Tom Felton explains his continued love for ‘Harry Potter’ despite JK Rowling

Tom Felton sticks to the fans.

The British actor, 37, addressed Harry Potter Author JK RowlingAnti-Trans rhetoric before repeating its role as Draco Malfoy in Broadways Harry Potter and the cursed child.

Talk to Amount on the red carpet by 2025 Tony Awards On Sunday, June 8, he was asked about the controversy about the author’s views affecting his work.

“No, I can’t say it does,” Felton said sincerely. “I’m not so adapted.”

“The only thing I always remind myself is that I’ve been lucky enough to travel the world. Here I am in New York,” he continued. “And I haven’t seen any recent world more than Potter, And she is responsible for it. So I am extremely grateful. ”

Felton, which played Draco in all eight payments of the original Harry Potter Film series, will make his Broadway debut in the piece at Lyric Theater in New York City. His limited driving begins on November 11 for 19 weeks. The show, written by Jack Thorne, takes place 19 years after the end of Rowling’s seventh book, Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows.

The actor continued to gush about Harry Potter Fandom when asked to return to his iconic role. “I think we all thought the magician world would slowly … that the fandamflam could hide over the years, but it is clearly not,” he told Amount.

Comparison of the game with the movie process, added Felton, “I think the most exciting part is to do it live. It took nine months, more or less, to shoot a movie. And this is completely compact. All this is reingregated to a very lovely new, narrow story. And I become a father, who has been fun.”

Rowling, 59, came under fire in June 2020 when she seemed to support anti-transgender feelings In a series of tweets. She has since done Repeated comments about the transgender people. Several actors from Harry Potter Film series, including Daniel Radcliffehas stated against the author over the years.

In April 2024, Radcliffe, who played titular character, said that he and the writer had not been in touch recently. But he told me Atlantic that her comments have made him feel “really sad.”

Earlier in the evening Felton told People on the red carpet that he is received support from Radcliffe for his upcoming role.

“My old school foam, Potter, (Daniel) Radcliffe, has done a lot of Broadway, so he holds my hand and really helps me through all the things that are hard to learn,” said the actor. “But from what I gather, it’s a fantastic community of people. Fans are really, really gracious and excited. So I’m just proud to be a part of it.”

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