HARRY POTTER Series Will Take Fans Inside Malfoy Manor as New Draco Actor Teases a Deeper Look at the Wizarding World
The upcoming Harry Potter TV series on HBO Max has been pitched as more than just a retelling of the books. It’s being shaped as a full-on expansion of the wizarding world, one that finally has the room to explore characters, locations, and moments the films only hinted at.
Now, Draco Malfoy actor Lox Pratt is offering some insight into the project, and it sounds like fans are in for something special when the series takes us beyond Hogwarts and straight into Malfoy Manor.
Pratt, who steps into the role of Harry Potter’s longtime rival Draco Malfoy, says the show digs into spaces and perspectives that were largely off-limits before.
“You get to see all the teachers in their little rooms. You get to see Draco at home. I won’t spoil too much about that, but there are some brilliant scenes at home where you start to get an insight into how he is,” Pratt revealed.
Set to debut in 2027, the HBO series is being directed by Mark Mylod, best known for his work on Succession, with scripts written by Francesca Gardiner of His Dark Materials. Together, they’re aiming to open up the story in ways the previous adaptations couldn’t.
As Pratt explained, “I think with this adaptation, you get to see so much more than the books. [The books] are very much over Harry’s shoulder, which is great, and that’s how they played the film as well. And I think Francesca and Mark have been audible about this in their interviews, there’s just so much more that you get to see.”
That broader scope also gives Draco room to evolve from the narrow role he played on screen before. Pratt, who’s currently appearing in the BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies, drew a direct comparison between the two projects.
“Similar to ‘Flies,’ I was grateful that we had the same freedom to explore these characters,” he said. “Because in the films, Draco is sort of 2D; he is the sneery villain. I feel like there’s so much more – you need to understand why. And you see little glints of it in the film with Lucius and stuff. I think [the series] is really brilliant. I can’t wait to bring it to the screen.”
That promise of depth is exactly what longtime fans have been hoping for. Malfoy Manor, in particular, has always carried a heavy presence in the books, tied closely to Draco’s upbringing and the dark pressures placed on him by his family. Spending real time there could finally add emotional weight to choices that once felt purely antagonistic.
HBO Max and its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery are clearly confident in what they’ve got. Streaming chief JB Perrette has already gone so far as to label the show the “streaming event of the decade,” a big claim that sets expectations high.
If the series delivers on what Pratt is teasing, this version of Harry Potter isn’t just revisiting familiar ground. It’s expanding it, room by room, character by character, starting with the halls of Malfoy Manor and the boy who grew up inside them.
Source: Variety
