Iconic Harry Potter star looks unrecognisable as reprises role 14 years after films end

Scottish Sun

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He will be the first of the original film cast to reprieve his role on stage
THAT'S MAGIC! Iconic Harry Potter star looks unrecognisable as reprises role 14 years after films end
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A HARRY Potter star looks unrecognisable as he announces the reprisal of his role - 14 years after the film series concluded.
Tom Felton is set to slither back into his wizard role of Draco Malfoy, a role he was originally cast for back in 2001 when he was just 14.
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The Surrey-born actor, who starred in all the film adaptations of JK Rowling's fantasy novel until the last movie in 2011, will make a comeback as Harry Potter's school bully on Broadway
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Tom Felton playing Draco Malfoy as a boy (left) and in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (right).
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He is set to step on the Broadway stage in November
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The 37-year-old will play the Slytherin school bully for a spell on Broadway in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
The stage play spin-off features the characters later in life.
Tom said of the New York shows: 'It's surreal to be stepping back into his shoes - and of course his iconic platinum blond hair - and I am thrilled to be able to see his story through and to share it with the greatest fan community in the world.
"This will be a full-circle moment, because when I begin this autumn, I'll also be the exact age Draco is in the play.'
The hit play, which is an epilogue to the famous wizard's story, following on from the end of the book series, opened in London's West End in 2016 before transferring stateside two years later.
It is the highest-grossing non-musical play in Broadway's history, and has sold over 10 million birefs worldwide since its UK premiere.
As well as New York, it currently has shows running in Tokyo, London, and Hamburg.
Fenton will play the role at NYC's Lyric Theatre for 19 weeks from November 11.
The English actor starred opposite Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson on screen in the film franchise from 2001 to 2011.
Now, he will become the first of the original film cast to join a stage show, set 19 years in the future from the end of the book, with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco sending their kids to Hogwarts.
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The actor also posted a teaser clip to his Instagram account, where he returns to Draco's iconic blonde locks and robes, reaches for his wooden wand before menacingly asks: "Scared, Potter?"
A caption then reads: "Draco is back."
The producers of Broadway production, Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, said in a joint statement they could not wait to see Felton perform: "once again with the same depth, gravity, and humanity he has always brought to Draco".
"It's not lost on us that this is a cultural moment charged with nostalgia, evolution, and emotion.
"Tom's return to Hogwarts bridges generations of fans and breathes new life into a beloved story.
"We're beyond thrilled to welcome Tom back 'home' but also into a new family: our Broadway company."
Tickets for Fenton's show will go on general sale on June 12, with a presale starting two days earlier.
We told last week how a Scottish youngster has been chosen to play Harry Potter in HBO's TV adaptation of the famous book series.
Producers have cast screen newcomers Dominic McLaughlin in the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
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Iconic Harry Potter star reprises role 14 years after film series ended – Tom Felton, Draco Malfoy