Tom Felton and Daniel Radcliffe have each flown from Hogwarts to Broadway.
Tony Award winner Radcliffe is notching his fifth credit score on the Nice White Manner this Spring in “Each Good Factor,” whereas Felton is making his debut in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby” on Nov. 11.
Felton, who will likely be reprising his magical film function of Draco Malfoy, solely as an grownup, says his former “Potter” film co-star with extra stage expertise has lent him a hand.
“I've taken just a few ideas from Potter, that is true,” Felton, 38, told “Good Morning America” on Wednesday.
The British actor, who was 12 years previous when he started enjoying Slytherin bully Draco, stated Radcliffe has been his “inspiration” for coming to the New York stage.
“I noticed him in his first present 10 plus years in the past, and now clearly he's a Tony winner and an enormous inspiration for the explanation why Broadway is so particular.”
Radcliffe's freshman half on Broadway was as Alan Strang within the 2008 revival of Peter Shaffer's “Equus,” reverse the late Richard Griffiths, who performed Uncle Vernon within the “Harry Potter” movies.
Fifteen years later, the actor gained his first Tony for his most up-to-date present — the 2023 revival of the musical “Merrily We Roll Alongside.”
Felton stated he's loved returning to the function that made him well-known as a boy, and that he final carried out in 2011's “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Half 2.”
“I helped form [Draco] undoubtedly as a child however this time, he has a son, he's a dad, so I'm taking up all kinds of parental duties as a Malfoy, which has been enjoyable,” he stated.
“Cursed Baby,” which opened on Broadway in 2018, is ready 19 years after the occasions of “Deathly Hallows.”
It brings again Harry, Ron, Draco and Hermione — however particularly focuses on the brand new adventures of their youngsters, Albus Severus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy.
Whereas rehearsing, Felton has been underneath the spell of New York Metropolis.
“I've fallen in love with New York,” the enchanted actor instructed “GMA.”
“I've solely been right here 4 weeks, so I don't know all of the lay of the land but. However I can see why everyone seems to be so infectiously in love.”
Away from the boards, Felton has a busy Fall. His sci-fi movie “Altered” hits theaters Nov. 21 and his “Downton Abbey” spoof “Fackham Corridor” comes out Dec. 5.
