Tom Felton lands in Atlanta for Dragon*Con

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For those of you hanging around the Twitter-verse last night, you’ve already seen that Tom has landed in Atlanta for the four day extravaganza that is Dragon*Con. He tweeted:

Just got to the hotel, jamming on the g tar, madness out there! So many people, gonna b a crazy weekend! http://twitpic.com/gdmsu

And crazy it will be! Good thing Tom got some rest last night. According to their website, “Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.” The con hosts upwards of 30,000 plus people every year over this U.S. holiday weekend, and this year will be no exception.

Tom’s schedule is pretty packed for the event, and when he isn’t in the main ballroom signing autographs he’ll be at scheduled photo opportunities and Q&A sessions with the fans. It is still possible to purchase admittance to Dragon*Con itself, as well as each individual photo opportunity. Tom’s schedule will include:

Walk of Fame- Hilton: Grand Ballroom 2nd Floor – This is where all autograph sessions will take place. Tom is expected to be in here when he is not scheduled elsewhere. The room is open from 10am to 7pm and is also where the dozens of other celebrities such as Leonard Nimoy, Ben Browder, James Marsters, Kate Mulgrew, and Claudia Black will be located.

Photo Op Session- Fri, 1:15pm and 1:30pm – Marriott International Level Rooms A&B

Q&A- An Hour with Draco Malfoy- Fri, 4pm Sheraton Grand Ballroom A-F

Photo Op Session- Sat. 2:15pm and 2:30pm Marriott International Level Rooms A&B

Q&A- An Hour with Draco Malfoy- Sat, 1pm Sheraton Grand Ballroom A-F

Photo Op Session- Sun, 10:45am Marriott International Level Rooms A&B

Q&A- An Hour with Draco Malfoy- Sun, 11:30am Marriott Atrium Ballroom

Q&A- An Hour with Draco Malfoy- Mon, 11:30am Hyatt Centennial Ballroom II & III

In attendance this year will be members of the Feltbeats Army, and they will be promoting Tom from the relative safety of his official fan table. If you are in Atlanta make sure to stop by and give a great big hug to the girls (and guy!) in their snazzy Caribbean Blue FeltForce t-shirts. For this event we added our names to the back of the shirts because Tom only knows us by name and he said he wanted to be able to recognize us more easily. Be on the look-out for BSerLori, JJBuck, Stormlite02, Gidge_8, SouthernBets, and AerynBlack as our official Feltbeats.com representatives. I know this shirt has my name on it, but I bought it when I was still able to go.

Aren’t they pretty?

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Planning on attending Dragon*Con? Care to share? We’d love to hear about any and all experiences.

I’ll have the new Tom Felton photos, only hold the witty repartee.

Thanks to a variety of sources we had some new photos featuring Tom Felton come in today. Unfortunately, this post has caught me at the end of mine so I am all out of witty headlines to entice your eye in. So, enjoy. 😉

Thanks to Mondengel we have new photos courtesy of Mad.tv. Check out our Greece Premiere gallery for more photos from this event.

Speaking of Greece, we have a pic sent in of FeltonFan Diletta Shakespeare as Tom signed her book. According to her Twitter, “these are the moments when I told him the FA loves him so much! :)” Of course we do! You can check out one more photo from her meet and greet by clicking here.

And last, but certainly not least, we have some photos of Tom from back in July when he was spotted out and about in Soho. Click here for a couple more pics of our walking man.

Tom Felton interviewed in Japan’s SCREEN Magazine

Thanks to Chinamin from Our Dearest Tom fansite for sending us scans and a translation from the latest issue of Japan’s SCREEN Magazine. In it we have an interview with Tom as well as a new photo from his photo call appearance when he was visiting the country.

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Caption: I’m the opposite to Draco, happy-go-lucky person

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Tom Felton, who plays Harry’s archnemesis Draco Malfoy, visited
Japan on 30th, July. Unlike Draco, he is a cheerful and friendly person, joking like “I’m the worst model ain’t I?” during the photo session. He
states he is the opposite to Draco.

“Daniel, Rupert, and Emma play the roles which resembles themselves. Daniel, hard worker, Rupert, funny, and Emma is smart. But I’m playing a role opposite to myself. He (Draco) is always tense and jealous. I am happy-go-lucky and easy going. And our parents are the most different (laugh). My parents are better than his. Anyway, I like to play Draco. I can break up the stress of being caught in traffic jam through playing his part. I’m a happy person partially because I play Draco(laugh).”

Tom had a clear plan to play the role. “I wanted to play two different sides of Draco this time. One is the most hateful and vicious face, and the other is weak and vulnerable face. I would be glad if the audience hates him at first, then feels some pity on him. Director (David Yates) told me that the Draco’s wand is a kind of loaded gun in this film, and the order of assassinating Dumbledore is kinda assassination of prime minister. His mother sheds tears when Draco was chosen as an assassin, doesn’t she? I thought his character resembles his mother’s. Blond comes from his father though (laugh). The most difficult scene was the bathroom’s one. It was not easy to cry when surrounded by 50 crew members and three of them were hanging mics just above you.
This scene is followed by the battle between Harry and Draco. Daniel is an exellent actor. In acting, he is very much cooperative and supportive. His performance sometimes brings out my performance. We talk about our performance in rehearsals. We oppose each other on the screen, but are good friends in real life.”

Also, HBP became an unforgettable film for Tom as he fell in love with Jade Gordon, who works at the studio as assistant to the stunt coordinator. Let’s ask him about it.

“Wait….(glancing at her waiting behind), well I must be nice. She’s just there…. The beginning was a cup of tea. There is a place for tea breaks in the studio. All cast and crew members
drink tea there. And one day Jade served me a cup of tea. She
makes good tea indeed.”

And how about the next film, “Deathly Hallows”?

“I cannot say much about it. From the already flimed scenes, I can say the studio has an atmosphere different from previous ones. There is the Malfoy Manor. We did several scenes there. In the books, some aspects of Draco are not described in detail, so we can fill them up in the film. I think it would become clearer that Harry and Draco is like two sides of a coin. Draco somewhat wants to help Harry and the feeling is mutual. The last scene might be on the platform 19 years after, like in the book.”

On the next day, 1st of August, Tom appeared on the stage of Marunouchi Picadilly Movie Theater, greeting many fans with
“arigatou (thank you)” in Japanese. We really hope he will come
to Japan again when the next film is released.

HBP Special Effect Video leaves Tom Felton coming up clean.

Rising Sun, the special effects company behind the magic on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has released a short making-of video with some of the more interesting special effects moments in the film. Watch Tom Felton go from clean to bloodied, and then as he and Alan Rickman go from blue screen to dark of night as they leave Hogwarts.

More screencaps can be found here in our galleries.

Source: Snitchseeker