Tom’s movie, Canyon Del Muerto, will be the opening night film for the 30th Annual Arizona International Film Festival. The film premieres on Wednesday, April 20th at 7:30pm at the Fox Tucson Theatre. Find out more information about the festival HERE.
The list has been decied, and MTV has announced today the final nominees for their 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Thanks to all your votes, Tom made it into the finals as Best Villain for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He will be competing against Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), his aunty Helena Bonham Carter (Alice in Wonderland), Ken Jeong (The Hangover) and Stephen Lang (Avatar).
This is Tom’s first individual nomination for a MTV Movie Award. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is also nominated for Best Movie. Tom’s co-star Emma Watson is up for Best Female Performance, and Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, for Best Male Performance and Global Superstar.
Winners will be announced LIVE on June 6 at 9/8 CST.
Congratulations, Tom!
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.”
Click on the scans for easier reading pleasure.
To see more scans from the magazine picturing Tom through the ages, click here.
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.
In an article titled 15 Things to Know About ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ conducted by Moviefone, number three was dedicated to the character of Draco Malfoy.
Tom Felton and Moviefone had this to say about HBP having “Plenty More Malfoy”:
3. Plenty More Malfoy
One character who gets a much more developed role in ‘Half-Blood Prince’ is Harry’s Hogwarts rival, Draco Malfoy, who in this film receives direct orders from Lord Voldemort. Bad for Harry, good for Tom Felton, the actor behind Malfoy. “It’s really nice to take him to a higher level, rather than just being an annoying git at the back of the classroom,” Felton says. “It’s really nice that he’s grown, he was quite a two-dimensional character in the previous films.” He’s also got a girlfriend in this installment, Pansy Parkinson (Scarlett Byrne). Felton’s favorite scene this go-around? “To be able to stand on [Harry’s] nose has been a lifelong dream.”
The interview also included a fun fact about actor Jim Broadbent, who plays the new Potions master Horace Slughorn.
Fun fact: Broadbent played Tom Felton’s father in the young actor’s first film, ‘The Borrowers.’
Source: Moviefone