Youtube user chasingxxstarlight Has posted four parts from the Harry Potter Press Junket. Tom talks in every part, so be sure to watch them.
Without further ado, here you are:
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News from the wire has it that the stars were impressed at the fans for sticking out the premiere through the rain. The Press Association had this to say concerning today’s London premiere of the Half-Blood Prince.
Thousands of Harry Potter fans braved rain and hail to cheer the cast of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at its London premiere.
Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and other cast members, along with the boy wizard’s creator, JK Rowling, walked up a soggy red carpet before the screening in Leicester Square.
Half-Blood Prince, the sixth Potter film, sees Harry and his friends at Hogwarts school battling evil Lord Voldemort – and their raging teenage hormones.Fans cheered the film’s stars despite the weather, some holding placards reading “Harry, I’ll be Your Chosen One” and “Britain Loves JK Rowling.”
“I can’t believe the dedication of the fans,” said Tom Felton, who play’s Harry’s rival, Draco Malfoy, in the film.
Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, attended after recovering from a mild bout of swine flu. He said the illness was not severe and “just like any other flu I’ve had before.”
The cast members wore white ribbons in memory of Rob Knox, the young actor on the film who was stabbed to death in London last year.
“He would have loved to be here,” said Jessie Cave, who plays Ron’s sometime love interest, Lavender Brown.The movie opens around the world on July 15.
Two more films are in the works covering Rowling’s final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
At yesterday’s press conference, Tom and Dan were asked how they felt concerning former co-star Robert Pattinson and his rise to fame in the Twilight saga. They told Digital Spy:
Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton have revealed that they are happy for former co-star Robert Pattinson following his success in Twilight.
The actors, who play Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy respectively, appeared alongside Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, the fourth instalment in the wizard franchise.
Speaking at a press conference, Radcliffe said: “I won’t pretend we’re best mates or knew each other really well but we really enjoyed working with each other, or at least I enjoyed working with him! He’s doing brilliantly, which is fantastic.
“The thing that is interesting for me, is that Twilight is the only other franchise that comes close to Potter in terms of the mania that surrounds it, the attention that the leads get and just how global it is.”
Felton added: “It’s just great to see someone who has been in Harry Potter have a life after it, and a much bigger one! So I wish him all the success and I will see Twilight soon, I promise!”
If you remember, Feltbeats.com previously reported on the rumors of Tom joining Rob on the set of the vampire series. If anything comes of those, we will let you know.
Life Style: Movie Magic Magazine has just released it’s latest issue featuring dozens of pages on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Included are features on Tom, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Bonnie Wright.
The three page article on the life of Tom Felton includes information about his choir days, his music, his hopes to get out there and fish some more, and why he would love to continue acting.
Some notable quotes from Tom include:
On the comparison of filming and fishing…
“Patience is required heavily in fishing and much the same with the film set. Some days it doesn’t go as fast as you would have hoped or you would have expected. But it’s all about keeping the energy and not only being patient, but just enjoying every minute of it – because sometimes it can be quite easy to slump back if you have an hour or two to wait, and it’s important to make the most of the time with the cast and crew while you’re there.”
On fans confusing him with his character Draco…
“Very early on, some people took very seriously how I was making Harry’s life not pleasant at school and they would plead with me not to pick on him. They seem to associate me with something rather negative which I can only take as a compliment really, I suppose. … I tried to reasure them that nothing was real, and that me and Daniel [Harry] were quite good friends, but it didn’t work.”
And on his hopes for the future…
“I’d love to continue acting. … By the same token, I’m keeping all angles open, really. I’ve been intrigued to do other things. I mean, music has always been a passion of mine, and nature and so forth. I’m not really ruling anything out.”
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Other articles feature the actors behind Tom Riddle (aka, Voldie-Mort), producer David Heyman, director David Yates, the designs behind the sets, and the fun and games the fans have at conventions. Also included is a sneak peek into the making of Deathly Hallows which features a lovely interview with Tom’s onscreen dad Jason Isaacs as he recounts begging author JK Rowling to “get me out of [Azkaban] prison.” Life Style: Movie Magic Magazine is available for purchase on news stands through the end of the summer.