Why Tom Felton’s Inability To Leave Draco Malfoy in The Past Makes Me Sad

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Tom Felton recently made his Broadway debut. He’s following in the footsteps of some of his old co-stars. But where Daniel Radcliffe reinvented himself as a daring stage performer and Alfred Enoch and Harry Melling were educated in the classics, Felton is returning to familiar territory. He’s playing Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , the stage sequel-slash-official fanfiction of noted transphobe J.K. Rowling ’s book series that sees Harry and his generation as adults with their kids now attending Hogwarts.

It’s a major boon for the show, which has seen increased ticket sales as a result. But I found myself feeling inexplicab

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