1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm a little nervous. 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Tom Felton is here, and so eleven years ago, did 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 2: you pop out as Draco A look kid? 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 3: I want to say it was twenty five years ago. 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 3: Was the first time I ever held a wand and I. 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: Must say in these twenty five years later, I look 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: at you and you were such an ahole. 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 4: I disagree. 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: Gandhi would disagree. 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: I didn't know profanity was allowed. It's not, but that's 11 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: I think that's allowed. It's very accurate. You really that 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: character was just the meanest little bird. Yes, you did 13 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: such a great job. 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 3: You remind me of the very first premiere that we 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 3: went to, I think two thousand and one Leicester Square. 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 3: I had never really been to a film premiere of 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 3: this size, and I came out of the cinema eleven 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 3: years old, and I think about five or six year 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 3: old ran up to me and he called me, you're 20 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: such an actop. I was very I was quite confused. 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 3: But my grandfather, he said to me at the time. 22 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: Good job. 23 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, and that's what they're supposed to think. 24 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: So obviously you succeeded as a kid. 25 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 4: Is that tough to know that there are people out 26 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 4: there who get it confused and they actually hate you. 27 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: It took him minute. It took him minute. Yeah, but 28 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 3: such as the potency of Draco. I suppose, like if 29 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 3: they call you, well, any one of those names, a slimy, 30 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 3: get selfish sod. He realized that you've done your job, 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 3: done your job well. 32 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 2: So well, of course we all know how your character 33 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: has turned into a different a different person. Yes, and 34 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 2: we'll get into that in a minute. But go back, 35 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 2: I mean, hold you in your mind and in your heart. 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: You go back those twenty five years and remember what 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: it was like on the set, all these kids, you guys, 38 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: all there together in this bigger than life production, not 39 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: knowing what it would turn into. I mean, what was 40 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 2: that feeling back like? What was it feeling like back 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: then for you? 42 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: Well, like you said, we were just kids, I mean, 43 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 3: quite brilliantly, Chris Columbus, the director of the first film, 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 3: didn't let us see the Great Hall before seeing it 45 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 3: on film, So all of us looking around in awe 46 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 3: at the spectacular set they built and leave some studios. 47 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 3: It was just it was genuine, really, it was very 48 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 3: We were allowed to be kids, and I think none 49 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 3: of us ever expected to get off a plane in 50 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 3: Japan and find out that people have been watching it there, 51 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: and then subsequently, what's happened since we finished the films? 52 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 3: It's the Wizarding World is going strong. 53 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, you didn't watch the movies for like years and 54 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 5: finally you went back to watch them again. 55 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 3: I still really haven't rewatched them, really, I won't. Like 56 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: they do come on quite frequently on TV, so and 57 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 3: my friends often se many clips or my brother does, 58 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 3: taking the mickey out of how how little I was. 59 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 3: But yeah, no, I still haven't. I'm sort of saving 60 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: it with the idea that one day I'll get to 61 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 3: watch it with my little muggles if I have someone, 62 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 3: and see how long it takes for them to realize 63 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 3: that their dad is. 64 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: I'm sure they pretty much already knew that. So I mean, 65 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 2: have you have you been to the Universal Universal Orlando? 66 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: Absolutely to see what they've done there? 67 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely? 68 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 3: Are you in the rides? Yeah, you are. 69 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: Part of one. But I knew that you were on film, 70 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: but I didn't know you physically. 71 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: Well, I went up my first I think one of 72 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 3: my first trips to America was the great you know 73 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 3: Orlando trip of theme parks where they were built bigger 74 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: and bigger and better than anything that I'd ever seen before. 75 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: So I think it went twice when I was maybe nine, 76 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: maybe like fifteen. Never in a million years that I 77 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: think I would be back at Universal cutting the red 78 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 3: ribbon to Hogsmead and Diagonalely, it's very surreal and it's 79 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 3: still I still pinch myself, and I refused to be 80 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 3: indifferent about how how far we've come since the first 81 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 3: from stick Ride. 82 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 5: Did you like the butter beer? I love the butter 83 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 5: but the iced one is much better than. 84 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: The I agree. I say the ice one's perfect, especially 85 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 3: in the hate, but I think one's enough. 86 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, he says that it hurts my teeth. Oh, you 87 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,239 Speaker 1: know what I wanted to ask you? 88 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 5: You so you are. Now they're doing a new Harry 89 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 5: Potter now the new series, and Draco is being played 90 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 5: by Locks Pratt. And I heard that you reached out 91 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 5: to Locks to say, Hey, if you need any advice, 92 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 5: here's my phone number. You know you can always call 93 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 5: me and get in touch with me. 94 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. 95 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: Absolutely, I'm very excited for again the Wizarding World continues. 96 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: I'm very excited to see what they come cook up. 97 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 3: But absolutely not that I feel any responsibility or paternal role. 98 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 3: But he'll have his own adventure. But yes, we're we're 99 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: in touch and he's being well looked after and having fun. 100 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: We're with Tom Felton, by the way, who is starring 101 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Cursage Child. 102 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: How's it going so far? On stage? Still with a 103 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: wand in your hand, you couldn't write it. Are living 104 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: in New York? 105 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: I am. It's my first time actually living in New York. 106 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 3: I've been here for a few premiers over the years. 107 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 3: I am in love with New York. I can't quite 108 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 3: put my finger on why. 109 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: We always say it's the city we love to hate, 110 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: hate to love. 111 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: There's definitely something very unique and obviously growing up near 112 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 3: London and living in various cities over the years, it's 113 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 3: been a lot of fun. But there's something about New York, 114 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: especially now in spring as you starting to warm up 115 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 3: a bit, where yeah, it's very exciting to be. 116 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: You know, going to see this production, this play. It's 117 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: more than just going to see a story you know 118 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: a little about or a lot about. The energy from 119 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 2: the audience members. A lot of these people are total 120 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 2: students of everything Harry Potter. Yes, they've read all the 121 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 2: books forty five times. They're familiar with all these characters 122 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: that kind of come and go and up here, here 123 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 2: and there. Yes, you're talking about your son actually, so 124 00:05:59,560 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 2: I know that. 125 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 5: So for people who don't know what the show The 126 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 5: Curse of Child is about, it's actually after it's all 127 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 5: about their kids. So you've all had kids and everybody 128 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 5: you know, it's about their lives, and characters appear that 129 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 5: haven't been seen in a while, like the girl in 130 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 5: the well. When I tell you I turned to my son, 131 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 5: I thought his head was going to pop off. I'm 132 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 5: like what. The people were screaming and yelling so excited 133 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 5: about these characters that reappear that you haven't seen in 134 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 5: a while. 135 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's remarkable, and it's every single show. There's no 136 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 3: lack of enthusiasm from the crowd, which, by the way, 137 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 3: thank you for anyone that has come and express their enthusiasm. 138 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 3: But I think it's the best of both really because 139 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 3: you get to there's lots of people that are seeing 140 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: characters that they know and they love, including the Malfoys. 141 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 3: Because I have a son now and I'm exactly the 142 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: age that I would be when I left the films 143 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: to adopt aiden close. Who's whose Scorpius Malfoy. A lot 144 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: of the story revolves around him. But the thing that 145 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 3: excites me the most is that it brings people that 146 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 3: Wizarding World has touched and it means so much to them. 147 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 3: But also there's lots of people that have never been 148 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 3: to a Broadway show. In fact, most of the little ones, I imagine, 149 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 3: this is their first Broadway experience and for them to 150 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: get the ball rolling and see how spectacular it is. 151 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: Because theatre was such a big influence on my life, 152 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: it's pretty cool to be at the at the helm 153 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: of that. 154 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: Let's talk about live theater. 155 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 2: Let's talk about first of all, when you walk out 156 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 2: on this and onto the stage in this production, you 157 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: know you have a fan. 158 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: You have you've got fans. They're ready to pick you up. 159 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 2: A lot of people doing stage work, you know, they 160 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 2: walk out, people are not that familiar with the story 161 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: or the play. Sometimes they're like, well, we don't know 162 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 2: if you know this actor, if he's any good whatever. 163 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: You walk out, they're like, oh, there's our guy. We 164 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: feel safe with him. 165 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: We love him. 166 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: But the difference between doing Broadway and film and you've 167 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: you've been doing films, definitely doing the Broadway thing. Now, yes, 168 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: you're doing these performances, but like yesterday for instance, two 169 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 2: performances in a day, weeks and weeks and weeks of 170 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: doing lots of performances. 171 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: Does this just wear you out? It seems like a 172 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: lot of work. 173 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 3: I won't lie. It's just a lot of work and 174 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: more than I expected. But the great thing is obviously, 175 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: when you shoot a film, generally speaking, it takes quite 176 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 3: a long time and you don't get to see the 177 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 3: result of it for ten months or a couple of years, 178 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: whereas the audience are almost the director of the of 179 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 3: the show because you get instant feedback and it's just 180 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 3: really really rewarding to see how excited people get about 181 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 3: their favorite characters, Mony Myrtle by. 182 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: The way. 183 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 3: Right and wait. 184 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 5: And the special effects are insane, like there's there's parts 185 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 5: in the show where you actually feel like you're dizzy, 186 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 5: like it's moving in this weird way. It's so crazy. 187 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, we use some incredible uh not technology more Victorian 188 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: magic where things are happening right live in front of you. 189 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 3: That's the other thing, not to ruin it for everyone. 190 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: But when we use spells on the set, not a 191 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 3: lot happened, and they added in all the effects in afterwards, 192 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: whereas life on stage, you get to see how powerful 193 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 3: they have to make it happen, and it does, and 194 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 3: it's from I think this thing's making all that money 195 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: it's making, by the way, it truly is. I think 196 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 3: the biggest money maker on in Broadway history. Is this true? 197 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: Am I making this up? 198 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 3: I think we're doing all right. 199 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: Let's keep the doors open. 200 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 5: There is a straight play. 201 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 4: So you have been in the world of wizardry and 202 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 4: witchcraft and all this for the majority of your life 203 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 4: at this point, is there anything that currently seems mythical 204 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 4: that you actually do believe in, whether it's Unicorn's leprechauns 205 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 4: or a conspiracy theory? 206 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 3: I did on coming answer the question plenty, but I 207 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: don't know where to start with that one. 208 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 2: Really. 209 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 3: I definitely believe in magic. There's a lot more going 210 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 3: on than we than we know about, and I think so. 211 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 3: I think it's like the magic of theater. You know, 212 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 3: if you you went to the theater and you watched 213 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 3: the show just by yourself, A bit like Netflix at 214 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 3: home versus seeing it with a live audience with you know, 215 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:27,079 Speaker 3: a collective experience. It's something untangible. There's no word for it. 216 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 3: I don't think other than atmosphere or you know, collective experience. 217 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 3: But there's something very special about that. 218 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 4: You don't want to get me. There's so many. I mean, 219 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 4: we could start with the lizard people in Hollywood. 220 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: I was thinking about more like moon landings and stuff. 221 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 4: Have you ever taken something from the set and taken 222 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 4: it home and now it's in your house? 223 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 3: Absolutely not? 224 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: Which is at the ring on your finger? You're stealing 225 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: jewelry from this. 226 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 3: That was one of my pieces of advice to young 227 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 3: locks was you know what. 228 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 2: I remember Tom when the books came out, the movies 229 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: were coming out, and I'm sure this this holds true 230 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 2: today with the stage play itself. You as a parent 231 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 2: now in your role. I had a really good friend 232 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: who was just a loner at school. He was bullied 233 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 2: a lot he as a child. He just so so 234 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,599 Speaker 2: so connected with Harry and his friends were all the 235 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 2: other characters you were, your original Malfoy was the bully 236 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 2: he actually went to school with. And so the connection 237 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 2: people made with that film, and that storyline back then 238 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: was just tremendous. You know, this kid was living under 239 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 2: a staircase and his uncle, I guess was his the Yes, 240 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 2: just the worst people in the world. 241 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: So many kids were. 242 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 2: Into that book because they could relate with that storyline. 243 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 2: Still to this day, this is going on. Can you 244 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 2: think of any other franchise or storyline from any other 245 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 2: movie or stage play that resonates so much with such 246 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: a massive audience. 247 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 3: No, really, there's there's something very very special and magical, 248 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 3: for lack of a better pun about about the Potter world. 249 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 3: I mean, I grew up with st Jurassic Park and 250 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 3: toy story and lots of other great influences on my life. 251 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 3: But I've never seen anything bring more people together, especially 252 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 3: as you've just said, some of the most ostracized people. 253 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 3: Potter brings them all together, which is kind of It's 254 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 3: pretty magical. It's very magical. It's cool. It's still going 255 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 3: on now, and you can all relate to each character 256 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 3: from the from the girl in the weld or Potter 257 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 3: or being being the bully that Malfoy was, but also 258 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 3: to see behind the reason why he was a slimy git. 259 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 2: I mean, you can strip away all the magic, all 260 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: the effects and everything. It's still just a great story 261 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 2: about relationships between kids and adults. 262 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 3: Absolutely, I can attest to that. I've had my three 263 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 3: brothers come out to see the show. All of them 264 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 3: fell asleep during the premierees of the film, none of them. 265 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 3: None of them fell asleep. And they are all fathers, 266 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 3: so they really related to the father son and family 267 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 3: family theme of the play. 268 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 5: What do you think about social media? Like back then 269 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 5: when you guys were all growing up, there was no 270 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 5: social media while you guys were filming. Now, all the 271 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 5: youth coming up that are filming and all these things 272 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 5: they have to deal with social media and what happens 273 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 5: you know when they post themselves on there. 274 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a whole new world, isn't it. 275 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, you guys would have been all right? Or what 276 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 5: do you think? 277 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 3: Well? I don't know. I mean, I grew up at 278 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 3: least for the first ten years of my life having 279 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 3: to go to the library to have an encyclopedia to 280 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 3: find out what a certain thing is. I couldn't google it. 281 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: Even the early days of Internet, we didn't have that. 282 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: So it's a whole separate beast. Do you guys, are 283 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 3: you Are you on your socials? 284 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: I still go to the library every day. I have 285 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: to be on our socials. 286 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: It's part of the job enough. I mean, you'll never 287 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 3: get rid of the tangibility of a book in your 288 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: hand for me. But I love the good things that 289 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 3: come out of social media about us. All being able 290 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 3: to be in touch is fantastic and anything else. I 291 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 3: sort of I spend more time seemingly looking after my 292 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 3: dogs than I do on social media. 293 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: Dogs to New York with him, by the way I did. 294 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 3: That was one of the deal breakers, is that I 295 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 3: wanted my two labradors, Forrest and Willow to come out. 296 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: They are. 297 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 3: They're a little they're a little first shell shocked that 298 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 3: for how much the city is, it works at a 299 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 3: pace like that doesn't matter. They're used to sort of 300 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 3: countryside fields, but they are, Yeah, they're well accustomed. 301 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 4: Now, well, how are you adjusting to New York City? 302 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 4: I know you said you love it, but what's the 303 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 4: most shocking part to you being here? 304 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: Now? I would say shocking. I realize I learned that 305 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 3: downtown I thought was just a generic face, whereas in 306 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 3: Manhattan downtown literally means downtown. 307 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: Pretty much. Well, compare that. 308 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 3: To the London tube system, which is very convoluted and 309 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 3: hard to sort of understand. It's very very handy. But 310 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 3: I also I was hoping my other deal breaker things, 311 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: I want my mom out here for Christmas, because I 312 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 3: never missed a Christmas without being with my mom. So 313 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 3: they said, you can't go home pretty much. So I said, right, well, 314 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 3: you have to bring my family out here. And it's snow, 315 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 3: had a white christ and one of my dogs had 316 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 3: never seen snow before, so Forrest was very excited. A bit. 317 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 2: Forrest needs to understand that snow in New York is 318 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 2: a different colors brown, brown. 319 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: And yellow. 320 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 3: It was nice for a day or two. 321 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 5: Yes, congratulations you one favorite Broadway debut for iHeartRadio child. 322 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 2: I was I'm not clapping. I'll tell you why he didn't. 323 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 2: You didn't show up for the awards. You had an 324 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 2: award waiting for you. I could have gone up to 325 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: accept for you. I believe we have one for you. 326 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: Here's why. 327 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 3: Marvelous Well, actually, huge thank you to all your listeners. Thanks, huge, 328 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 3: thank you. It was something that I would never say 329 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 3: thank you to my mom. 330 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: I give it back. 331 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 3: Not something that I ever saw coming. But I'm very 332 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 3: very grateful for the fans out there that voted. 333 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: That's so cool, so cool. 334 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, Nate, Okay, so you you kind of did this 335 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 6: and it was quite a treat for me in the 336 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 6: green room. You did your famous delivery of Potter, and 337 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 6: you have this way of saying it that it is 338 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 6: so much disdain. Was that a conscious decision? And I 339 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 6: know you've talked about this before, but I want to 340 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 6: hear it directly from you. 341 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 3: When you say Potter not bad? Can I hear everyone 342 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 3: else's best attempt? Potter? Very good Potter, very good Potter 343 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 3: not as good, very good? Well Potter? 344 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 2: He really cos that stung my nipples for giving you 345 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 2: another awards? 346 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 3: Not really? No, I often think back to my three 347 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 3: brothers again. I mean I was I was treated with 348 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 3: brotherly love growing up, which meant that I never got 349 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 3: to sit on the couch or you know, I was 350 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 3: basically bullied by my brothers. So I got to use 351 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 3: that as my as my ventor of of brotherly frustration. 352 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 3: But no, I had no idea it would turn intoward. 353 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 3: It has turned into needless to say, every night, well 354 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 3: brings the brings the house up. 355 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: So here you are. 356 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 2: Tom Felton is of course storing a strike on Malfoy 357 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: and Harry Potter and the Chris Child. But Daniel Radcliffe 358 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 2: is down the street doing every brilliant thing. Have you 359 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 2: seen that yet? Yes, I've heard it is brilliant and 360 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 2: he's there. Tom May I want to go see it before, 361 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: Really he should. It's fantastic. 362 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 3: It's such a unique play, such a unique experience for 363 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 3: people that that maybe have gone to see shows before haven't. 364 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 3: And for grudgingly I say, he is fantastic. He really is. 365 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 3: And if you told us twenty five years ago with 366 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 3: Broomsticks that we would be on Broadway together at the 367 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 3: same time, we would never have believed. So it's pretty special. 368 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 5: Are you guys all still friends like the Castle Stays 369 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 5: in Touch from the movie? 370 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 3: Absolutely not. Now it sounds cheesy, but we're very much 371 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 3: a family. We're often in four corners of the earth 372 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 3: at the same time, so we don't get to see 373 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 3: each other as much as we like. But yes, now 374 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 3: that Daniel's down the road from me, I get a 375 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 3: chance to hang out with him a bit more. 376 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 4: This has obviously been such a huge part of your life, 377 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 4: the majority of your life playing these characters and being 378 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 4: part of this world. Does it ever get to a 379 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 4: point with you where you think, maybe I'm finished with 380 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 4: this now, I'm ready to wrap it up and move 381 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 4: on to other things, because we've spent the whole time 382 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 4: talking about this, and you do all kinds of other 383 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 4: projects as well. 384 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, I've been lucky that it's been well. Nineteen 385 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 3: years later, it's the last chapter of the book. It 386 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 3: has been well. It's been quite a few years since 387 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: the film's finished, and I have lots of other things 388 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 3: going on. Certainly thought I'd put the one down for forever, 389 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 3: but apparently my Wizarding Year is the best is yet 390 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 3: to yet to come. So I celebrate the fandom more 391 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 3: than anything, and the passion that he's talked about. People's 392 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 3: perspective of life have changed because of these stories, and 393 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 3: to be part of that and to see it every 394 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 3: night like last night I was. I tried to like 395 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 3: crawl into the stage door slightly masked up, and there 396 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 3: must have been four different languages. I heard, families that 397 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 3: have come from around the world just to see this show. 398 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 3: So to be able to a chance to experience that 399 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 3: is something I'll never forget. 400 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 2: Really, amazing. Yeah, Tom, thank you so much for coming 401 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 2: in to see us today. My pleasure, Tom Felton, of course, 402 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 2: Storring astorycor Malfoy, Harry Potter in The. 403 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: Potter than so much, Tom, enjoy New York. It's a 404 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: pleasure to be here the way you found it. I 405 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: do my best.