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The Wait Is Over! Feltbeats.com Interviews Tom Felton At NY Comic Con

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We have been teasing you for two days with this, and the wait is finally over! Feltbeats.com representatives Bserlori (with the steller camera work, lol) and Southernbets showing her usual banter, had the pleasure of once again interviewing Tom, this time at NY Comic Con. I won’t go into details, you just have to see it for yourself. Be prepared for fits of giggles!

It was kind of rushed, so for any of you that missed anything that was said, here’s the full transcript:

Bets: Okay. We’re gonna be quick. Okay. Tell us a little bit about “Belle,” ‘Cause that’s what you’ve been filming lately, right?

Tom: Yes!

Bets: Tell us a little bit about that.

Tom: I thought you said “Bill.” I’m like, ‘Who the hell is that?’

Bets: Belle. Sorry! It’s the drawl.

Tom: “Belle” is a pretty special, pretty special piece. It’s a BBC drama about the first introduction of a black woman into high society England. I get to play a…. horrible guy. That’s all I’ll say. I was going to give more away there, but no, I realize I shouldn’t. He plays, yeah, a very, very old, and a very stuck-in-his-ways. I’m not happy to see a young black girl in

Bets: That’s your character? You play an old guy?

Tom: No. No. No. As in old in his ways.

Bets: Oh, okay.

Tom: Doesn’t like the idea of modern. This idea of something new coming along to shake up the system.

Bets: Now, are you finished with that role, or you have to go back for more?

Tom: I have to go back. That’s the reason I’m leaving tonight. I’ve got another days filming on Tuesday, and one on Friday. So, looking good. So far, so good. I got to be on the Isle of Man for two weeks doing all the night shoot stuff.

Bets: Ahh, but close to your grandparents.

Tom: Yes! I visited them while I was there actually. Yeah.

Bets: And so, what do you do after that? Do you have anything lined up after that? That’s set yet?

Tom: No. Nothing. There’s loads of things that supposedly are going to happen between November and January, but nothing that I’ve signed on the dotted line to do yet. So, I’m hoping stuff’s gonna happen around that time. If not, I’m happy to take a break, and just chill out, and I’m hoping to come back over to the states for holiday reasons rather than just for work.

Bets: We are still holding out for “Attachment” in Louisiana, ‘cause it’s a nice road trip.

Tom: Well… Hear! Hear! I’m holding out for it. I have good news. The last I heard, that is a go picture, and it’s supposed to be happening in January, so that’s the last I’ve heard anyway. I’m very, very excited, and I hope that does come true.

Bets: Fantastic! So, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Glamour UK released the Sexiest Men of 2012 and you ranked #36. How does that make you feel?

Tom: Wow. I had no idea. Awesome! Yeah, that’s very flattering. I don’t really know what to say to these things really. I just take it in my stride.

Bets: Okay. And, I’ve been watching ‘Breaking Bad.’

Tom: Yes! Tell me you’re hooked.

Bets: I am! But I’m in the third season, and I was eating the day I watched the first season with the ick.

Tom: oooh.

Bets: Oh yeah. That was not good, but anyway, if you had the opportunity to do tv, would you want to do something that was just recurring, or maybe just a guest shot, or what about tv. How does that work for you?

Tom: I would happily play Aaron Paul’s. I mean, he does it brilliantly, but that kind of character would be gold. Yeah, yeah. I have no… some people take a high ground with film over tv. I think tv is just as good, if not better than a lot of film that’s being produced. So yeah, I’d be happy to do either.

Bets: Alright, we’ll do some fun stuff now.

Tom: Alright

Bets: I got enough business out of the way. If you were a circus performer, what would you do?

Tom: The unicycle dude. You know, unicycle and juggling. I’m quite good with my hands, maybe I could that.

Bets: You hear that girls? He’s quite good with his hands.

Tom: It’s true!

Bets: Okay. Do you do your own laundry?

Tom: Hell, no. No, I do not. Not because I’m… just ‘cause I’m useless and lazy. Thank God for Jade. Yeah, yeah. I’d be terrible.

Bets: What’s your favorite restaurant you’ve ever eaten in, and what did you eat there? If you say McDonald’s, we’re done.

Tom: No. no, I’ve got a good one. Caesar’s restaurant. It’s in Leatherhead, sorry. That’s where I’ve been going for, like, 25 years for my birthday meal. It’s a very small American-style restaurant, and they do burgers there that kick ass.

Bets: What’s your favorite swear word?

Tom: Bollocks. Well, it’s one of them. I like bollocks. Yeah, that’s a good one.

Bets: hahaha

Tom: I don’t like bollocks. I’m saying, I like the word bollocks.

Bets: Do you choose the window seat or the aisle seat on the plane?

Tom: Aisle. I don’t like the whole getting out like thing. I like to have the freedom to move. Either one really, as long as I’m not in the middle. You know, that middle sector. Yeah, that sucks.

Bets: How many pairs of shoes do you own?

Tom: Quite a few. I have quite a few shoes, maybe 20 pairs, but you know how many pairs I wear? One! This set, I bought this set of Toms in Los Angeles like six months ago, and I haven’t taken them off since. They’re kind of like my Good Mood shoe, you know.

Bets: They’re good shoes, I guess. I don’t care for Toms, but

Tom: They’re not that comfy, but you get in to them.

Bets: They’re not?

Tom: They’re not that comfy, no.

Bets: Well, then why do you wear them?

Tom: I don’t know. They have my name on the back of them..

Bets: Oh. My. Gosh..

Tom: I’m kidding.

Bets: It’s like you’re in Kindergarten.

Bets: What’s your favorite season, and why?

Tom: Summer in the UK, because we get a couple of weeks of okay weather, I suppose. I don’t know. What’s yours? Do you have one?

Bets: I like football season.

Tom: Ahh! That was the answer. Alright. Cricket season! There ya go.

Bets: I just don’t like winter, because I don’t like cold.

Tom: Yeah. Good call.

Bets: If they made a movie of your life, who would you want to play you?

Tom: Tom Fletcher. No, I don’t know. Bertie Gilbert. He’s pretty cool. Yeah, I don’t know. Someone cheap.

Bets: What about Jade? Who would you want to play Jade?

Tom: A question I could not answer. There is no one that has the onscreen beauty that Jade would need to play someone like her. Angelina Jolie, if she’s available. What? That works.

Bets: Okay. Describe yourself in three words.

Tom: I don’t know. Happy, sad, and confused. No, I don’t know. Upbeat, positive, and yeah, generally pretty happy. Those are three very lame words, but yeah, is that okay?

Bets: That’s perfect.

Bets: Why is it called “the cricket” instead of just cricket?

Tom: It’s not.

Bets: It IS! Everybody says, ‘I’m going to the cricket’ or ‘we’re going to the cricket today.’ Not, ‘we’re going to cricket.’

Tom: It’s definitely just cricket, but when you’re going. You can’t say ‘I’m going to baseball.’ Can you?

Bets: But you’re going to football. I’m going to watch football. I’m not going to watch the football.

Tom: No. I…

Bets: Are you just leaving the ‘game’ part off, or the match? Is it like you’re dangling something?

Tom: At first, I thought this was a silly question, but you’ve sparked off some grey matter. I don’t know. You’re right. Why would you go and say ‘I’m going and go watch the football’? You just say “I’m gonna go watch football.” The football meaning that specific event that we talked about earlier. I guess. I don’t know.

Bets: It’s weird.

Tom: I don’t know

Bets: You’re supposed to know these things. You’re British!

Tom: No! I’m the worst person to be asking this.

Bets: Name … I don’t think you’ll answer this, but we’ll see. Name something you do when you’re alone, that you wouldn’t do in front of others.

Tom: I don’t do that much alone really. I lie in very unattractive positions. I’m a naked fan.

Bets: Really?

Tom: I do naked sometimes. I wouldn’t do that in front of anyone else. Yeah. Occasionally.

Bets: You are so feeding the fodder today. I love it.

Tom: Alright. Awesome.

Bets: The fire is going to be burning.

Bets: What’s the strangest talent that you have?

Tom: My best talent, and this is a talent for not remembering people’s names. I have the best talent for that in the world. I can meet people five days in a row, and they introduce their name, in the same day, I can still forget it. Is that a talent?

Bets: Sure.

Tom: Will you let me off?

Bets: I will let you off.

Tom: Thank you.

Bets: You just didn’t want to say anything crazy, because you were afraid I would make you do it, didn’t you?

Tom: Yes. Possibly.

Bets: Okay. One last thing, do you like pickles?

Tom: Oh my god, I hate pickles.

Bets: All pickles?

Tom: Jade loves them, I hate them. No, no, not for me. Are you serious? They’re wrong. They’re just wrong. They really are.

Bets: I love dill pickles, but I don’t like sweet pickles.

Tom: Okay. See, I didn’t even know there was any difference.

Bets: There is. Okay. Well, we are rushed for time, so we’re gonna go. Do you want to give a shout out to your fans?

Tom: Feltbeats, signing out. Yeah. Thank you to everyone, the Feltforce doing their biddings. Yeah. I love you guys. Hope you’re heading for a good Christmas. I look forward to seeing you at the next one! Let’s hug it out!

 

A huge thank you to Tom who took time out of his busy schedule to chat with us!

Tom Felton’s interview by ESP Magazine & his support for Arthritis Research UK

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Two weeks ago, Tom was interviewed by ESP Magazine at a school’s talent show.

TOM CASTS A SPELL OVER ESP

Harry Potter star Tom Felton – best known as bad by Draco Malfoy in the hit films – came to Peterborough recently and ESP’s big Potter fan Mikey Clarke pulled up a broomstick and grabbed a word…

ESP would like to congratulate Ben Tomsett, the winner of a recent talent show at Holme Primary School. However, ‘Holme School’s Got Talent’ was not your average competition.

Students had every right to get excited. The official voice-over for the event was Peter Dixon, the man behind the voice of X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, and much more.

Hosting the event and the driving force behind many of these special additions to the show, was local celeb Warwick Davis, the star of blockbusters such as Willow, Star Wars and Harry Potter. And speaking of Potter, the judge was none other than actor Tom Felton. The teen heart-throb is best known as Draco Malfoy in the popular flicks.

Whilst attending Holme School’s Got Talent I must admit that I was a little jealous… the biggest name I ever got at my school talent show was Kev Lawrence.

ESP grabbed a few words with Tom who was more than happy to play a nicer version of Simon Cowell for a night –“It’s nice to be able to give the talented young children here some encouragement. I was a youngster when I started out and have never looked back.”

Tom was in fact just 12 when he started filming the franchise. He remembers it as – “A wonderful experience.” Discussing the emotion on set as the Director said ‘Cut’ for the very last time, he joked –“Warwick was in floods of tears, but I obviously played it cool. But seriously, it was very upsetting but also in a strange way a big anticlimax – we had talked about ‘the end’ for so long and how it might feel, and finally it was there.

“It doesn’t feel like much has ended as people are still talking about the books and the movies. I think we all hope it’s one of those things that will go on for as long as we live.”

After so many years of filming, the cast must have become like a real family. It certainly felt that way as Tom explained –“Warwick is just one of the many great friends I still keep in touch with from those days. It’s always good to see each other again.

“The problem is with all the cast, we always seem to be in the four corners of the earth at different times but if we are in the same place we always meet up. Rupert Grint (aka Ron Weasley) and I have worked our way around many golf courses which is always nice.”

Perhaps it was the fact I’d attended the interview in my Harry Potter scarf that inspired my question about obsessive fans. On the subject Tom told me – “I like to call them ‘eccentric enthusiasts’ – people who just love the film and books so much. It’s always nice to see how passionate people get about the stories. What’s funny though, is that a lot of the younger age group who I meet, seem to be terrified of me! So maybe I ought to play a kind of Simon Cowell persona in my role as ‘talent judge’.”

And of course, if you are a massive fan of the films – you must be considering a trip to the Warner Bros Harry Potter Experience, which Tom describes as –“Amazing. It was like I almost lived on those sets growing up, but there is stuff there I didn’t even know existed!

“It’s great that they have housed it in such a beautiful and entertaining way. I’d say you don’t even have to be a big Harry Potter fan to enjoy it – this is a first of its kind for the film industry and is a great insight into the film making.”

So there you go – whether you’re a big film geek or have children that are still massive fans of the film, there’s a summer trip anyone can enjoy, and it’s only around an hour and a half trip from the Boro!

If you’re a big Harry Potter fan, make sure you check out the rest of the interview in the latest August issue of ESP Magazine. Read what Tom had to say about life after Harry Potter.

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Online issue of ESP Magazine – click on the screenshot below and you will be redirected to the site (Tom on page 20)

Harry Potter stars Tom Felton and Warwick Davis created some magic at the primary school in Holme recently and ESP’s Mikey Clarke was there to help cast a spell or two…

ESP would like to congratulate Ben Tomsett, the winner of a recent talent show at Holme C of E Primary School. However, Holme School’s Got Talent was not your average competition.

Students had every right to get excited. The official voiceover for the event was Peter Dixon, the man behind the voice of X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. Hosting the event was local celeb Warwick Davis, the star of blockbusters such as Willow, Star Wars and Harry Potter.

Speaking of Potter, one of the judging panel was none other than Tom Felton, the teen heartthrob best known as blond bad boy Draco Malfoy in the popular flicks.

Whilst attending Holme School’s Got Talent I must admit that I was a little jealous… the biggest name I ever got at my school talent show was Kev Lawrence!

As a big Harry Potter fan I was keen to grab a few words with Tom to find out just what he’s been up to since playing the iconic villain.

Well, you may have spotted him in another bad boy role in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, a 2011 remake of the classic favourite. Tom starred alonsgide Rupert Wyatt, James Franco, Freida Pinto and Andy Serkis. What attracted him to the role I wonder?

“It didn’t take any convincing to be a part of the movie,” he explained. “I’m a massive fan of James Franco.” Spoiler alert as Tom continued… “As I died in the movie, I knew this would obviously be a one off, and wouldn’t be signing up for more of the franchise.”

Tom joked – “For a sequel, I suggested a two hour flashback featuring my character but the director didn’t seem keen!”

Having once heard Felton being referred to as ‘Snoop Hoggy Hogwarts’ I had to ask what this was about. He laughed – “My lovely girlfriend and publicist take the Mickey by booking me into hotels under that name. The idea is that my name doesn’t attract too much attention, but it backfires as I have to check in as ‘Snoop Hoggy Hogwarts’. Thankfully they don’t do that anymore!”

Fans of the Harry Potter star will be pleased to hear they’ll be seeing more of Tom very soon –“I’ve just come back from Serbia,” he revealed. “I did a film out there called Therese, which should be out around Christmas. And I have a mini TV series called Labyrinth coming soon, which is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Kate Mosse. Both are very different roles and both very exciting.”

Tom Felton Supports Arthritis Research UK

A fantastic opportunity arose on Tuesday 17th July, 2012. I was asked to attend a Talent Show at a Peterborough School where a celebrity was expected to be a judge in the contest.

As I now also work voluntarily for the ESP Magazine, it is my role to film interviews and events in order to promote the magazine’s services. Michael Clarke, Regional Fundraising Manager for the East of England was fortunate enough to interview the celebrity face to face.

After filming the interview, Tom Felton, who was a really cool guy and very entertaining (you will see why when you watch the video below) was kind enough to pose for the camera holding an Arthritis Research UK mug. He told us that he liked to support anyone in anyway possible.

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