The Times Magazine had published in the issue dated 9th July an interview with Tom. For this interview Tom did a photo shoot by the photographer Spiros Politis. He wrote on his blog:

Tom Felton took time out from his busy Harry Potter schedule for a mellow portrait session for Times Magazine.
You’ll see lots more of him next year’s releases.

Thanks to SnitchSeeker for retyping the interview.

Seeing yourself grow up on screen is cringeworthy. I sometimes catch a glimpse of one of the Harry Potter movies on TV and it’s like seeing snapshots of some other person’s life. Seriously weird.

Jim Carrey rules. I spent a lot of my childhood trying to mimic him. Physical comedy is something that’s always really tickled me.

First impressions are permanent. It’s human nature to make snap judgments. I do my best to make sure I’m projecting something positive when I meet people, not acting like an a**.

As adulthood kicks in, you realise your happy-go-lucky younger self has much to learn. But don’t stress about it. Good or bad, the picture can change overnight.

If a new iPad were released next week, I’d want one. Of course you can live without boys’ toys. A new jumper, an iPod, a great watch… They’re not exactly the meaning of life, are they? But they are nice.

Twitter’s great. I’d always resisted social networking, it took a lot of persuasion to make me set up an account. But now I love it. It’s like a constant news feed for me, and it gives Potter fans an instant way of communicating [he has 585,000 followers (as of the time of this interview; right now it is slightly less than a million)].

Four hours in Topman and a different you emerges. I used to be the world’s least clothes-aware person, living in jeans, T-shirts and hoodies. Then I met my girlfriend [stunt coordinator Jade Olivia] and found myself being given a subtle makeover.

My biggest worry when I’m away working is what’ll happen to Timber. I wanted a dog throughout childhood but wasn’t allowed – responsibility and all tha t- so the first thing I did on moving out was get a puppy. She’s a Chesapeake Bay retriever. I love her.

Take your lead from those who get it right. Daniel [Radcliffe] can’t walk down a street anywhere in the world without someone shouting ‘Harry Potter,’ yet he handles it with such grace. He always responds like the charming guy he is.

I love my wheels. BMW’s are my biggest extravagance. I’m currently driving a 6 Series, I’ve had two-seaters and 4x4s in the past and they’ve all served me well.

Online friends are not to be undervalued. I’ve never met Tom Fletcher, the lead singer of McFly, but we’ve been having really interesting conversations back and forth for months now. There’s even been talk of us swapping jobs for a day. I’d love that.

Golf is great. It takes your mind off the complicated things in life and focuses it on a simple one – getting a little white ball into a hole. It’s the perfect escape.

Some of the most endearing people I’ve met are super-vain. My upbringing was, ‘Vanity is bad – it means you’re shallow.’ Now I’m coming round to the idea that you can take an interest in yourself and still be OK. Watch me pass a window and you’ll probably see me do a little hair check.

Be a gentleman. My mum drilled that into me. Good, old-fashioned politeness, basically. I’ve no time for people who behave one way to a Hollywood producer, then differently to the guy who brings them a mug of tea.

Traveling for work isn’t really traveling. I’ve visited all four corners of the world, yet haven’t properly seen most of the places I’ve been to. So some jungle treks, Route 66, just me and a backpack… That’s definitely the agenda, if and when I get the time.

By the way, FAULT Magazine published another pic of Tom.

The magazine ONE has published so far for each Harry Potter movie a special issue. Also this time, the magazine appeared in Germany and France. (I don’t know about other countries). In the magazine are pics of the film, interviews with the cast and a review of 10 years Harry Potter.

Thanks to Sabkay for the scans.

Translation of the interview:

Tom still has problems, to say goodbye to Draco Malfoy. He gave this dark figure an almost likeable note. The actor talks about the end of this saga, about Daniel Radcliffe and their plans for the future.

One: From today sight, what do you think about the Harry-Potter-Phenomenon?
Tom: I think the saga of JK Rowling did help to change the movie world. With the success of her novels she convinced the big Hollywood studios that it could be profitable to produce adaptations of modern literature. Because of her, we can see films like Hunger Games in the movies. Without the success of our films no one would ever take the risk to adapt these books for the movies.

One: What are your feelings now that the saga is finally over?Tom: The problem is, that it doesn’t feel like it’s really over! Everybody ask me this question, but right now, we’re all doing promo for the last movie, so that I don’t have the feeling that all is over. We see us so often, answer questions from the press and we’re going to pre-premieres. But I think, I’ll be very sad at the time everything is over. It will bring me to tears.

One: Could you imagine to return one day with anyone from this saga?
Tom: I talked with Dan about it and we came to a decision: We would only shoot together under the condition, he is the villain and I would be the nice guy! (laughs) Only exception: If there would be a remake in about 20 years, then I’d like to take the role of Lucius.

One: You said often, that you didn’t want to live from acting. Is that still a plan?
Tom: It’s true, that I wasn’t sure for a long time. That’s normal, I was young and most teenager don’t know what job they’d like to have for the rest of their life. But today I’m pretty sure that I want to be an Actor. But one day I’d like to direct a movie. I watched David Yates, the Director of the last four movies of the saga, and he woke my interest with his passion for directing. Today I’m into all kind of Sections in a film production: Sound, camera, stunts, it is quite a fasciniating work, because the Director has to watch about all of it.

One: What are you thinking about Draco in the last Movie?
Tom: I’m really sorry for him. All of what he believed in is gone. It’s just like somebody pulled the rug away under his feet, he totally lost his balance. In narrative terms it is deeply interesting, because the scriptwriters try there very best in the last six years to put this figure in a bad light as possible so that the audience has no pity with him. But at least you’re able to see, what he had to go through in his childhood and so one is inevitably touched. Draco was bullied and one understands better why he let out so much of his frustration in Hogwarts. I really hope, that the audience will feel pity for Draco. For me, Harry and he are two sides of a coin. You can see, what Harry make through his positive influence from his Friends and look, what Draco is able to do in sight of his past. Even if he tries, to get away from the bad influence of his parents, he can’t escape the surroundings in which he grew up.

One: In the last film are a lot of scenes with Deatheaters. How was the filming amongst all these great British actors?
Tom: The audience should know, that this is the British Actor Elite. The thought, to play side by side amongst them, scared me a lot. I’ve feared that i wouldn’t be up on their level. Normally I played with actors in my own age and Draco was even the leader in his group as the villain. And now I was between a lot of evil-minded people and Draco was totally bullied. The moment I was between all of these famous names, some of them even have a title of nobility, i was so scared! The first days I was afraid to talk for saying something stupid. Even they were all absolutely nice to me. Just to watch them do their work was so cool. Helena Bonham-Carter was incredibly. She taught me a lot and is a little like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: On the outside she’s the perfect English lady, who is simply in her own world. But for the camera? She’s mad and really scary.

We also have 2 scans of Tom from the last 2 German BRAVOs. In issue 32, he was with his clothes TOP and in the latest BRAVO they published the Tom / Rupert scene at the premiere of Tom’s new film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”.