Harry Potter Poster #77 FRAMED Draco Malfoy Tom Felton Slytherins

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Draco Lucius Malfoy is a character and antagonist in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. He is a Slytherin student in Harry Potter’s year. He is frequently accompanied by his two accomplices, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen. Draco is characterised as a cowardly bully who manipulates and hurts people to get what he wants; nevertheless, he is a cunning user of magic. He was played by Tom Felton in the Harry Potter film series.

Draco serves as a foil to the hero, Harry Potter and is loosely based on bullies Rowling encountered during her school days. Harry first encounters Draco’s snobbish bigotry after their initial encounter at Madam Malkin’s. Rowling uses the Malfoys to introduce themes of intolerance and bigotry into a setting where people are often judged solely by their blood lineage rather than their good character or accomplishments. Draco, adhering to his family’s beliefs, thinks that Muggle-born witches and wizards, which he and other characters derogatorily describe by the epithet Mudbloods, should be denied a magical education. Harry’s first impression that the Wizarding community is a “magical wonderland” is instantly shattered. Says Rowling, “Harry found out that many people in power in the wizarding world are just as corrupt and nasty as they are in our world.”

Malfoy was originally named “Draco Spungen” in the earliest drafts of Philosopher’s Stone. “Spungen” also appeared on her pre-canon class list, but it was crossed out and replaced with the surname “Spinks”, while “Malfoy” was later added after the completion of the list. Philip Nel believes that Malfoy is derived from the French phrase mal foi, meaning “bad faith.” In an article published in 2002, Nilsen and Nilsen argue that “Draco” has connotations with draconian, and that his name starts with “mal”, a French prefix for “bad” or “evil”.

Many of Draco’s relatives on his mother’s side of the family (the Blacks) are named for stars or constellations (e.g., Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Andromeda Black Tonks, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Cygnus Black, Orion Black). Another constellation is Draco (the Dragon). Draco Malfoy eventually named his son for yet another constellation, Scorpius.

Tom Felton played Draco Malfoy in all of the Harry Potter films. Prior to landing the part of Malfoy, Felton auditioned to play Harry and Ron. Having read more of the Harry Potter books, Felton reflects: “I have had input into Draco. If they give me a line and I don’t think it is something he would say, I suggest changing it. They do listen to you and you do feel a part of it.”

Felton contributed to premieres, articles and interviews, and received the Disney Channel’s Kids Awards for Best DVD Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on 22 September 2003. He also won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for his portrayal as Malfoy in the 2010 MTV Movie Awards and the 2011 MTV Movie Awards.

Malfoy grew into one of the series’ most popular characters due to Felton’s performances and Felton quickly became synonymous with the character to many female fans, much to Rowling’s dismay. “I’m trying to clearly distinguish between Tom Felton, who is a good looking young boy, and Draco, who, whatever he looks like, is not a nice man. It’s a romantic, but unhealthy, and unfortunately all too common delusion of girls…it actually worried me a little bit, to see young girls swearing undying devotion to this really imperfect character… I mean, I understand the psychology of it, but it is pretty unhealthy.” Rowling has also noted that Malfoy “is certainly stylish in the film.”

Thomas Andrew “Tom” Felton (born 22 September 1987) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, the film adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter novels by author J.K. Rowling, for which he auditioned at age twelve.

Felton began appearing in commercials when he was eight years old and in films at the age of ten, appearing in The Borrowers and Anna and the King. After being cast as Draco Malfoy he subsequently appeared in all eight Harry Potter films, from 2001 to 2011. Felton’s portrayal of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 won him the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2010 and 2011.

In his first post-Harry Potter film, Felton appeared in the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series.

By autumn 2001, Felton had become known internationally for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy, the bully, enemy and foil of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He appeared in all of the Harry Potter films. Before landing the part of Malfoy, Felton had auditioned to play Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Of the four young actors who succeeded in getting the main roles, Felton had the most extensive film experience. Thereafter Felton’s schedule began to fill with the work of filming the first four films, premieres, and contributing to articles and interviews. He also received the Disney Channel’s Kids Awards for Best DVD Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on 22 September 2003. Felton started his Official Tom Felton Fan Club in 2004 and took part in autograph signing events. His fan club was reported to have attracted so many fans that Felton had to put a temporary stop to people signing up to his fan club. The autographing session in Germany drew people from Chile and one fan in Cologne summarised: “Tom is a real nice, professional young man, always happy, smiling, laughing, full of power — a real gentleman.” When the fan asked Felton what kids should do if someone like his character is bullying them, he said: “Tell someone. You do not want to keep it to yourself.”

After filming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Felton made a guest appearance on Home Farm Twins in 2005, where he played Adam Baker in the short-lived series. He attended Collectormania on 30 April 2005 and London’s world premiere for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On 11 November 2005, he and Rupert Grint presented Liz Carnell with the Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain Award for all of her work to raise awareness of the dangers of bullying. Felton worked on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix throughout 2006. Having read more of the Harry Potter books, Felton reflected: “I have had input into Draco. If they give me a line and I do not think it is something he would say, I suggest changing it. They do listen to you and you do feel a part of it.”

In July 2007, Felton visited Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado in a pre-screening charitable event of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. He was also present at Leicester Square for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on 3 July 2007.

Felton also appeared in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film of the series. When asked whether he was looking forward to playing a good guy in the future he answered: “No. Well, I do not know. I suppose for now I’m happy with sticking to what he is. But after the Potter legacy is over I look forward to playing a good guy or someone different anyway, someone not so spiteful.”

His favorite villain in films is the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, who was portrayed by fellow Harry Potter actor Alan Rickman. He said during an interview that his favourite characters in Harry Potter are Gilderoy Lockhart14 and Lucius Malfoy, Draco’s father. Felton said that if he could play another character in the film, he would play Lucius Malfoy, or even Voldemort. When asked which house in Hogwarts he would like to be in, Felton said it would definitely be Slytherin.

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