In a new
interview, actor Tom Felton (Draco) talks about his music,
The Disappeared, and Draco's development in
Half-Blood Prince:
Quote:
So, by the way, you also have a new movie coming out that’s not Harry Potter or anything. It’s called The Disappeared, right?
Yeah, that’s right. It’s a very small British film in between this and the last Harry Potter film. I don’t think it’s got a major release just yet, and I’m pretty sure it’s not going to make it to the States, but it was just fun filming it, and nice to see the other end of the finance world when it comes to filming.
Right. And the Harry Potter series wasn’t your very start, it was—
No, I’d done a couple of films before that.
So this was sort of a return to branching out and doing other films, I would imagine.
Sure, it was really nice to sort of see how the real world works, if that makes sense, because Warner Brothers has extensive time and extensive money, while this other company doesn’t, and it’s quite contrasting to see the style of filming between the two, and it was great fun and it was a nice contrast from Harry Potter.
So, could you talk about what the film is about and about your character in the film?
Yeah, his name is Simon and he’s best friends with one of the main characters, with the central role, and, again, it’s quite contrasting from Harry Potter, he’s very normal, really, and there’s not a lot of acting involved, it was more or less just being yourself, so again, that was very different to Harry Potter.
Yeah. It’s certainly quite a departure from the Harry Potter series, although I guess pretty much anything would be, because it’s such a singular experience.
Yeah, yeah. Very true. Anything would really be a bit of a contrast to Draco, though, because he’s quite unique character.
So, actually, let’s talk about Harry Potter now. The sixth one is coming out, and in this one Draco is a lot more important to the plot than he has been in previous books.
Sure, yeah, he’s quite a central role to the plot in this one, I think.
And I think what’s interesting is that we get to kind of see another side of him.
Sure, completely, completely. I think in the previous he’s been quite two dimensional. In this film another dimension really comes out. I think he’s very keen to play sort of the evil Harry, if that makes sense, the Chosen One, if you will, but you see it unfold, and he doesn’t quite have the courage and strength to become Harry.
This is the first part of the interview; the second part will be published soon, which will we have up when it is online.
The Disappeared has no release date at the present time;
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be out July 17, 2009.
Source:
Feltbeats