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Tom Felton and a Coven Full of Regrets

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The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has published a short series on all the Harry Potter villains, and you guessed it, Tom’s Draco Malfoy was part of the list. In the short interview, Tom discusses Draco’s regrets, and being surrounded by some of the nicest villains out there – Jason Issacs, Alan Rickman, and Ralph Fiennes.

DRACO MALFOY
Tom Felton

The son of a (now-disgraced) disciple of Voldemort, Draco has been raised from birth to loathe HArry and everything he stands for. From the day they met in The Sorcerer’s Stone, Draco tried to make Harry’s life miserable. But things changed after Draco allowed Bellatrix and her fellow Death Eaters to attack his school in The Half-Blood Prince. “He’s an exile,” says Felton, “no longer welcome at Hogwarts.”

Regrets, he has a few: In The Deathly Hallows-Part 1, Harry breaks into Malfoy Manor, which has been taken over by Voldemort. “When [Draco] sees Harry again,a fter being surrounded by all that evil,” says Felton, “he realizes he’s actually been fighting on the wrong side. But of course his hands are tied.”

It takes a coven: Growing up on a movie set could have been tricky. But Felton says “the villains have really been taking ultimate care of me. Jason [Isaacs] has been very paternal, and Alan [Rickman] and Ralph [Fiennes] have been very kind with their time.”

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Tom Felton Video Didn’t Kill The Radio Star

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As part of the Tom Felton and the HP Promotional Extravaganza, Tom gave interviews with all kinds of media outlets, and in today’s update, we have two from the radio realm and another camera angle from a previously posted video.

In this first clip Tom speaks with Big Poppa In the Morning, and you may listen to the ten minute clip at the source.

In this second radio interview, Tom speaks with the Dr. Don Morning Show. You can listen to it at 99.5 WYCD Detroit’s Country.

Tom Felton, otherwise known as Draco Malfoy, gets us excited for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part 1, which brought in $125.1 million this weekend! Tom talks about what it’s like to grow up with the movies, what are some of his fonder memories from filming the movies and what life will be like after Harry Potter is over.

And in video news, have an additional camera angle of Tom from one of the round table interviews given in London during the press junket. The original camera angle we showed you may be found here.

Tom Felton in the “Washington Post”

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Thanks to Kyra who sent us this scan of Tom from an interview in the heading “KidsPost” from the Washington Post.

If he had his choice, Tom Felton would be a Slytherin. Which is probably only fair coming from the actor who has spent the past 10 years playing boy-villain Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter’s nemesis.

“Slytherin would really be the only choice. Gryffindors are way too boring. The Slytherin bunch get up to a good bit more fun,” the 23-year-old actor said during an interview from London. Just days before the opening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,” Felton spoke to KidsPost’s Tracy Grant about how the character of Draco has changed, what it was like ending the series and how to cope with bullies.

Draco looks pained and torn in this movie. How has his character changed over the course of the movies?

“For the first four years at school, he’s really just a purposefully horrible, disgusting child. He’s a bully. A slimy bully. Then we see him as the years progress and see him with his family and especially his father. We realize that he is bullied – physically and emotionally – by his dad. All he really wants is his father’s approval, which of course, he never really gets.

“In the sixth film, he has a chance to become a bona fide bad guy, but he’s not up to it.”

You’re in only two scenes in this movie, but one of them is when Draco has the chance to turn in Harry.

“It’s a great scene where Harry is brought back . . . and you see that Draco has a sense of kinship with Harry. He can feel the weight of the world on Harry’s shoulders, and he has an opportunity once again to be villainous and he can’t do it.”

Draco has a pretty horrible family situation. How is your family different?

“Oh, completely different. I have three brothers; I’m the youngest of four. I had a great childhood. We had brilliant Christmases, and my mom and dad worked normal 9-to-5 jobs.”

The last book was divided into two movies; how do you feel about that decision?

“It’s a brilliant choice. One of the things that we had to do was stay true to . . . the story that was so beautifully told by Jo [J.K. Rowling]. If we had cut out half of the book, it would have caused such an uproar with fans. It really is two separate stories: the buildup and then the battle.”

What was it like to end filming this series that has been part of your life for 10 years?

“It was very weird. Nobody knew what to say. I kinda shook everyone’s hands and said thanks to everyone and ran off before I got too emotional.”

As you’ve said, your character is a total bully. What advice do you have for kids if a Draco is making their lives horrible?

“I would tell kids not to keep it to yourself. Open up to someone, whether it’s a teacher or a friend. I find it’s usually the bullies who are the most insecure.