Tom in Habbo

I’ll let Tom tell you himself:

stopping in with habbo tomorrow! http://www.habbo.com/articles/1737-tom-felton-in-habbo

According to the link he provided:

He is coming to talk about the Robin Hood Tax and the film making competition he is judging!

If you haven’t already, check out this fantastic opportunity to support a good cause and to win awesome prizes, just by creating a short film »

Tom was originally coming by to announce the winner of the under 18 category, but due to the overwhelming interest and fantastic response, the people behind the Robin Hood Tax campaign has decided to extend their movie making deadline until July 31st.

So here’s your chance to get creative!

Use a mobile phone, a flip cam, a camcorder, the film setting on your camera – whatever you can get your hands on to make a short film which gets this message out: “Tax the banks – and use the money to fight poverty in the UK and developing countries and climate change”.

Prizes include a master-class with Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually), a feature on YouTube’s home page and camera equipment!

Interested in submitting a short film? Want to know more about the Robin Hood Tax initiative? Tom Felton will be arriving in the Habbo Cinema Tuesday July 6th, at 4.15pm BST, so here’s your chance to get a leg up on the competition!

Let us know if you are able to make it to the Cinema!

Update from Misha: I’ve had a few people ask me about the location of the Habbo Cinema, and lucky for you, it’s online! So everyone can go!

In order to log in and create an account, go to this link and set up your character! I just set mine up – I’m wearing a disguise though so you won’t recognize me! Muhahaha! 😉

The UK’s Press Association has released an interview featuring Tom, Bonnie Wright, and Jason Isaacs where they each revealed to the FilmClub what films inspired them when they were young.

Harry Potter’s Tom Felton may play villain Draco Malfoy in the hit films, but he reveals he was inspired by screen heroes.

The 22-year-old told children’s charity Filmclub which movies inspired him on his journey to become an actor.

Tom said: “I remember as a kid loving Robin Hood and all the James Bond movies were a big inspiration to me as a child. Those were some of the films that I thought, ‘That would be a very cool job to do.’ So, I’m very lucky enough to be here.”

Jason Isaacs, who plays Draco’s father, the nasty Lucius Malfoy, revealed he was overwhelmed by cinema when he saw The Wizard of Oz.

He said: “I first saw it when I was a little kid on a giant screen and it was overwhelming – it was awash with colours and music and extraordinary looking people. One of the great things about the film is that it makes you think about films.”

Meanwhile, Bonnie Wright, who plays Harry’s girlfriend Ginny Weasley, revealed she was inspired by children’s classic A Little Princess.

She said: “The film that changed my life was A Little Princess, which I remember watching when I was a little girl and it made me really believe that inside every girl there is a little princess.”

FILMCLUB is a network of free after-school clubs which encourages school children to watch films they may not normally see as part of its new Film Journeys campaign. More information can be found at http://journeys.filmclub.org/close_encounters.html

For those of you in the US, you’ve had a month to see Tom’s cameo in “Get Him to the Greek,” but if you read Tom’s twitter, you would know it’s just been released in the UK. To help celebrate the opening (I’m assuming here since timing is oh so coincidental) MTV has released a short interview with Tom where he expounds rapturously on being asked to take part in the epic of Aldous Snow’s journey in the film.

“Get Him To The Greek” has been out in theaters for about a month now, so we’re assuming all you Tom Felton fans have run out to catch a glimpse of your boy’s cameo towards the beginning of the film. While “Greek” definitely has funnier moments, namely spewing out of the mouth of Russell Brand’s Aldous Snow, Jonah Hill asking Tom if they want to go hang out with Professor Snape was definitely a high point.

When we caught up with Tom in Orlando for the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, we had to ask him about the cameo and his future as a comedic star.

“It was a dream come true to actually be on the set,” Tom said about the experience. “[Producer Judd Apatow] actually brought his kids down meet me and I was like, are you serious? You’re my hero. It was kind of surreal. A dream come true.”

Tom’s cameo came to be when Judd and Jonah Hill decided to visit the set of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” while they were filming in London. Tom, if you missed it, is a huge Jonah Hill fan (his favorite being “Superbad”) and asked if they could return the favor and have a cameo in “Greek.”

“Jonah’s a comic genius in my house. None of my friends really are that interested in the sort of actors that I work with, but they heard like Jonah’s name and they were going crazy,” Tom said.

While Tom said he definitely enjoyed his time on “Greek,” he doubts that becoming a comedic star is in his future. Unlike the “Harry Potter” films, “Greek” required a lot of improvisation that caught him by surprise.

“I’m also used to sticking on the mark and reading lines exactly as they were written. You can’t deviate at all,” he said. “It was nerve wracking, but hugely rewarding and fun. What they ended up with I think was pretty funny.”

Were you a fan of Tom Felton’s cameo in “Get Him To The Greek”? Do you think he could pull of being a comedic actor?

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