Harry Potter: The Exhibition/Deathly Hallows Part 1 DVD Release Event

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This past Monday, Feltbeats.com had the honor of attending multiple press events promoting Harry Potter: The Exhibition’s opening at Discovery Times Square, as well as next weeks release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on DVD and Blue Ray. In attendance, were Harry Potter cast members, and filmakers.

First up, representatives from fansites attended  a Q and A featuring multiple Harry Potter cast members and producers. Tom Felton was unfortunately unable to attend due to his appearance at Supernova in Australia. The Q and A was broken up into to sessions. The first one featuring Robbie Coltrane, Freddie Stroma, Evanna Lynch, David Thewlis, Warwick Davis, Natalia Tena, Helen McCrory, and David Barron. The second featuring Bonnie Wright, James and Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Domhnal Gleeson, Clemence Posey, Michael Gambon, and David Heyman. Warner Bros. has been kind enough to supply us with audio from not only the fansite press conferences, but ones attended by mainstream media outlets.

Here is the audio from the Fansite press conference:

Fan Site Press Conference 1

Fan Site Press Conference 2

Here is the audio from the mainstream media press conference:

Mainstream Media Press Conference 1

Mainstream Media Press Conference 2

Monday evening, we once again made our way to the Discovery Times Square to attend the red carpet event. We were not allowed to videotape the event, however we were able to take still photography:

Many more photos can be found in our gallery. If your in the NY area, be sure to check out Harry Potter: The Exhibition at Discovery Times Square, and don’t forget to pick up your copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, April 11th in the UK, and April 15th in the US!

Thanks once again to Warner Bros. for the links, and such a great time this week!

Magic of Melbourne has cast its spell on Tom Felton

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We’ve uploaded earlier today a photo of Tom with the stars Clare Kramer and Jodelle Ferland by Kate McMahon. She is a confidential reporter for the Herald Sun in Melbourne. Here is now the photo in a better quality together with a small article.

HARRY Potter star Tom Felton has been avoiding Melbourne, scared he may never want to leave.

Felton, who plays albino baddie Draco Malfoy in the movie franchise has been in town since Monday, catching up with his brother, who lives near Williamstown.

“He went travelling six years ago and it was meant to be for three months. That’s the reason I hadn’t come before — I was worried it might have a similar effect,” Felton said. “It’s exactly what everyone has said — a sunnier, friendlier, more carefree version of England.”

Felton will turn out this weekend for the Supanova pop culture festival at Melbourne Showgrounds with Twilight’s Bree, Jodelle Ferland , and Buffy goddess Clare Kramer.

Ferland and Kramer have been hitting the shops in Melbourne’s CBD and attended the premiere of Paul last night.

Jodelle Ferland who plays Bree in Twilight, Tom Felton, Draco in Harry Potter, and Clare Kramer from Buffy are in Melbourne for a pop culture festival. Picture: Fiona Hamilton HWT Image Library

2 new video interviews with Tom Felton

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Thanks to John Alcantar that he let us know that Tom gave Melbourne’s premier news organisation “The Age” an interview this morning. Also thanks for the pic. Click on the photo below and you will be redirected to the page with the video.

Tom Felton, aka Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter films, chats about road-tripping in Australia and being bullied at school.

These photos are also from today. Thanks to Conor Ayres and Kate McMahon.

@TomFelton The award you always wanted! Thanks for taking the time to chat to us! #studio3 #Abc3

Met 3 wonderful actors today – @tomfelton, @ClareKramer and @jodellemicah – if only every interview was as easy!

Yesterday First News gave us a sneak preview of the interview with Tom and today they published it.

Click here to see the interviews with the other Harry Potter actors.

“White Other” Has Gary Wondering About Tom Felton’s Life Beyond The Potter Films

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Thanks Dan Hartley (producer White Other ) for the link to this interesting article by Gary Hamrick.

I may catch some flack over this but I quite frankly don’t care. I’ve a lot of admiration for the Harry Potter movies. I’m not a huge fan of the books (though I’ve borrowed them from family and read them) but I have to admire the movies. Why? Simple: the casting.

The movies have managed to pull in some of the best UK actors out there and leave some other UK actors wishing they’d been called in to do it. Many of these actors are recognizable faces but were not necessarily household names before the movies. Sadly enough, some of the actors will still probably be known better to American audiences by the character played in the movie rather than their real name.

With that said, I was sitting here watching a short film the other day with two of the actors from the film. The first was actor Tom Felton, best known as Draco Malfoy from the series and the other being Imelda Stauton, who played the ever creepy Dolores Umbridge. The movie was called White Other. It’s a short about the aftermath of a gang attack in a London suburb. It’s currently being submitted to festivals and I understand that it was submitted to The Atlanta Film Festival. (Maybe we will get to see it here soon.)

It was odd but refreshing seeing Felton and Stauton in non-Potter roles. It also reinforced a thought that had occurred to me about the kids on the Potter series. Some of these kids have quite a bright future ahead of them if they don’t go and screw it up.

More importantly, school has been in session for these kids not just from the context of their roles as Hogwarts students but also as a younger generation of actors learning from some of the best of the older generation. I mean can you imagine being a child actor on set and getting to learn from an actor like Bogart, Bacall, Hepburn, or Brando? What about Deniro, or Pacino? For a lot of kids these days, it might be getting to learn from Johnny Depp. You get my point, though.

So that got me thinking. And I would love some input and feedback from of the ZombieCat readers. What do you think the future holds for the kids from the Harry Potter films? Here are a few notes of my own. Some might sound ridiculous but who knows, stranger things have happened.

Tom Felton – I think he will be one of the breakout stars from the series in the sense that he will get a lot of good roles. A lot of these roles will be “the heavy” for a few years but I suspect he will emerge from that and have quite an interesting career.

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Click here and read Gary Hamrick’s thoughts about Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radciffe.