be acting in Cursed Child alongside John Skelley, Emmet Smith, Rachel Christopher, Daniel Fredrick, Janae Hammond, and Kristen Martin. The play takes place 19 years after the events of Deathly Hallows in the Harry Potter timeline and centers on the children of Harry, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Malfoy, with appearances by adult versions of the fan-favorite Harry Potter characters.
Before Cursed ChildFelton had only been in one play, 2:22 A Ghost Storyin the West End, but he’s acted in movies like that From The Rough, Ophelia, Get Him To The Greekand Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Felton has the distinction of being the very first Harry Potter movie actor to reprise his character. However, he won’t be the last, as it has already been announced that Warwick Davis is joining the upcoming Harry Potter TV show as Professor Flitwick, the same character he played in the films.
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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Richard Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alfred Enoch, Harry Melling, Gary Oldman, Robert Pattinson, Warwick Davis, Oliver Phelps, James Phelps, David Bradley, David Thewlis, Katie Leung, Jason Isaacs, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jamie Campbell Bower, Timothy Spall, Robbie Coltrane, Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Johnny Depp, Mads Mikkelsen
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Harry Potter is a multimedia franchise about an orphaned boy who enrolls at Hogwarts School of Wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world. Adapted from the novels, Harry Potter is an eight-episode film saga that follows the journey of Harry Potter and his friends, Hermoine Granger and Ron Weasley, as they navigate the tricky world of growing up, school life, and magic. Starting from year one and moving to their seventh year, the films chronicle the students’ time at Hogwarts while unfolding a sinister plot that centers around the unsuspecting Harry. With the return of the dark wizard, Voldemort, the students and professors at Hogwarts will fight to carry on as the world around them may change forever. Harry Potter has expanded beyond the world of its films and novels with several video games, a spin-off film series titled Fantastic Beasts, and even attractions at Universal Studios.
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