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Actor Rupert Grint will play Ron Weasley again in the Harry Potter play on Broadway, 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,' starting in February 2027, although he will not share the stage with another star of the saga, Tom Felton, who will play the role of Draco Malfoy until the beginning of January, reported Variety magazine this Wednesday.
The play, which premiered in London in 2016 and arrived in the theatrical heart of New York in 2018, follows the adult lives of the protagonists created by British writer JK Rowling, also the author of this script, and begins in the prologue of the novel 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' when Harry Potter and his wife send their son to Hogwarts school.
"Ron Weasley has been a part of me since I was eleven years old and I can't wait to reunite with him at this stage of life. There is something very special, like closing a circle, about stepping into Ron's shoes now that we are both parents; in a way, it is something both very familiar and completely new," said the British actor Grint in a statement to the media outlet.
Grint will participate in the play from February 2 to May 30, 2027, while Felton will perform his final show on January 3.
Two of the play's producers, Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, indicated, for their part, that Grint, through the red-headed wizard Ron, defined for several generations of viewers throughout the eight Harry Potter films "what it means to be a loyal and brave friend, despite adversities and difficulties," without forgetting his sense of humor and his "mischievous smile."
The show, which is staged at the Lyric Theatre, one block from Times Square, is one of the highest-grossing shows on Broadway week after week, and has grossed $532 million, a record for the category of non-musical plays, according to specialized media.
Sales had been stagnant but rebounded with Felton's arrival in November, so it is expected that Grint, one of the three stars of the saga, will have an even greater impact. Likewise, his participation is part of a growing trend on Broadway of hiring successful film and television actors to excite the public.
[Publicidad]