Tom Felton in more ways like Draco...

  November 28, 2002 at 8:03 PM ET
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Thanks to an article from the Sun

Tom Felton: Hated by all Harry kids

Tom Felton doesn't mind that millions of kids the world over consider him one of the nastiest people on the planet.

When he's not attending regular classes, the 15-year-old British schoolboy plays the evil Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.

SCHEMING NEMESIS

At the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Draco is the scheming nemesis of Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson).

Draco does everything in his power to undermine Harry, Ron and Hermione and in the newest Hogwarts adventure, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, he has some powerful help from none other than his wizard father Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs).

As much as he gets booed and hissed as Draco, young Felton insists there is no carry-over into his real life.

"The kids at my school are surprisingly all right. They don't tease me and neither do my friends, because they knew me as Tom before they ever knew me as Draco," says Felton in a phone interview from London.

Between attending regular classes and preparing for the holidays, Felton has been sneaking off for costume fittings for Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban.

"We're scheduled to start filming in February. That's still a couple of months off, so I don't look anything like Draco.

"My hair is short and brown. I think I've had my last haircut for a while because it has to be long again for Draco."

And bleached.

"I get it bleached once a week during filming. I was aware I'd have to go through this and it's not pleasant. I was given the option of wearing a wig, but I felt I'd rather it be my own hair.

"If Draco's hair had to be as long as his father's then I would have used a wig like Jason does for Lucius."

Felton says when he met Isaacs at a reading for The Chamber Of Secrets he "didn't think he was evil enough to play Lucius. He was such a nice guy and looked so gentle.

"The day he arrived on set in full make up and costume, I didn't recognize him, the transformation was so great."

Fans of the Harry Potter novels might be surprised to learn that Felton has not read a single page of any of the books.

"I had heard of the books and friends of mine had read them, but I only read the part of the script they sent my agent for the auditions."

'VISION'

Once he got the role, Felton talked to director Chris Columbus, who said it was up to Felton but was certainly not a requirement.

"I didn't want to become too attached to things in the novels that might not end up in the films, so I was willing to let Chris Columbus guide me towards his vision of Draco."

He says the greatest compliment people have paid him is to say how much he is like the Draco of the Harry Potter books.

"When I stop playing Draco, I'll probably read the books," says Felton.

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