Rupert Grint returns as Ron Weasley — an ecstatic Tom Felton will miss him by exactly one month
Fifteen years after hanging up the robes, Rupert Grint is going to be Ron Weasley again — live, on Broadway, eight shows a week. He joins Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre for a 17-week run, February 2 through May 30, 2027, playing the grown-up, dad-era Ron.
And the entire fandom had exactly one collective thought, screamed in unison: wait, Tom Felton is IN that show. PUT THEM ON STAGE TOGETHER.
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They will not be on stage together. Felton — who became the first original film cast member to return to the wizarding world when he started playing adult Draco in November 2025, promptly smashing the Lyric's own box office records — exits the production on January 3, 2027. Grint arrives February 2. That is a gap of exactly one month, which in fandom time is a personal attack.
The cruelest part? Felton is genuinely, publicly thrilled about all of it. He told the BBC he broke his and Grint's famously terrible texting habits and called him the second he heard, asking the only reasonable question:
"Who doesn't want to see Rupert Grint play Ron Weasley again? Come on!"
Draco Malfoy, president of the Ron Weasley fan club. Eleven-year-old me needs a moment.
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Ron, but make him a dad
Grint, for his part, is being extremely sincere about the whole thing, saying in a statement that "Ron Weasley has been a part of me since I was 11 years old" — and pointing out the full-circle weirdness of returning to the character now that both he and Ron are fathers. His Instagram announcement was more on-brand: "Dusting off the old robes."
A few details for the ticket-refresh girlies:
- The play picks up 19 years after Deathly Hallows, with the trio's kids at Hogwarts — so dad-Ron isn't a cameo, he's canon.
- This is Grint's second Broadway rodeo; he did It's Only a Play back in 2014 alongside Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
- Felton's family fully understands the assignment: his mum has seen the show five times, and his 100-year-old grandfather watches his press hits.
So no, we're not getting a Draco–Ron handshake at the curtain call, and yes, I've already drafted the petition asking Felton to extend by exactly 30 days. In the meantime: two out of three of the childhood faces are back where the story started, one month apart, like ships passing in the Great Hall. Weirdly poetic. Still suing.
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