An original Harry Potter star is reprising his role – but not as you might think.
Over 14 years after the final movie installment came out in 2011, Tom Felton, 37, has announced he’s returning to Hogwarts as Harry’s nemesis Draco Malfoy.
Rather than returning to the big screen, Felton will be playing an older version of Draco in the Broadway stage production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Watch the video above.
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“Guess who’s back,” Felton wrote in a post shared with his 11.9 million followers.
In the theatrical clip, the actor is dressed in character with Draco’s signature blonde hair.
“Scared, Potter?” Felton says at the end – giving Harry Potter fans all the nostalgia by reprising a line he said back in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002.
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Felton will reprise his role from November 11 for a 19-week run.
Speaking of his return to Today, Felton said “it’s very, very easy to get emotional”.
“When they put my blond wig on for the theater production, I just immediately cried.”
The actor explained ”it was something that I never thought I’d see again.”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was released in 2011 – nearly 15 years ago.
“I keep thinking I’m dreaming. I let go of that character 16 years ago, and now I get to step back into his shoes, as a father this time, in a new story.”
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play set 19 years after the original series.
Based on the story by Jack Thorne, J. K. Rowling, and John Tiffany, the story follows Harry and Draco’s sons, with both the original characters also starring.
The show made its premiere in 2016 in London.
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Felton was 12 years old when he first starred as Draco in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2001.
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He was 21 for the final film.
Felton’s return to the Wizarding world comes amid news of a TV reboot in the works.
HBO is creating a Harry Potter television series expected to release in 2026.
Many of the main cast have already been announced, including three unknown child actors in the leading roles of Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Other cast includes John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
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