Jason Isaacs is passing the torch to the brand new Lucius Malfoy.
On Monday, HBO introduced 9 extra castmembers within the upcoming sequence, together with who will play the Malfoy father and son Slytherins. Ripley actor and musician Johnny Flynn was solid as Lucius Malfoy and newcomer Lox Pratt will play Draco Malfoy.
Shortly after the casting information broke, Isaacs, who performed the position within the movies, took to X to share his assist for Flynn, “A unbelievable actor, a stunning man and, irritatingly, a fairly sensible musician too. Couldn’t have handed the snake-topped baton on to anybody higher. Simply please don’t make him sing…”
Final week, Harry Potter followers additionally obtained extra thrilling information when it was introduced on Thursday that Tom Felton, who performed Draco within the movies, would play Draco once more — however within the Broadway present Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby, which begins on Nov. 11 and is a 19-week engagement via March 22, 2026.
Felton attended the Tony Awards on Sunday and was a presenter, to which Isaacs took to X to verify that he’ll go see his film son on Broadway. “Noticed you presenting on the Tonys tonight son — you seemed good, sounded good and did nice. Tickets booked for November x,” Isaacs wrote.
Previous to the award present airing, Felton spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the way it’s the “good” time to step again into the position of Draco, as a result of within the play, Draco is now a Dad and the identical age that Felton is in actual life. “Now, it’s very a lot reprising the position, but in addition creating a brand new one as a result of he’s a father now. He doesn’t need to make the identical errors that Lucius made with Draco,” Felton mentioned. “So, it’s acquainted, nevertheless it’s model, model new, so I’m actually excited for that.”