Tom Felton spoke to the Wall Street Journal about filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Tom mentioned how injured and beaten up Harry is in the final parts of the film, and the fact that he's too intimated to ask Ralph Fiennes for acting advice, so as a result goes to on-screen father Jason Isaacs on tips.
“The studio asked me on Saturday if I wanted to go to New York on Tuesday, and I said okay, because I’ve never seen the city during the holidays,†he said. “Luckily, the ‘good’ guys are being used on set right now, and it worked schedule-wise for me to come.â€
What was the last scene you shot before coming to New York?
Tom Felton: I can’t reveal too much, or I’ll get myself in trouble, but I can say that we’ve been shooting some of the very last scenes from the very last film. Though we’re not going to be able to see it for another two years, which is crazy. But it’s very moving, because this is what we’ve been working toward for the last 10 years. Daniel [Radcliffe] is the figurehead of the series, so when we see him battered and abused and scarred [while in character] on set, you get all emotional.
In the final scenes, you get to work with more of the adult cast, which must be a nice change of pace — as well as a high-end acting workshop.
Definitely. I was always one of the 800 kids floating around, and now I get to work more with the big guns, if you will. They’re all incredibly nice people. Jason Isaacs, who plays my dad [Lucius Malfoy], is especially great. I wouldn’t go up to Ralph Fiennes [who plays Lord Voldemort] and ask, ‘How do you cry?’. But Jason I feel quite comfortable asking, ‘how do you do this, and how do you do that?’. And he would never take offense if one were to go, ‘Jason, just shut up.’ The most helpful thing he’s taught me is to speak up, because when you’re surrounded by these great actors, you tend to be the quiet voice when everyone is talking, and he taught me to stand up for myself.
On “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,†Jim Broadbent joined the cast and very oddly, he played my dad in my first movie when I was 7. Because I haven’t seen him in 10 years, I was convinced he wouldn’t remember me, but from the first moment he saw me, he called my by my character’s name from that first film. I’m a massive fan of his. He’s probably one of the most underrated actors, certainly in the U.K.
UPDATE: Tom was interviewed by CW11 this morning:
UPDATE #2: Tom answered Twitter questions via Self Magazine earlier, including which Harry Potter costars he would like to work with again after the series has completed.
UPDATE #3: Tom spoke to MTV about his favourite Harry Potter directors, crediting David Yates for bringing a new spin on Draco Malfoy's character.Â
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released on November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011.Â
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