Tom Felton’s Top Bad Guys as told to Total Film

While speaking with Total Film Magazine for their November feature on Tom’s upcoming appearance in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I,” Tom relayed his Top Ten favorite all time villains. No surprises on a few of them, but I’m mighty impressed Tom’s choices include villains from older films.

10. Harry Waters, In Bruges (2008)
Played By: Ralph Fiennes

Tom Says: “I recently saw Ralph in this and I thought that he was brilliant. I was like, ‘You’re not like that at all in real life!’”

9. Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter series (2001-2011)
Played By: Ralph Fiennes

Tom Says: “Ralph Fiennes scares the life out me, he really does.”

8. Blofeld, Bond Series (1963 – 1983)
Played By: Donald Pleasence (among others)

Tom Says: “The guy with the cat. The ultimate Bond villain.”

7. Jaws, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979)
Played By: Richard Kiel

Tom Says: “I thought he was great as a kid – I loved him fighting Bond on the cable car. A great baddie, but still manages to get a girlfriend in space.”

6. Colonel William Tavington, The Patriot (2000)
Played By: Jason Issacs

Tom Says: “I’m a big fan of Jason Isaacs – got to be, he’s my Dad – but he’s brilliantly horrible in that.”

5. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Played By: Anthony Hopkins

Tom Says: “He just delivers such malice. If you were young enough you could watch that and not understand he’s a bad person. He underplays it superbly, it’s a masterclass in acting.”

4. The Joker, The Dark Knight (2008)
Played By: Heath Ledger

Tom Says: “Obviously. Heath Ledger was amazing. So dangerous, you just didn’t know what he’d do next.”

3. Colonel Hans Landa, Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Played By: Christoph Waltz

Tom Says: “He’s right up there. He’s so scary and horrible. He’s doing Water For Elephants with Robert Pattinson so I might call him and ask if Christoph’s as creepy in real life.”

2. Dr. Evil, Austin Powers Series (1997 – 2002)
Played By: Mike Myers

Tom Says: “When he got mini-me it just got even funnier. He’s got a couple of great tunes – I love it when he sings ‘Just The Two Of Us’.”

1. Brick Top, Snatch (2000)
Played By: Alan Ford

Tom Says: “Alan Ford is amazing. He’s completely vile as Brick Top but he does it in such a funny way I was just cracking up.”

Translation of Tom Felton’s interview in the French PREMIERE magazine

Thanks SnitchSeeker we have now a translation of the interview. The translations of the interviews of Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Bill Nighy and Rade Serbedzija can you read here.

Premiere: How long was the filming of the two parts of Deathly Hallows?
Tom Felton: A little over a year, fourteen months to be precise. We can say that the team has every reason…

Premiere: Fourteen months! It leaves time to carry a baby…
Tom Felton: Exactly! It’s pretty surreal to spend so much time on a project. It was more sodas than ever to the end of this shoot*

P: After ten years of Harry Potter, say goodbye to the saga must have been especially heartbreaking.
TF: When we went back to the last festival at Leavensden after the end of filming, the emotion was at its height. It was the last time the full team was assembled in the Great Hall. We suddenly seemed very empty…a funny feeling.

P: You may find yourself in a few years wandering in the Harry Potter theme park that just opened in Florida.
TF: (Laughs) That’s exactly what I said! If I get too depressed, I will go live over there.

P: Throughout the saga, your job was to embody a character that people hated. It could not have been easy every day.
TF: I actually accumulated a certain amount of negative waves during the last decade. It was quite funny, in fact. Groups of children were regularly visiting the set of Harry Potter and the moment has come to meet me, they all went to hide behind the legs of their parents. I learned to take it as a compliment.

P: You also have your fan club, which annoys JK Rowling… because many young girls love Draco Malfoy, even though he is [rotten].
TF: I’m not sure how to answer that. You know what it is, girls have always loves the bad boys.

Thanks again!

New photo and interview of Tom Felton in French PREMIERE Magazine

Thanks to UniversHarryPotter for the scan of Tom in the latest French edition of Premiere Magazine. The current issue includes a slew of new interviews featuring Tom, Evanna Lynch, Dan Radcliffe, Billy Nighy and others from the cast of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I”. You can see the rest of the interviews along with new photos at the source. As soon as a translation of Tom’s interview is made available, we’ll let you know.

Scan of the latest issue “Total Film” with Tom Felton

Total Film spoke in their latest issue with the Harry Potter stars Tom Felton, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Tom told how he felt when he saw Malfoy Manor.

“I was so excited to finally see my house! I was like, ‘Where’s my room?'” laughs Tom Felton, reprising his role as Potter’s nemesis Draco Malfoy. “The set is quite magnificent. As it turns out, we’re living fairly well. It even has its own organ – that’s how posh we are!”

He said about his life after Harry Potter:

Felton, who’s since signed on for monkey-invasion prequel Rise Of The Apes, is equally conflicted about life after Potter: “It’s quite nerve-racking – you don’t realize how good you had it for those 10 years. But it’s also very exciting, the unknown and what’s going to happen over the next 10 years.”

Tom spoke also about his other film projects.

Malfoy has left Hogwarts, but don’t expect him to fade away. “The next couple of years is a great time for me to use what I’ve learnt,” says Tom Felton. “I’m going to have a real good crack at it!”

How does it feel now there’s finally no more Potter?

A little bizarre. I’ve realized how good we had it. We had an amazing time.

 You’re in The Apparition and filming Rise Of The Apes

 I had two weeks spare in the middle of Deathly Hallows and my America agent said, ‘Come out here and do some meetings.’ A couple of weeks later I was filming The Apparition. In Rise Of The Apes I play a gentleman called Dodge with a US accent. He’s another not so pleasant character.

And you’re toying with a golf film?

Nothing’s been signed, but I was thinking of going for a cheeky round after this interview for research! (Note from us: Tom has confirmed in the interview with APE CENTRAL.NET this role.)

For more pictures and chat with Tom go to totalfilm.com. (coming soon)

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