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Ados.fr interview with Tom Felton now online

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An interview Tom gave with Ados.fr has officially been uploaded online courtesy of Dailymotion today. The interview was filmed during a press junket Tom attended in Paris for the Fnac Signing Event, and thankfully, is not dubbed over in French. 😉 Tom answers many of the same questions he’s been answering for the past two months, but undoubtedly what he wishes was his one magical power is sublime, and if you ever read his Twitter, you won’t be surprised.

Herald Sun Interviews the Blond Bombshell of Hogwarts [AKA Tom Felton]

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Today the Herald Sun released an interview with Tom Felton [Yes, as a matter of fact, it is spelled with an L], talking about the HBP and his interactions – pranks, Harry Potter on Ice, how Tom Felton is pondering kidnapping, and more – on the Harry Potter set.

Here is the interview, but you can also read it at its source here:

Neala Johnson

July 16, 2009 12:00am

DRACO Malfoy has got his hands full in the latest Harry Potter installment. Tom Fenton talks about his role as the blonde bombshell of Hogwarts.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince marks the sixth time you have played Draco Malfoy. Do you feel you’ve finally got a bit more meat to chew on in this latest instalment?

Very much so. I’ve been sinking my teeth well into the meat, so to speak. I was looking forward to every scene, it’s been good fun getting my hands around a bit more plot. Truth be told, in the previous films it’s not really been that stretching.

What is Draco up to in The Half-Blood Prince?

He’s in a conflicting position with the dark side. This is the comeuppance of previous years. It’s time to decide where his loyalties lie. He’s been asked to fulfil a deed he thinks he’s capable of, and it’s a mass confliction throughout the film whether he can do it or not. He keeps pumping himself up, then losing it again.


Jim Broadbent is a newcomer to the Potter world in this film, but you worked with him when you were eight on The Borrowers, right?

Yes, it’s surreal. It’s 13 years on since we did that, and I would never have guessed in a million years we’d both be here. I was very pleased to see he remembered me and we talked about old times. Jim’s a great character. I was laughing my head off at him on set. I can’t look at him while we shoot ‘cos he pulls all sorts of funny faces.

Are many pranks pulled on the Potter set?

Every year I’ve had this question and I’ve lamely said “nothing” each time. But on this one we had the first incident I’ve seen — someone gaffer-taped my dressing room trailer door closed, so one was not able to get in for a few hours.

Do you know who was responsible?

When I turned around to a flock of giggling co-stars, I quickly found out my Slytherin crew were to blame, and they got many an embarrassing photo of me standing outside. Happy memories.

Are you starting to think about life after Potter?

Very much so. It’s depressing, it’s a terrible thought that this is all going to come to an end one day. However, we must plan for the future somehow. I feel slightly like I’ve taken it for granted over the six or seven years, so I didn’t let it happen on this one — every day I was making the most of it and enjoying it.

You’re still only 21. Will you go to university?

I always said I wanted to go to university, but I wanted to do it out of work, so I could put my full three years in and not be distracted by other commitments. It’s uncertain. I’m still waiting for this to be over before I decide.

You’ve made a thriller called 13Hrs. Do you have your eye on any other acting jobs?

I’m open to suggestions. I’m far from being in the position to start turning away things. Anything that would expand my horizons as an actor, I’d certainly bite the hand off whoever is offering it.

Have you and your castmates grown into different people over six movies?

It doesn’t feel so, because we’ve grown up together and it’s quite hard to notice the difference when you’re around each other so much. But if you refer to previous films and look back at how everyone looked and acted, it’s vastly different to what it is now, and I’d like to think greatly improved on everyone’s behalf. It’s quite strange to look back, especially Dan (Radcliffe), Rupert (Grint) and Emma (Watson) — it’s amazing how much they’ve grown up.

Who are you closest to?

I dare not say! Recently young Daniel and I have been conversing quite a bit about cricket, we’re cricket enthusiasts, so we spend many an hour talking about cricket. But Emma’s a very nice girl and I have a lot of time for her.

Can you escape the Potter hype more easily than the other stars? When you go off set and your hair isn’t so blond, can you blend in?

Well, unfortunately, when they dye your hair they dye your hair for good. There’s no escaping that. Thank god for hats. But I’m very lucky. I’d say I’ve been recognised two or three times in my whole life, so I’m very grateful that I don’t have to carry the burden of fame everywhere I go. Don’t get me wrong, I lap it up on premiere nights and so forth. But generally speaking, on a day-to-day basis, I’m quite happy to be the normal guy.

If you could play any other Potter character, who would it be?

I really wouldn’t want to play any other character. I get great joy out of being a miserable git most of the day. It’d have to be someone bad. I couldn’t be a Gryffindor, I couldn’t stomach the love and the happiness and all the rest of it.

Are you looking forward to what you’ll get to do as Draco in the final two films?

Very much so. I tried to resist reading the final book when it came out, but that lasted about 12 hours. Then I sat down and ploughed through the whole thing in about 24 hours. I regret doing that, but I can’t go back. It’s a great book with a cool finish — the Battle of Hogwarts is a good idea.

If you could take anything from the set after the last film, what would you take?

The people. Is that really cheesy? I shouldn’t have said that, should I? I tell ya, I’m so not looking forward to it ending.

Will you cry?

I did two films previous to the Harry Potter phenomenon and both of those I blubbed my heart out and I’m pretty sure I used some terrible excuse that I tripped and fell or something along those lines. We’ve all been very lucky on this ‘cos you know you’re going to be back and it’s a big reunion and happy days. But after the very last one, I dare not talk about it, it’s quite upsetting.

Surely there’ll be a reunion?

Yes: Harry Potter on Ice.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is now showing.

Everybody is talking about Tom Felton

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Now that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has finally opened, the internet has been chock full of accolades heaped upon our Tom. No surprise, really, but to make things easier, Feltbeats.com thought we would compile some of these darling comments all for you one place. First up, from the press:

From the BBC:

Of more interest, however, is what’s different: Tom Felton gets a chance to do more than sneer as the tortured Draco Malfoy, Alan Rickman’s Snape comes to the fore, and even Rupert Grint gets to act beyond his usual Ron Weasley persona (he gets a snog, at least).

The Chicago Tribune:

Tom Felton returns as Malfoy, and he has suddenly turned into an menacing, lanky boy-man, resembling a dark-magic cross between Jonathan Pryce and film director David Lynch.

Rolling Stone:

As played by Tom Felton (at his best in Half-Blood Prince), Draco is the bully with the white-blond hair, the symbol of intolerance who thinks wannabe wizards born of Muggles don’t deserve a shot at a magical education. Watch the way Felton deftly layers the role with vulnerability as the series continues.

The California Chronicle:

Shaq McLean, a fan of Tom Felton who plays Draco Malfoy, said “through [Felton’s] acting, you can really see the pain he’s going through.”

The Manilla Bulletin:

Also worthy of mention is the mission-driven Draco Malfoy ably played by Tom Felton. All of a sudden, Draco graduates from the resident Hogwarts boy-bully as he was tasked to do something Voldemort himself failed to do in the past. Felton played Draco with the right mix of fear and anger.

Diamondback Online:

In Half-Blood Prince, Felton is handed some weighty material and a substantial increase in screen time, and the largely untested actor more than holds his own.

The Buffalo News:

And Tom Felton nails the terrified, desperate, trapped Draco Malfoy— a feat, considering how one-dimensional Malfoy’s character has been up until now.

MTV.com:

Felton, on the other hand, has fully embraced his character’s pivotally evil role in the series. He appreciates that certain features are key in establishing a villain as iconic, which is how he views Draco: the cold eyes, the pasty face, the affectation or standout feature (i.e. Bond villain Blofeld’s cat).

And Examiner.com:

One performance of note would be that of Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy. Because his character has always been somewhat more bark than bite, Felton has never really done much in the movies other than look creepy but accomplish nothing. However, in this one, he is able to do more as he shows some of Malfoy’s conflicted feelings.

Now, not only has the press been saying good things about Tom, so has his cast-mates, in particular good friend Daniel Radcliffe.

In USA Today:

“Tom has risen to the challenge brilliantly,” he says of Felton’s Malfoy. “And he’s a great guy. He’s absolutely lovely and normal.”

Both Radcliffe and Felton play characters that legions of fans think they know, thanks to the books and films. On set, the actors do know each other, as well or better as kids who have been in the same small class together through elementary, middle and high school years.

“We know each other so well, or at least we’ve been around each other so long that we’re comfortable with each other,” Radcliffe says about his youthful co-stars. “I have close personal friendships with all of them, as well as working relationships. When I’m just listening to my music or something, they won’t feel the need to talk to me. And they will know I’m not being rude by not talking to them. We just have that mutual understanding. That’s what’s great about this set. People know what you’re like.”

From indieLONDON:

Q. How was your first real fight with Tom [Felton]? Knowing each other so well was it difficult getting angry with one another?

Daniel Radcliffe: It had been building up… me and Tom had been stemming the flow for years and now we got to fight each other. It was great. For me it was brilliant because Tom’s been – I think it’s fair to say – quite underused in the other films, things have happened and there hasn’t been so much of Malfoy. Luckily, this time around Malfoy gets a real showing and Tom does brilliantly and it was a pleasure to act alongside him.

And on The Today Show:

“He is amazing,” Dan said… “This film belongs to Rupert Grint and Tom Felton.”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

Tom Felton in the Hero Complex at LA Times

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The LA Times has been doing an article a day for weeks now leading up to the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and they quite rightly saved the best for last. Today’s article in the Hero Complex features an interview with Tom where he discusses working with David Yates and Michael Gambon, filming the Astronomy Tower sequence with the “cream of British actors,” typecasting, music, and the future.

On working with Michael Gambon:

TF: I was obviously very scared about having a one-on-one scene with him. But early on we met up and we got on really well. He’s a character beyond character, anyone will tell you that. He’s got more stories than an encyclopedia and he’s a wealth of knowledge and comedy. It’s just a joy to be around him. Every time there was a break, I would take it as a good opportunity to have a cup of tea with him, asking questions and stuff like that.

What he will miss most:

TF: The whole cast and crew. It’s a great atmosphere when we’re all there together on set. I suppose we wont’ have that again. I’m sure we’ll keep in touch, but we won’t all be under the same roof. I got on very well with young Daniel. We’re both cricket fans so there’s plenty of cricket chat going on between the pair of us. There’s no one I don’t get along with. We all click rather well.

His future plans:

TF: I have a couple of film projects in the run. “In Between the Waves” is a film I’m hoping to do next spring. It’s about two boys, two keen surfers who travel around Europe on a mad surfing road trip. I used to skateboard, and I’ve been snowboarding, and I’ve been told that if I can do those, I’ll be all right. But I’ve never been on a surfboard.

Source: LA Times Hero Complex