Tom Felton dishes about Deathly Hallows in new MTV interview

In a new interview from www.mtv.com, Tom discusses how David Yates plans to handle filming of the epilogue for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Perhaps the two biggest questions surrounding “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the two-part finale of J.K. Rowling’s book series, are how filmmakers will handle the author’s flash-forward postscript and what in the world Potter-philes will do when there are no more novels or films to look forward to.

The answer to that second question remains to be seen. But what will director David Yates do about the ending? Following the epic Harry vs. Voldemort smackdown, Rowling jumped ahead almost two decades to catch up with her characters in the future. For the big-screen adaptation, does that mean older actors will portray Harry and the rest of the grown-up students? Or that the young stars will be aged through makeup effects or CGI technology?

 

 

No decision has been made, according to Tom Felton, who plays peroxide-blond villain Draco Malfoy. “We haven’t shot that yet, and I still haven’t had the confirmation whether I’m doing it or we’re going to get someone else to do it,” he told MTV News while promoting the DVD for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” “I haven’t heard too much. I guess they’re still making decisions about it now. It is a very exciting scene. I know Daniel [Radcliffe] and I have talked about it and said it’d be a lot of fun to do.”

Back in July, Yates told us he was gunning to use Radcliffe and the rest of the cast for the postscript through the use of technology similar to that employed in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” “There’s something extraordinary about the audience’s knowledge of them when they were this high and then seeing them where they are 38,” he said. “There’s something really beautiful about that circle, so it has to be them. I think if after seven or eight movies, we recast them in that last scene — we all thought, ‘No way, we can’t do that.’ ”

While Felton joked that he’d be cool with having Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio step in to play an adult Draco, the British actor maintained that he’s looking forward to seeing what he will look like 19 years in the future. “It’d be kind of freaky to see what they come up with,” he said.

Thanks to www.mtvmovieblogs.com for the great interview!

 

Tom Felton Interview Live on Thursday (12/10)

Listen to Tom live on www.mix1041.com at 6:45 am EST, Thursday, December 10, on the Karson and Kennedy show. The interview will be repeated at 8:30 EST. It’s a Boston radio station, but you can listen live through the web page.

UPDATE:
Portland, ME radio WJBQ will be airing their interview with Tom on Thursday, December 17, at 6:45 AM (EST) with a repeat at 8:10. Listen to the interview on their livestream at http://www.wjbq.com

Daniel Radcliffe: “Tom Felton’s performance one of the best”

In a recent interview with MTV, Daniel Radcliffe was asked what he thought was the reason Half Blood Prince connected with audiences. He went on to call Tom’s performance one of the best in the film!

www.mtv.com/videos/movies/462771/daniel-radcliffe-explains-why-half-blood-price-connected-with-the-audience.jhtml

 Make sure you listen for Dan’s description of Ron and Lavenders relationship. It’s priceless!

Thanks to Eva for the tip!

Tom Felton reflects on his first Harry Potter audition with CNN

CNN posted a new article today featuring Tom Felton and his fellow cast members reflecting on the early days of Harry Potter. Here is Tom’s exerpt:

Tom Felton also spoke of his early days, saying  “I’ll never forget walking through those amazing doors for the first time, as we have done many a time since,” Tom Felton, who plays Harry Potter baddie Draco Malfoy, told CNN. “I also remember auditioning here. The crazy thing about the audition was that, at my very first audition — when they had thousands of kids in, day in day out — Emma Watson was standing next to me and we did it together. And I came back in two weeks and she had been cast!”

“Tears will be shed, I’m sure,” said Felton. “Tears of joy and tears of leaving it all behind as well. I know we’re all very excited to see what’s going to happen afterwards and where we’ll all going to go.

“But saying that, I think most of us right now are just trying to appreciate the time we have left.”

The full video interview, including more from Tom and his fellow cast members, can be found here: CNN interviews Potter cast

Thanks to www.the-leaky-cauldron.org and www.cnn.com!