{"id":291623,"date":"2026-02-11T02:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291623\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T02:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:59:08","slug":"harry-potter-hbo-series-star-teases-change-for-draco-malfoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291623\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter HBO Series Star Teases Change for Draco Malfoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Draco Malfoy Actor in &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; HBO Series Details Major Change for Character in New Show<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured, Slytherin fans: Draco Malfoy will be getting more moments in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>As HBO continues filming on its upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/harry_potter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a> series, Lox Pratt, the 14-year-old actor taking on the role of a young Draco, is sharing new details about what to expect\u2014and how his character will differ from the novels and films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think with this adaptation, you get to see so much more than the books,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/1883magazine.com\/lox-pratt-lord-of-the-flies-draco-malfoy-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1883 Magazine<\/a> in an interview published on Feb, 6. \u201c[The books] are very much over Harry\u2019s shoulder, which is great, and that\u2019s how they played the film as well. And I think [showrunners] Francesca [Gardiner] and Mark [Mylod] have been audible about this in their interviews, there\u2019s just so much more that you get to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, part of what fans will learn is more about Draco\u2019s backstory and why his character\u2014who was first portrayed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1425714\/daniel-radcliffe-tom-felton-harry-potter-reunion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Felton<\/a> in the films\u2014becomes the \u201cvillain\u201d alongside his father Lucius Malfoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Draco Malfoy Actor in &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; HBO Series Details Major Change for Character in New Show Rest assured,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":{"0":"post-291623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}