Tom Felton brilliantly played one of the most iconic characters in the Potter-verse, Draco Malfoy, for many years. Now, he’s written about the experience in his new book, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard. The memoir details his time working on the films and the lessons he learned along the way. It also features a forward from Hermione Granger herself, Emma Watson. Felton and Watson struck up an unbreakable bond while growing up on the Potter set, and Watson apparently even played a part in Felton landing his coveted role.
Tom Felton recently recalled what the audition process was like for the child actors years ago, and how director Chris Columbus was able to sniff out potential contenders for the lead roles. Apparently, just a simple interaction with a young Watson was enough for the director to see the potential in Felton. The Draco Malfoy-actor detailed to Josh Horowitz:
Chris Columbus did this trick, or tried this trick, where there’s like 20 kids together and he’d say ‘OK I’m just going to leave you guys for a sec, and we’re going to go talk over here.’ And the producers and whatnot would go into one corner and the other guy was still holding the boom mic. Like you know, the huge boom mic over our head, so I knew exactly what was going on. And this little brushy-haired girl came up to me and was like ‘What’s that?’ I looked at her very arrogantly and said It’s a microphone you idiot, what do you think it is?’ I’m pretty sure they heard that, and I’m pretty sure that helped me get the role of Draco Malfoy. Also, it turns out that I saw that girl two months later and her name is Emma Watson, so we didn’t get off to the greatest start.
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