Tom Felton discusses friendship with Daniel Radcliffe in Cinemania

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Just last week we reported that Mexico’s Cinemanía magazine had a new feature on Tom and the rest of the HP crew, and that we would let you know if a translation became available. Well, that day has arrived.

Tom’s interview in this lengthy feature was given back during the filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In the interview, Tom discusses playing the baddie, working with director David Yates, and how he and Daniel share a love of music and cricket.

It must be more interesting to play the bad guy.
Thanks for agreeing with me. Definitely. In real life I’m not like Draco,
so it’s fun to be like someone who is completely different from me.

How hard did you work on going from Harry’s pain in the butt to an actual murderer?

The director and I talked a lot about it. Obviously Draco loses his father, he’s alone, he wants to show his independence and he’s the Chosen One. He’s been very jealous of Harry all his life, he’s been jealous of the attention he gets, and now it’s the opportunity to show what he’s really capable of. But at the same time he’s terrified and deep down he knows he can’t do what he’s been assigned to do. So there’s a very strong conflict of emotions. To me it’s a challenge because I have to think deeper about my performance. It’s not all about putting a mean face for Harry.

What’s the difference between the previous directors and this new director?

I don’t have any experience in directing, so I don’t know what makes them good. But each of them has had their strengths. David is humble, quiet, and personal. He’s not very lavish and he makes you feel comfortable and relaxed.

Did he ask for anything in particular when he directed you this time?

No, but I’m very thankful for the extra time he put into me and my character this time around. E spoke a lot about our character. David is trying to outline his complexity. This year Draco is not interested in bullying Harry. He’s got more serious stuff to pay attention to. For years he has been bullied by his father and that’s why he is the way he is. I wanted to show that side of him, not to make people feel sorry for him but to at least identify themselves with him. The best thing is that now I get to wear better clothes. Draco is very concerned about his style, and that’s part of his look as a villain.

Are you tired of playing the same character for such a long time?

No, on the contrary. I love coming back every year, seeing everyone again, how they’ve grown up, remembering how young we were in the first movie.

Really? And if you could go back in time and choose another character, what character would you choose?

Still my own. I feel so grateful. Draco has a very important part that is not boring at all, but I the same time I don’t get recognized as much as the others, so I can leave London without having any problems. Nobody has ever stopped me and asked for a picture with me. The blond hair is very telling, but with a hat it’s problem solved.

How is your relationship with Daniel Radcliffe?

We’re very good friends. Before I used to love saying we couldn’t stand each other, but in reality we get along great. We both love cricket and we talk about it a lot. We’re very passionate about music, although our taste in music is very different. He likes more underground and punk music.

To read additional interviews including one from director David Yates where he calls Tom “amazing,” click here. To see full scans of the magazine, visit Potterincantatem.

Thanks to HarryPotterla.com for the translation!

Source: Oh No They Didn’t

“I break his nose and he rips me open”~Tom Felton on Harry Potter

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A new interview of Tom’s has appeared today courtesy of the AFP. In it he discusses being a part of the Harry Potter franchise, releasing tension the good old-fashioned way, and making his mum proud.

PARIS (AFP) — Tom Felton said he was relishing two violent dust-ups with Harry Potter when he resumes his role as the evil Draco Malfoy in the sixth film of the boy wizard’s adventures.

Audiences will see Felton, so often in the shadow of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry in the previous films, occupy a central role in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, which opens across the world from July 15.

Having sparred with each other in the corridors of Hogwarts wizarding school for years, the clashes between Harry and Malfoy in the new film have a harder edge in keeping with the overall theme of impending adulthood.

“We have a few conflicts in the film so it was great fun to finally get physical.

“I break his nose and he rips me open, so it was good to release some of the tension that we’ve been building up over the years,” Felton said in an interview with journalists in Paris ahead of Tuesday’s world premiere in London.

Like Radcliffe and the other young Potter stars, Felton, now 21, has dedicated a substantial chunk of his childhood to the films and done his growing-up on the set.

Though still a pupil of Hogwarts, in the new film Felton’s white-blond character is suited and booted in head-to-toe black while our trio of heroes — Harry, Hermione and Ron — are still wearing the jumpers of teenagers.

Felton, who has grown tall and angular in the eight years since “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” kicked off the film series in 2001, said he originally tried to get the part of Harry himself.

“I tried for Harry Potter and Ron, and finally Draco. My hair was dyed brown, ginger and then finally blond.”

He admits though that he quickly settled into the skin of the brooding, threatening Malfoy.

“I take great pleasure in being evil in the film so I’m very grateful for playing Draco.

“A lot of kids that came on to the set were very keen on the idea of meeting Draco, but they were never keen to shake my hand, so I take that as a compliment.

“If I can terrify a little child then I’m assuming I’m paid for something!”

Yet Felton admits that when Malfoy is given the opportunity to prove his true evil in the “The Half-Blood Prince”, he finds he might be out of his depth.

“I think he revels in this opportunity at first and loves the idea of being the bad boy, but he quickly crumbles and realises he quite doesn’t have a heart the size of his young friend Harry.”

Other roles are sure to follow for Felton when the series wraps up with a two-part adaptation of the final book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, which is currently in production.

Yet the pride he derives from being part of the Potter phenomenon is clear.

When the author of the Potter books, J.K. Rowling, wrote to say how much she liked the latest film, the Felton household was bursting with pride.

“That’s the ultimate compliment from her. I was amazed at receiving it. I had my mum crying within five minutes of receiving it so she was very proud,” he recalls.

Source: AFP

What’s old is new again: Random ‘bits of Tom Felton from the Web

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Tom with a fan in Paris

As news heats up for the release of Tom’s latest adventure as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, random Tom related goodness from past events and appearances have been fighting their way to the surface.

“Don’t forget about us!” they cried.

Really, how could we resist such a passionate plea?

From Feltbeats Reporter Estrella89san, we have a few videos with this first one dating back to 2004. Since neither of us had ever seen it, we thought you may not have, too.

The next two videos are quite a bit more recent than our young and impressionable Tom of above. First up is a short video from Paris from Reuters.

This next one comes to us from Daily Motion, and I find it quite amusing. It’s quite long and edited as if it were a short film, so Tom appears a few times. It, too, is also from his sojourn in Paris.

In a bizarre twist of being in two places at once, Fence Post.com had Tom participating in a Dirt Tour last week when he was tweeting about being onset for his next great adventure as Draco. Don’t worry, we checked. This was some other Tom Felton. 😉

And now that our journey has brought us back to present day, this is just a friendly reminder to those of you in London about Tom’s appearance at the iTunes Festival. If you remember, we posted about his opportunity just the other day after he tweeted about it.

While I’m keen on my twittering…I’m going to the iTunes festival at the Roundhouse Sat night…Having a little interview there..

They asked me if I wanted to play the guitar….major deliberations…too many amazing musicians around me to have the courage I’m thinking.

If any more news from tonight’s appearance comes our way, Feltbeats.com will let you know.

In new interview, Dan Radcliffe calls Tom Felton “really good friend”

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In a recent interview with The Guardian, Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) calls Tom Felton a “really good friend.”

He proceeds to tell me the people he “absolutely loves” on set: Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger. “They are, to all intents and purposes, my brother and sister.” Are they all best friends? “Probably not, only because we don’t see each other out of filming. But someone like Tom Felton, who plays Malfoy, I’d count among my really good friends. I went to the cricket with him on Sunday.”

Indeed, we know from Tom’s Twitter account that he and Jade have actually gone to cricket with Dan on a few occasions!

Here is a picture of Dan during one of those matches (ICC Twenty20 World Cup match between England and Pakistan at The Brit Oval on June 7, 2009 in London, England). Tom and Jade are sitting next to him – in fact, those are probably Tom’s hands at the bottom of the picture.

Source: Snitchseeker