Harry Potter actor Tom Felton has been giving hints to his Twitter followers after landing a new acting role

Tom, 21, plays the part of Draco Malfoy in the boy-wizard film series but has landed himself a new unknown role.

The actor posted a message on his Twitter page saying: “good afternoon all! have some good news to share! got the part i was going for.”

Giving hints about the role, he added: “now i have to get my welsh accent perfected!”

He added: “not sure how much more i can say about it, but i’m a surfer and i’m welsh! when i can say more, you will all be the first i tell!!!”

Tom is currently filming the next film in the successful series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

He also admitted on the social networking site he recently accompanied girlfriend Jade to her younger brother’s school play, where children shouted spells from the film at him.

He said: “on my way to see jades little brother in his school play! those were the days!”

He added: “the play was good! quite serious for a school play though! had the joy of school kids shouting expelliarmus at me and running away laughing!”

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