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Tom Felton to attend Ring*Con

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After months of negotiations and resolving scheduling conflicts, Tom has finally been able to give the green light to his appearance at this years Ring*Con in Bonn, Germany.

According to the Ring*Con website:

Tom Felton, the nasty Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies, is attending RingCon 2010. Last year he had to cancel his appearance at our Convention due to filming schedules, so he owes us and first of all you, the fans and visitors, the attendance at RingCon. He will attend our Convention in October, so let’s look forward to Tom Felton!

Ring*Con will take place from October 15th-17th at the Hotel Maritim in Bonn, Germany. Feltbeats Admin Estrella89san has been in close contact with the organizers of the event, and has been instrumental in securing an interview with Tom for Feltbeats.com while he is in attendance.

Also confirmed for the convention are Tom’s “Harry Potter” co-stars George Harris (Kingsley Shacklebolt), Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks) and Nick Shirm (Zacharias Smith).

Tom Felton talks about the Robin Hood Tax at Habbo tomorrow

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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! 😉

Tom Felton Says Farewell Scene Is All About ‘Presence And Look’

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Here is part 3 of Tom’s latest MTV interview.

While the recent trailers and TV spots for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” have proven to be sufficient teasers for Potterheads — showcasing a darker, more serious film and more harrowing action sequences — fans can’t seem to get enough news about the series’ much-discussed/hyped final scene: the epilogue.

When MTV News caught up with celebrated villain and MTV Movie Award winner Tom Felton, we asked him if in his big final scene, which is set 19 years in the “Potter” future, Draco Malfoy closes the series with any sweeping dialogue.

“I had a monologue prepared, but time was short,” he joked. “No, it was all in the presence and the look.”

So Draco Malfoy’s farewell is all in his menacing presence? “This is the idea, that’s what they told me,” he said. “Hopefully that reads. It was a lot of fun.”

Adding to the epilogue fun is the fact that Felton’s real-life girlfriend, “Potter” stunt assistant Jade Olivia, plays his wife in that final shot.

“She was at first reluctant, but I pulled her arm and twisted it,” Felton told MTV at last month’s Movie Awards of convincing Olivia to step in and play Astoria Malfoy. “She was filming with me for three days at King’s Cross [railway station in the U.K.]. We were very excited.

“It gave me a chance to see what she’s going to look like in 19 years,” Felton added. “And if that’s what she looks like, I’m doing pretty well for myself,” he laughed. “But I look terrible,” he said of his own aged visage. “The years have not been kind to me in the slightest. But what can I do? I’ve gotta just roll with it.”

Tom Felton likes movies with baddies, major baddies.

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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