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Hermione punched Draco with her fist and the audience clapped with enthusiasm, except Tom Felton

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I found some old scans of Tom Felton from various magazines. I think one scan is cute and therefore I translated the article for you.

 

6,000 guests sitting like spellbound at the world premiere “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in the Radio City Music Hall in New York and stare at the screen. On this, they can see as Hermione punch Draco in his face! The guests are jumping off their seats, yelling and clapping with enthusiasm – except one: Tom Felton, the actor who plays Draco.

For the British actor, this whole situation is embarrassing. If he would have magical powers, the 16-year old would make himself invisible and sneak out of the cinema. After the presentation, he admits shy, “I knew Draco is unpopular – but I didn’t know, that he is so hated, I was so shocked!” Anyone who really knows him, will know how much this goes to Tom Felton’s deepest feelings. In fact, the young star is quite the opposite in his real life.
In contrast to his role in the movies, Tom gets guilty feelings even at the slightest occasions: “After the last shooting I took Draco’s wand as a souvenir from the set. But as the director Alfonso Cuaron screamed on set, where the damn part would be, I went to him and confessed everything…”

Maybe Tom’s conscientious behavior is from his time in the church choir, where he sang with seven years. Two years later, he had his first time in front of the camera, in the comedy movie “The Borrowers”. In early 2000 Tom went to the casting for “Harry Potter” – he tried to get the leading part. But the producers had already made her choice for Daniel Radclifffe (14). Instead, Tom was allowed to get into the skin of Draco Malfoy (the name comes from the French “mal foi”, in German: in bad faith) – he plays the role perfectly, although not at his real essence corresponds to:

While Draco is out only to disturb the teaching in the boarding school, Tom enjoys going to school – except for maths …

Even his hobby, which he takes to relieve stress, is quite unspectacular: Since his favorite brother Chris (19) once took him for fishing, Tom is bent completely out to catch fish by himself. “But not just for fun,” he said. “We catch only what will be eaten by us!”

Tom doesn’t like parties and big occations. Since spring he has a girlfriend, and with her he cuddles at home – but her name he tries to keep in secret.

Soon Tom must go back to work: In July the shooting for “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” is begin to start. The shooting runs since March in the Leavesden Studios in England. Tom is really happy about it: “I hope, that Draco will take revenge on Hermione!” Grinning, he adds: “It would be cool, if I’d steal her Clothes while she takes a bath and she’d run naked through Hogwarts…”

We have also new old photos of Tom in our gallery.

If you want to see all photos and scans, click here

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

Wizarding World Invasion 2010 – Feltfans unite at opening of Harry Potter Theme Park in spirit of fun, friendship, and Tom Felton

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The opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was nothing short of spectacular. Record crowds descended upon Orlando, Florida at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, and plenty of avid Feltbeats members were among them to take the Forbidden Journey, as well as sample plenty of Butterbeer, Pumpkin Juice and Treacle Fudge, among other treats at HoneyDukes and the Three Broomsticks.

Over thirty Feltbeats members and their guests signed up to meet as a group at the park. Crowds forced the group to change meeting times, but overall, we were able to get everyone into at least one of the group photographs.

Feltbeats.com covered all the adventures of the Feltbeats fans at the park. A very, very special thanks goes out to Lilyginny27, Misha, and Tick-Tock, who posted all our pictures and video and did a phenomenal job of covering the event online.

There were numerous press events, but the best coverage came from Monica and Jessica, who were at the park gates at 5 am on the morning and found themselves on the Today Show. In fact, Feltbeats.com got a bit of free national advertising when Monica turned her shoulder bag, and its prominent Feltbeats logo toward the camera.

Members found each other throughout the park on the first day, most recognizable by their blue Feltbeats t-shirts, or the lovely army caps that were given as incredibly generous gifts by Shelly.

As far as the park, well, there is plenty of video about it in general. Everyone loved the Butterbeer, but I think we all agreed that it was too sweet to really have more than one. Someone reported that a single glass had 400 calories!

It seemed that the only consistent complaint from the team was that there weren’t enough Draco-related items in the shops and around the park. I did find that there is a portrait in one of the rooms in the queue for Forbidden Journey that looks very much like a young Draco, but really not much else. So, if anyone is looking for a personal mission, feel free to let the park know that you want more Draco and lets see if we can get them to remedy that!

Throughout the weekend, what was most wonderful was how many folks managed to share their love of Tom, Tom’s music or Feltbeats with random people while standing in line, or in shops, or at the hotel. Ashley had Tom’s music on her iPod and was playing it for others in line, and was interviewed by a local TV station (Channel 9 in Orlando) because the reporter asked her about her hat.

In general, it was amazing how many people recognized the word Feltbeats, and every time any of us brought it up to a new person, the response was always welcoming and positive. Overall, we repeatedly got comments about how positive the site is, and we’d like to thank you, our members, for helping to make it that way. The mission of Feltbeats is, in part, to remain lighthearted and fun, and it was very apparent from the feedback that fans really respond to that.

Feltbeats fans are truly the best. Special thanks to all the Feltbeats Forum and Army members who joined us in Florida, both physically and from afar. We received numerous tweets and emails from folks who couldn’t attend, but we felt like you were with us because of your cheerful support (javastix, avantlaube, melissamoo, roomofradcliffe, erikadianel)

The opening of the park was a truly special event, not only because of the park itself, but because of the adventure we all shared together. And, once again, a very, very special thanks to all the Feltbeats members who were there: miss_mani, susan_walker, gnzlsgrl, jesskat3, southernbets, lsalim, Vicki, Liz, Madam_Barbara, Madam_Rache, Sir_Aiden, clb1018, tsukikomalfoy, flagmaster, who_knows_you, Shelly, Heather, Mike, flagmaster, Chris, Crystal, Ryan, Jaiben, Christoper and bserlori (crosses fingers and prays that I didn’t forget anyone)