Why Tom Felton Thought Draco Malfoy Role in Cursed Child Was a Prank

For the Rise of the Planet of the Apes actor, reprising his role as the Slytherin student for his Broadway debut for the play—which takes place 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts—felt like coming home. 

“Anything that’s really, truly worth doing, you should be a little bit nervous about,” he continued to E!. “It’s an old role, so it’s familiar shoes, but also a brand new slice of Draco’s life. Now, he’s a parent, so I’m excited to explore that.”

Indeed, when he first learned about the opportunity, Tom admitted that it felt like he was 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,” he shared on Today June 5. “The play is such an independent story from the Potter films that I grew up with.”

“We start 19 years later ... now we’re no longer children,” he continued. “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.”

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