As you probably read here on Feltbeats.com, a group of Tom Felton fans have started a campaign to get Tom Felton cast as Ren in the new remake of Footloose. We even created a Twitter contest where fans could tweet their best reasons why Tom should be in the film. We got some GREAT responses, and we hope to feature them on the site in the next day or so – including announcing the winners!

And the campaign is really starting to pick up steam! Firstly, there has been some coverage in the blogs, and the Twitter hashtag has been repeated many hundreds of times across the web!

The director of the upcoming Footloose remake, Craig Brewer – who is currently scouting Georgia for Footloose filming locations – has noticed the campaign and remarked on his own Twitter account:

Attention all @TomFelton fans that have tweeted me in the campaign to cast Tom Felton as Ren in Footloose! I hear you. Y’all are true fans.

So, let’s hope this get some wheels rolling in our campaign! =)

PS Contest tweets are being reviewed and winners will be announced in a day or so! Thanks everyone for the HUGE participation!

For fun, a group of us Tom Felton fans have been pushing the idea that Tom Felton is perfect for the upcoming musical re-make of “Footloose.” According to news accounts, the producers are currently searching for a new leading man. Look no further: Tom can already sing, he can act (of course!) and he would bring his world-wide fan base behind the movie instantly.

But of course there is much more. Tom has that ‘attitude’ and edgy style that is perfect for the part of Ren.

So we want to create a great new contest to help spread the word that Tom would be great for this movie!

The BEST tweets (best reasons, funniest, most clever, etc.) will all win prizes!

First Place: A copy of “The Borrowers” DVD, a Tom Felton keychain and a Tom Felton lanyard.

Second and Third Place: A copy of “The Borrowers” DVD starring Tom Felton.

(Thanks to lovely Feltbeats admin, @bserlori for the prizes.)

So here are the details:

For the full day today, please tweet your best tweets to straight to Footloose director Craig Brewer at @mybrewtube and tell him your best reason why Tom should be in Footloose. You MUST include the #FootlooseFelton hashtag (that’s how we will track the tweets and pick the winners!). Craig doesn’t know we’re doing this, so keep that in mind (be specific in your tweets!).

For example:

@mybrewtube I would love to see @TomFelton cast in Footloose because I want to hear his lovely voice on big movie speakers! #FootlooseFelton

Thanks, and good luck! Tweet us at @feltbeats if you have any questions!

With a really big, huge thanks to our friends at RupertGrint.net, we now have a scan of Tom’s feature in Nylon magazine, including a new photo and a nice interview. Tom was one of several actors selected by Nylon magazine for their “Young Hollywood” feature.

In the interview, Tom discusses his hair color (and glasses!) while filming his new movie, “Apparition,” his fame, and the impact that Harry Potter and specifically JK Rowling have had on his life.

Click for full version:

Age: 22
Surrey, England

The thing about being a bad, bad man on film is that people tend to believe you’re a bad, bad man in real life. But Tom Felton isn’t anything like Harry Potter’s nemesis, Draco Malfoy – something he’s hoping his next movie, The Apparition, will prove.

If you change my hair color and pull glasses on me, I don’t even recognize myself. The first three days after I arrived in Berlin for Apparition (with Ashley Greene and Sebestian Stan), I had the blond Draco Malfoy hair, and I kept getting asked for autographs. Then they dyed it and nobody ever recognized me.

I got booed off the stage at a children’s awards show. But I’ve always said, if I manage to convince someone that I’m an evil little bastard, I must be doing something right.

Harry Potter is the most powerful catalyst ever. If there’s someone you want to get in with, the first question is, Do they have kids? Yes? Brilliant. Tell them I’ll get Daniel Radcliffe ’round their house.

I wrote to JK Rowling, thanking her. Not only for the great stories and for bringing literacy back single-handedly, but she gave me a lot more than that. I’ve met a lot of friends for life and met my girlfriend on that set.

I don’t think you ever think that you’ve made it. I don’t think Rob Pattinson even thinks that. It’s not all about what happens in a year, it’s about what happens in hopefully in 10, 20, or 30 years.

I write songs for fun. There are a lot of hours as an actor when you’re not doing anything, so my guitar dwindles my time away pretty productively. If I weren’t an actor, I’d be a struggling musician. Sounds poetic, doesn’t it? FB

Thanks again VERY much to RupertGrint.net!