About Draco Felton.

[girl_wizardry]

In a interview recently, JK said that it's a lil bit worrying for her that more and more people are starting to like/love Draco. Draco is supposed to be the one who everyone's supposed to hate cos well, JK had "hinted" something about Draco's future in book 5 and I'm not gonna say more since this is not the Book 5 Discussion thread. Anyway, I think a major, major part why everyone loves Draco is because of Tom Felton. I remember someone mentioning something in this forum that Draco's not supposed to be handsome. He's supposed to be this pale, pointy-face, nasty wizard. I bet if someone else played Draco, someone who looks...."regular"....i bet there's not many fans as many as Tom's if you get what i mean. I have seen countless things relating to Draco. Avatars, siggys, fanfics, merchandise, websites, reviews, games, just everything.

"Evil just got a lot sexier"

or

"He's the boy your parents wouldn't wanna meet"

or

"drawls, sneers and smirks are sexy"

and the numerous Slytherin websites, and fanfics about him pairing up with this and that and the thing is, the fanfics had done a great, great job 'transforming' Draco into a whole new person. "Steely gray eyes locking on amber." "Strands of soft blond hair fell softly on his forehead" "Handsome, sun-kissed face" and the like. Even I have to admit I AM caught up in this whole Draco craze since I'm a huge D/Hr shipper and everything...

and the movies! Gawd don't let me start on the movies. Instead of shooting daggers towards Draco, there were cupids everywhere!

I don't mean to go against anything/anyone but I just want to discuss about this as it has kept me thinking for quite a while. Are you really, REALLY crazy about Draco Malfoy and Slytherin or is it just because you're under the influence of Tom Felton that makes you support Slytherin and love Draco all of a sudden? I have to admit for me, I think it's because of Tom. Tom's the big culprit in this don't you think? I mean, like I said before, JK has got a lil worried about the increasing fans. I think we're not supposed to like him but it's just cos of Tom that portrays Draco as irresistable. Discuss. :)

[saz]

Can you please post the link to that interview?
I think people liking Draco has got a lot to do with the fact that they like Tom Felton . I dont like Draco in ther books but i love him in the moives.Am i the only one?

[JustRelax!]

Well I don't like him in real life. I saw him interviewed and i thought he came across a bit of a prat really.

He's a lot different to the book version. girl_wizardry, that was the interview at Albert Hall right? I'm sure JK also said:

'He's got a lot of style in the movies'

Stephen Fry: 'And in the books too?'

JK: Well yes a suppose he's got a certain flare.

So the movie Draco is not really how JK imagined him in the books. He's a lot more snidy in the books. Lol, is snidy a word? I may have spelt that wrong.

I prefer book Draco. He's got a little too much style for me in the movies I think...i mean he fits the part quite well but he kind of adds something to it that shouldn't really be there. Plus he can't decide whether to use a posh accent or a cockney accent in the films, that annoys me...

But the book is the book and the film is the film so I can live with Tom Felton.

[Grotto]

Well if JK thinks he should have less style, WATCH FOR CHANGE in the next movie.

I think we will see Felton filling his drawers when a certain flying creature attacks him.

At least I hope so. While the actor is talented, this is not how I visualized him when I read the book.


Grotto the ancient.

[big_cho_fan]

When I read the book I thought Malfoy was really ugly and unpleasant, however in the movies he seems to be very stylish. I think people changed their opinions based on the movie.

[Unopened Letter]

I bet if someone else played Draco, someone who looks...."regular"....i bet there's not many fans as many as Tom's if you get what i mean.
Actually, if you take a the UGLIEST (IMO anyway) guy in the world, stick him onto the big screen, I'll bet you my life saving ($56.32) that SOMEONE will find him hot. Beauty, as the cliche goes, is in the eye of the beholder. I don't think Tom Felton is that handsome anyway. Then again, it could be because I'm way older than he is and I don't tend to look at "little boys" that way. :sorry:

As for myself, I don't usually "visualize" how the characters look, so what I see in the big screen, I translate it back into how I see the books. Whenever I read the books, I see Harry as Dan and Draco as Tom, and ect, ect, ect.

[Grace-O]

Why is your topic named "Draco Felton?" Shouldn't it be Draco Malfoy or Tom Felton? LOL, I like Draco, he's like a punk rocker with a clean shaven look.

[daniel4hp]

I agree that how Draco is portrayed in the movies has made more people like him than should. I also agree that the movie version of Draco is not really how JKR evisioned him, and although she doesn't want to say it right out, I don't think she likes it at all.

Now, is this Tom Felton's fault? Not totally. He's certainly a tallented actor, and I think it is, in part, the director's fault for portraying him wrong. I think Felton could have been a nastier Draco with less of a flair, but it would have been up to Columbus to correct that. And then there's the make-up department, which could have done better in making Felton look "uglier." And the screenwriter. Perhaps he could have written Draco a bit different to make him appear meaner. And yes, another actor who wasn't so attractive to girls could have helped as well. In general, I think a lot of people were partially to blame, and overall, it just didn't turn out right. However, I'd put the most blame here on Columbus, not Felton. It was up to Columbus to see how Draco was portrayed. He could have worked with Felton on the acting, he could have requested the make-up department to change how Tom was made up, and he could have altered the screenplay a little. But he didn't. I blame him, much more than Felton, for how it came out.

[grownupHP]

I think the same could be said for Alan Rickman as Snape. When I read the books, I picture him as ugly, which AR certainly is not.

[ChickInTheBigApple]

Originally posted by big_cho_fan (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=445010#post445010))
When I read the book I thought Malfoy was really ugly and unpleasant, however in the movies he seems to be very stylish. I think people changed their opinions based on the movie.


I very much disliked Malfoy in the books because of the way JKR described him (not criticizing her writing or anything). Now that I have seen the movies my whole perspective changes. I argee that Chris Columbus shouldn't have casted someone with that much class to play the villian. They shouldn't have picked someone thta handsome to play that part. :crush:

~Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure~ Luna Lovegood

[nine3/4]

I definitely think both father and son Malfoys are ba$tards (both in the books and movies), but I can't help but grin at the actors that played them--Isaacs & Felton are so adorable. Same with Snape...big thumbs down on the character, but major drool on Rickman. Now I cheer for the 2 protagonists, Hermione & Ron, yet I'm unattached towards Emma & Rupert. The actors' portrayal usually have no bearing on how I feel about the characters. I would never sympathize towards the Malfoys (unless they reformed in later books) despite the star appeal of Isaacs & Felton.

[aragog]

I agree with the idea that people seem to like Draco alot more because of Tom Felton. On the other hand I think it's somewhat of a "vocal minority". My feeling is that most people can seperate the movie character from the book character... I know I don't picture Draco to look like Tom when I'm reading the books, but I have no problems with his casting either.

Probably alot of the ideas that Draco will be redeemed and fall in love with Hermione, etc, come from wishful thinking. Girls love "bad" boys, I'm told :D

[Picko]

I actually dislike Draco more because of Tom Felton, I find him barely bearable, which is probably a good thing seeing as that's the way I'm meant to feel. I still don't think he does a good job though, he could do with some speaking lessons.

[Harrys_Lil_Owl16]

I think the whole '' You love me coz I am bad'' thing runs in a lot of movies. Harry being the hero is the obvious favourite and Drao his nemesis may appeal to the darker side of fans who would like to be a Slytherin rather than a Gryffindor. Plus you are right Tom is very cute :D and Looks great as Draco!

[Weatherby]

Actually I'm positive a lot of people liked Draco before Tom Felton was cast. Not the whole lot either way.
People are attracted by bad boys and they probably imagined Draco to be cute anyway.
I have this problem with fans of the Gormenghast Trilogy. They refuse to realise Steerpike was a sociopathic killer because Jonanthan Rhys Meyers is gorgeous.
Rhys Meyers didn't help saying he understood Steerpike and theorising that he could've been abused. The fans agree without reading the books or looking at his actions.
Actors have to like their characters. I don't blame Felton at all for this.

Anyway - I was very intrigued by Snape when I thought he was trying to kill Harry [I'm still unsure about his character actually] and Rickman had not been casted yet. I have a weird type in guys though. I wasn't ignoring Rowling's descriptions,

[girl_wizardry]

I think most Draco fans had a big influence on Tom. Not that I blame Tom for it it's just that, just cos he's handsome and all they started to like him and like the idea of bad boys where we're actually not supposed to like him. I'm not making accusations cos in books, I'm positive that at least ONE person out there will choose the bad villian as their fave character...it's just that it's worrying that more and more people are starting to like him. Yeap. I'll say this again. Tom is the big influence of it.

Picko: I agree that he needs speaking lessons :p. But then again, maybe it's just his accent.....ah well.

[Draco is Hot]

hey Weatherby, i did imagine Draco to be cute! LoL

i gotta admit, i only like draco because of tom. ok so he's a real prat but he's really charming. and i think tom makes a pretty good Draco and yes, he could do better. i didn't like him when i was watching the movie but after, i was just.....so.....in love with him. oh yeah, one question, Why are you guiz worried that more ppl are liking him?

[She's Crafty]

Weatherby: I know what you mean about Gormanghast. Although i never got around to reading the trilogy myself a friend of mine did and she (as, yes, she had a crush on Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) was very surprised at how Steerpike was portrayed in the novel as opposed to the TV mini-series. In fact, they went a lot for the sympathy angle - comparing Titus' privileged existance to that Steerpike's 'kitchen boy' downtrodden one, using that as motive for his murders. Well, that was the impression i got but it's been a while.

As to Draco - i liked the character right from the start. Admittedly i saw the movie first before getting into the books but whilst i admired Felton's acting (it was fairly obvious he had more experiance than most of the other child actors) i didn't think he was at all cute. Book-wise i find the character somewhat enigmatic and full of potential. Look-wise, it's hard to discern what he is meant to look like - on one hand you have Ron who says he has a foul rat face (bear in mind however, that he isn't the most reliable person for a truthful opinion) on the other you have JK saying he has an attractive mother which suggests he may not be exactly 'ugly'. I guess the truth as imagined by Rowling is somewhere in the middle.

[Jami]

Maybe it's because I'm 26 but I don't think Tom Felton is good looking at all. Frankly I think he's ugly! Good little actor but as far as looks go he's a bit of a dog.

[daniel4hp]

Why are you guiz worried that more ppl are liking him?
Basically, people feel that JKR doesn't want people to get to attatched to Draco. As the first post indicates, in an interview recently, she indicated dislike regarding how Draco is portrayed in the movies. So, we are worried because we don't think its how Jo wants it.

[Weatherby]

Originally posted by She's Crafty (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=453177#post453177))
Weatherby: I know what you mean about Gormanghast. Although i never got around to reading the trilogy myself a friend of mine did and she (as, yes, she had a crush on Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) was very surprised at how Steerpike was portrayed in the novel as opposed to the TV mini-series. In fact, they went a lot for the sympathy angle - comparing Titus' privileged existance to that Steerpike's 'kitchen boy' downtrodden one, using that as motive for his murders. Well, that was the impression i got but it's been a while.


That's exactly how the movie made it while in the book Steerpike only said he was for equality to impress Fuchsia & Flay for sympathy.
He wanted to be on top himself and killed a lot of people to achieve his goal. He had no remorse and people were only there to be used.

Now the HP filmgoers tend to think Draco was abused psychically while there's no proof of this in the books.
:sigh:

[She's Crafty]

Now the HP filmgoers tend to think Draco was abused psychically while there's no proof of this in the books.

There's a lot that would contradict that theory in fact. I dont' believe Lucius has ever physically abused Draco. Emotionally is another matter though.

[Grotto]

Lucius is certainly a bit abusive as shown when he was selling some of his dark items. He humiliated Draco by telling him that a robber would be all he was good for if his grades didn't improve.

Now this is not that bad, but if he would do that in public, I wonder what he is like in private. Now Draco is coming up to that rebellious age which could prove interesting.Draco could change and do anything he wants to even iif it means braking away, maybe like sirius.
Grotto the ancient.

[M a r v o l o]

I definately agree. Draco in the movie is portrayed as a handsome, popular Slytherin. Personally, I like it, ;) , but I guess one couldn't call it completely accurate. Draco in the book, though entertaining and popular, is never said as being attractive... But in my opinion he conveys Draco's personality well and to me that's what really matters.

[chudleycannons]

I can't lie, Tom felton is cute. That's mostly the reason why so many poeple like Malfoy. But before the movies came out, some people already liked Malfoy. Who could blame them. While my favorite is Harry and Draco and Sirius and Ron and Lupin and Dumbledore and Minerva, Draco has a sort of charm. I mean he's charming in a dangerous sort of way.

[Eva]

I liked getting a different view of the characters from the movies. I always think it's interesting both to see how other people imagine the characters and to get mini "side-story" things (i.e., Lucius' treatment of Draco as a dog that rolled in something smelly). And personally, I wouldn't say that the actors took the places of the characters in my head, but they definitely added another side/dimension to them. Yes, Tom Felton's probably too handsome for most people's vision of Draco, but I don't think it ruins the story or anything.

[MeRiuM]

Thats Tru i never liked Draco but after the 1st movie came out..i cant wait to see harry get to hogwarts so i can see Tom..Even in the books I cant wait to see wat Draco's upto..lol..Anyway why is JKR worried again? bcuz he is not suppose to be liked?? lol...
I myself am a fan of Slytherine..hehehe *Smirk*

[nightingale]

I think JKR sorta blames Draco's popularity on the movie portrayel of him as well, and it's pretty obvious she doesn't like it. I think it's kinda wierd, but I don't think she likes Draco, and doesn't want us to like him either. I think its wierd because, after all, she's the author, and should have a teensy bit of a soft spot for him, and he has so much potential as a character, but he doesn't seem to mature at all, unlike the other characters.

[LILasnSEEKER]

yeah. i think people like draco more because he was played by tom felton. before the movies i always saw draco in my imagination as a mean person and i didn't really like him. but after the movies i started liking draco more. i think because of tom felton. he looked sort of too soft in the first movie when he played draco though. well, i don't knoe. all those fanfix about him and hermione and the other fanfix sort of changed my prospective of him i suppose. yeah...

[DarkMoodyMe.]

I love Tom Felton, he is hot! Great actor.

[Style Queen]

Having a pale, pointed face with cold eyes doesn't mean you are ugly. I imagine Lucius is a real looker and Narcissa is a beauty. He wouldn't have married Narcissa if she had looked like a troll - she is a trophy wife remember. So I think Draco would inherit their fantastic genetics. Plus Draco will grow into his looks as the others will too (I hope when Hermione grows up she buys a brush and some styling products).
Tom Felton is a great child actor (he say he hasn't read any of the book but can in my opinion pull off Draco to a T) but I can see what others are saying about people liking Draco better cause of Tom. My friend thinks they made a mistake with Emma Watson not because of who she is (and she does a great job as Hermione) but she thinks that Emma she beautiful and will grow even more as she gets older and Hermione so far is just plain.

[Juliet Malfoy]

Originally posted by girl_wizardry (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=444114#post444114))
Anyway, I think a major, major part why everyone loves Draco is because of Tom Felton. I remember someone mentioning something in this forum that Draco's not supposed to be handsome. He's supposed to be this pale, pointy-face, nasty wizard. I bet if someone else played Draco, someone who looks...."regular"....i bet there's not many fans as many as Tom's if you get what i mean. I have seen countless things relating to Draco. Avatars, siggys, fanfics, merchandise, websites, reviews, games, just everything.


i really have no problem in admitting this.
it's common knowledge that people like people for there looks. what am i supposed to say, "I love him for his personailty"?
i dont know how he really acts. i love how he portrays draco. and since that's i got to judge tom on i like him. and i like draco.

[vickygirl4]

I like Draco not because of Tom Felton, but because of Draco. I actually like a lot of the slytherins: Snape, Tom Riddle, Voldemort, etc. etc.

[MalfoyIsMINE]

I think that Draco should have been, to put it bluntly, uglier. I mean if JKR doesnt see Draco being so stylish and loved then its wrong, isn't it? I mean they are her books...that's not saying i wish Tom Felton to go because thats definetly not that case...I, just like many other people think Tom Felton is fine, but I like Malfoy and Snape in the books to...they are just so irresitably evil...whoa what kind of person does that make me out to be lol

[rachael_22090]

i personally love tom felton! (not draco) in the books i thought of him as some gross ugly kid. but i think the movie draco is much better then my idea. i mean if he was really ugly i dont think people would find him as threating. just because he is a jerk doesnt mean he cant be hot...

[avid_hp_fan]

i can't really find anything to complain about as far as tom playing draco is concerned. i believe that he isn't good looking enough, and that his nose is the wrong shape, but other than that.. draco is *supposed* to be stylish. he's loaded to the gills for gods sake, you can't expect him to look just like any other student. ron looks nothing like i thought he would. i would expect him to look more like james and oliver phelps, seeing as Jo portrays him as 'tall and gangly'.

[avid_hp_fan]

also, in the books Jo says that his parents were nice looking, especially Narcissa. harry points that out in GoF when he makes the comment about the snobby look on her face at the QWC. you figure he's going to look decent if she says the parents are.

[frozenglitter14]

Yeah, I agree with a few people that have posted before. Evil is sexy in the movies, cuz Tom is sexy. But in the books, I hate Draco, cuz he is so mean. But otherwise, I love him!!

[Anniemal]

Lucius is certainly a bit abusive as shown when he was selling some of his dark items. He humiliated Draco by telling him that a robber would be all he was good for if his grades didn't improve.

It's funny how people bring in the "abuse issue" about Draco from the films. I was watching the extra features on the CoS DVD, and this is what Isaacs had to say about his character Lucius Malfoy and Draco:

Isaacs: "I watched the first film to see who my son was and maybe decide how to play his dad. He is such an unpleasant little slimeball that I decided I should win him some sympathy by bullying him mercilessly..."

Isaacs on Tom Felton: "In fact, he [Tom] is a tremendously charming young man who's a little heartthrob on set and is annoyingly handsome really."

So with that said, I don't think it's entirely Tom Felton's fault for the Draco/Slytherin fans. Even Isaacs is kinda pulling for him by being mean to him in the movies. However, there is no evidence of any abuse Draco suffered from the books. I like to think of him as a spoiled little prat.

I think Felton does a pretty good job of protraying Draco. He seems to "outshine" or "act more oddly" some would say during the movies. Nonetheless, I think that oddity highlights what an annoying character Draco is.

[lorna]

Am I the only getting just a little tired of being told how think about character so and so. Once the book is written or the film is made, it's out of the author or film makers hands and the reader/viewer's brain is in control. And some brains like Draco. That doesn't mean in their everyday life they want to hang around with him in the schoolyard.
Tom Feldon does a good job playing him. If the film has added a couple of quirks is it possible that for film, the character is too much a little johhny-one-note to be interesting for very long.

[rachael_22090]

im really happy they choose tom to play draco! i didnt imagine him to be cute in the books but i think that haveing someone attractive playing him makes him more threating. i mean think about it who would u feel more threatened by a complete jerk who is a regular guy or a jerk that is really hot. i like tom playing draco! and i think that he was supposed to be stylish i mean he is filthy rich! of course he is gonna have some style!

[Wild Rose]

I think he is a spoilt little brat, and a completely contemptible little git, but not all evil people are ugly. And I think that is part of the point.
With looks like that though, I bet there is Swedish/Finish(that part of the world) blood involved.

@-'-,-----------

[Snape83]

I think that some people like the baddies just because they're bad. I am a good example. I can remeber that when I was little I always prefered the bad guys to the good ones. I prefered Jafar to Aladdin, Scar to Simba and of course Darth Vader to any other character from SW. In my opinion, when bad characters are well designed they are more interesting than the good ones. Of course, it's a personal opinion.

But if you want me to be honest, I don't like Draco so far. Maybe the character is too young to become a good baddy, and perhaps I'll like it in the following movies, since I prefer Draco from the books to the movies one. Obviously cause in the books I imagined him to have that charm that good baddies have (like Lucius and Snape in the movies).

I also think that if they had chosen an ugly Malfoy not so many people, especially girls, would have been fond of him. But there would be still some people who would have liked him. Some people like the baddies. It happens. And its not bad while you don't become one.

[bellatrixblack]

Tom felton just adds that extra magic to the films! i think he's perfect as Draco because he's a good actor. I can't see anyone else as that part

[PotionsGoddess46]

I support Slytherin because of Snape, but I suppose that's not entirely good, either.

Draco is good-looking, I must admit. But I'm not crazily obsessed, either.

I can separate the book-Draco from the movie-Draco. They both look the same in my head, but book-Draco is much more of a b*stard.

[Metabee]

Now the HP filmgoers tend to think Draco was abused psychically while there's no proof of this in the books.
:sigh:


People, one of the starnge things is, that kids with HUGE advantages, with money, private school, hi-tech equipment, and loads of stuff like that, usually turn out bad. In truth, people who ARE abused, have little help education wise, and are poor, actually turn out to be very good people, sorta like Harry. A matter of fact, when I grow up, I'm goin to beat up my kid, not because I hate him, but becuase I love him :D . I've heard of this guy, who was tortured, locked up, terribly treated, by his parents, a matter of fact, he said his mom would make him vomit, then make him eat the vomit. This of course, is terrible, but in the end, he became a best seller writer.

[LunaLovegood]

Yea, its the same thing as harry potter, people think they like harry but they really just like daniel radcliffe. But when i first read harry potter and the movies werent out yet, i immediately fell in love with harry :love:

[fedski]

I had the unfortunate experience of going to primary school (Cranmore School) with Tom Felton. I am a few yrs older than him but I remember him as this little show off , lol. He had just got the role in 'The Burrowers' and had bleached his hair for the role. I personally thought he was just like draco, a git who likes to show-off. My ultra ambition was to kick him but *sigh* I didn't get the chance,lol. Though I admit many yrs have passed since them, maybe he's changed. My bestmates little bro still knows him, but only as an aquaintance not a friend. Apparantly he's a bit better but who knows?!

[RectilinearP]

In a interview recently, JK said that it's a lil bit worrying for her that more and more people are starting to like/love Draco. Draco is supposed to be the one who everyone's supposed to hate cos well, JK had "hinted" something about Draco's future in book 5 and I'm not gonna say more since this is not the Book 5 Discussion thread. Anyway, I think a major, major part why everyone loves Draco is because of Tom Felton. I remember someone mentioning something in this forum that Draco's not supposed to be handsome. He's supposed to be this pale, pointy-face, nasty wizard. I bet if someone else played Draco, someone who looks...."regular"....i bet there's not many fans as many as Tom's if you get what i mean. I have seen countless things relating to Draco. Avatars, siggys, fanfics, merchandise, websites, reviews, games, just everything.

"Evil just got a lot sexier"

or

"He's the boy your parents wouldn't wanna meet"

or

"drawls, sneers and smirks are sexy"

and the numerous Slytherin websites, and fanfics about him pairing up with this and that and the thing is, the fanfics had done a great, great job 'transforming' Draco into a whole new person. "Steely gray eyes locking on amber." "Strands of soft blond hair fell softly on his forehead" "Handsome, sun-kissed face" and the like. Even I have to admit I AM caught up in this whole Draco craze since I'm a huge D/Hr shipper and everything...

and the movies! Gawd don't let me start on the movies. Instead of shooting daggers towards Draco, there were cupids everywhere!

I don't mean to go against anything/anyone but I just want to discuss about this as it has kept me thinking for quite a while. Are you really, REALLY crazy about Draco Malfoy and Slytherin or is it just because you're under the influence of Tom Felton that makes you support Slytherin and love Draco all of a sudden? I have to admit for me, I think it's because of Tom. Tom's the big culprit in this don't you think? I mean, like I said before, JK has got a lil worried about the increasing fans. I think we're not supposed to like him but it's just cos of Tom that portrays Draco as irresistable. Discuss. :)

I would blame writing and directing if Draco comes across as someone we should like, but I don't think he does. Maybe he has more style in the movies than in the books but that's about it. He's still a nasty little ferret.

I never pictured Draco as especially stylish in the books. Nor is he attractive in the way that bad guys sometimes are: he doesn't have attitude, he isn't funny, he isn't powerful (from what we've seen), he isn't interesting or mysterious, and he stinks at direct confrontations. (Actually, he'll end up being funny if he keeps getting hexed every time he tries to threaten someone.) He's just a bully and he's all talk.

I think movie Draco will lose some of the "he's so cute" fans as more of the movies come out. Especially after Book 4. But then if hoping Hermione would get killed doesn't put them off maybe laughing about Cedric's death won't either.

[swishandflick]

I had the unfortunate experience of going to primary school (Cranmore School) with Tom Felton. I am a few yrs older than him but I remember him as this little show off , lol. He had just got the role in 'The Burrowers' and had bleached his hair for the role. I personally thought he was just like draco, a git who likes to show-off.

lol, I think that it the brattier Tom is in real life; the better for the role! I remember that a few months ago Tom said in an interview that he was really into Hip Hop and drove around in his BMW> It will just make his role all the more accurate!

[fedski]

Lol, totally agree with you. :lol:

[cecezz]

I liked Draco in the books and I think Tom Felton looks like Draco, like imagined him. I never liked the character of Harry, and that's probably why I got a Draco fan. I also like Snape and Umbrige, because they are mean to Harry, but I like Draco most.

[SilverMagic]

I seriously think that tom felton is a great actor. Your opionions may vary, but mine is positive.
If Tom was more enthusiastic about his wonderful part in a great movie, than I would like him more.
He has a big ego, and he is very sarcastic
Tom is really a great guy underneath all the popularity he gets every single day, but he is unpleasant, really.

[RectilinearP]

I seriously think that tom felton is a great actor. Your opionions may vary, but mine is positive.
If Tom was more enthusiastic about his wonderful part in a great movie, than I would like him more.
He has a big ego, and he is very sarcastic
Tom is really a great guy underneath all the popularity he gets every single day, but he is unpleasant, really.


He's a great guy AND he's unpleasant?

Huh?

Do the words "Does not compute" mean anything?

[Wild Rose]

I had the unfortunate experience of going to primary school (Cranmore School) with Tom Felton. I am a few yrs older than him but I remember him as this little show off , lol. He had just got the role in 'The Burrowers' and had bleached his hair for the role. I personally thought he was just like draco, a git who likes to show-off. My ultra ambition was to kick him but *sigh* I didn't get the chance,lol. Though I admit many yrs have passed since them, maybe he's changed. My bestmates little bro still knows him, but only as an aquaintance not a friend. Apparantly he's a bit better but who knows?!

Why would he have bleached his hair if he was wearing a ginger wig?

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[fedski]

guess he thought he's be a hard nutter lol!! It may of not been for the film , i jus remember him in the playground strutting around like he was God, but as I said b4 I really think he has changed. We were all a bit mad as kids lol.

[SilverMagic]

He's a great guy AND he's unpleasant?

Huh?

Do the words "Does not compute" mean anything?
oh i`ve met him before

[Wild Rose]

oh i`ve met him before

I don't think that is what the other poster meant. How can someone be a great person, but unpleasant? Its a contradiction.

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[rockprincess]

i totally agree with you draco is so hot

[SnowyOwl]

I don't mind Draco being portrayed as stylish or good looking. There are thugs and there are manipulators. Draco is a manipulator who surrounds himself with thugs, and his father is portrayed in the same way. Some of the scariest manipulators I have seen are incredibly charming and attractive--it's what makes them so dangerous.
My only 2 hopes are that: 1) Kloves keeps all the truly evil aspects of Draco intact, and 2) JKR backs up Draco's talk with action.

[Tahi]

I partly agree with Snape83,
it's the whole clich'e that women always want the bad boys, myself sometimes included.
The popularity of Draco in the movies has a huge amount to do with Tom Felton, who doesn't exactly set my heart a light but is a very good looking kid.
Also fanfiction seems to play alot into it, I have never really read a good fanfic where Draco, as a main character, is just a bad little brat as in the book, he always seems to have some quality good in him, I spose it ying and yang.
Same with Snape though, Alan Rickman is a great actor, to put it mildly, though there are hundreds of people who pay more attention to the fact that they find him 'hot and sexy' etc, I think it's the Bad boy thing.
Draco as a character could have been played by the most physically unforunate looking kid in Engalnd and I'm sure there still will be hoards of fanmail for him, cause he's the bad boy.
I like how Tom Felton potrays Draco, he plays him with charm, which in my opinion is how he should, Draco is a rich high socity spoiled young wizard who gets away with more than he should because he's charming, like SnowyOwl said 'Some of the scariest manipulators I have seen are incredibly charming and attractive--it's what makes them so dangerous.'
And danger to a certain extent is sexy.

[SlythieSami]

Some people actually perfer the bad guy compared to the goody goody guy...there is only so much harry potter love that one can handle....although in OOTP JKR added another dimension to Harry. I hope she does the same for Draco....because there is so much potential ......

for those unhappy with the casting.....how do you feel about emma watson? shes way too "cute" to be the hermione in the books! And really, Tom Felton is not all that good looking....although I think he looks too old at the begining of Chamber of Secrets.

[PhreneticInc]

With looks like that though, I bet there is Swedish/Finish(that part of the world) blood involved.


:D

Anyway, I've always liked Draco, he's really funny in a mean way. I don't like Tom too much.

[lorna]

To me there's a bit of an underlying dishonesty when complaining about ficticious villians being liked too much or what ever.
Because if your "villian" is totally unlikable or unwatchable it's unlikely many would read or watch the story they happen to be in.
What a snooze HP would be if there were no Draco, Goyle or Crabbe to balance off Harry, Ron and Hermoine. A movie populated by no one but Dumbledores and McGonagalls with no Snapes to add a bit of menace would be a snoozer as well.
Like it or not, alot of fiction rises and falls on how well the "villian" comes across and how interesting they are.

[LadyMalfoy]

I never thought about it but I think you are really right!

When the books came out I didn't care about Malfoy. He was just an annoying character to me. But since the 2nd movie is out he is my favorite character!

I hope I am not going to stop loving Sirius after I saw the 3rd movie because Gary Oldman is really not how I pictured Sirius to be.

[GryffindorGr]

You know I was wondering about that, ladymalfoy,
about the casting of Draco Malfoy. Because the other young casts such as Harry, Hermione and Ron were amateur actors, chosen differently than Draco.
Tom Felton was chosen because he played in famous movies like "Anna and the king" and a few others. There was a reason behind this. I think they purposely chose this character to be substantial.
And as for Harry, well, they wanted a main character that would represent ALL or most kids so that he can be related to every boy and even girl. (since JKR said she put a lot of herself in Harry)

[wavy]

Maybe it's because I'm 26 but I don't think Tom Felton is good looking at all. Frankly I think he's ugly! Good little actor but as far as looks go he's a bit of a dog.

I'm with you. The Felton worship is definitely lost on me.

[LunaLovegood]

i think that tom is hot, and I agree with style queen. Maybe he IS supposed to be good looking. I mean, tom is pale, but i dont know about the pointed face. I guess some girls just like "bad boys." or it could just be tom felton...im confused XD

[Cindy]

I hated Draco Malfoy before the movies came out, but after I watched the first movie I fell in love with Tom Felton, and the movie version of Draco Malfoy. I try hard not to imagine Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy when I read the books now, cause it's hard imagining Tom doing some of the things Draco did in the books. In short, I love movie!Draco but not book!Draco. Draco is just a slimy git in the books. But I do hope we will see a more positive side in him in future.

[LumosSoleil]

It's Hollywood, what do you expect. It's mostly typical and sometimes stereotypical for them to make the archenemies goodlooking. When I read the books (before I ever saw any of the movies) I just imagined Harry and Draco to be quite average looking boys. When I watch the movies, I just thought they were the cutest things. Then, as they get older, I really began picturing them as the characters I read in the books. Tom Felton isn't really that hot like many are saying. He looks good at times and bad at others. I was beginning to imagine Draco as sort of attractive looking after reading about his parents. His dad was described as a tall blonde with grey eyes. JK went out and said his mother was goodlooking. I don't really think JK is saying he isn't a goodlooking kid, she's just saying we shouldn't like someone as nasty as him. Good looks or not. I honestly never liked Draco from the books or movies. JK made him nasty enough for me to loathe him. Tom made him nasty enough for me to loathe him. There's my 2 cents.

[nostaw dessesbo]

Don't know if this fits the talk but I can say in the books I like the character of Draco just cause he's there to be the same age evil and he's always there when you don't want him there

But in the movies Felton must be great cause he makes me hate Malfoy alot. Everything even the way he talks makes me loathe him, Draco not Tom (though his liking for Emma is getting under my skin haha). Everytime I watch Sorceror's Stone again and he's in the forest looking for the unicorn I get so mad at him haha, and CoS for the duel the whole "Scared Potter?" drives me insane. Felton's a good actor I guess.

And for Jo's comment about something happening later with Draco that he shouldn't be loved already I can't wait to know what it is. Could be he becomes good so everyone should love him then not now or that he finally takes the final step towards evil which is definitely what I think it is. Either way pumped for it.

[glugunkwen]

Draco always seemed 'slick' in the books to me - and I think Felton does a great job of portraying the character this way. In the PoA movie, Draco (what little we see of him) seems less uptight and more, well, troublemaker-scary. I think it's the hair.

[jstanothaname35]

What's there to say...hes simly gorgeous...and such a bad boy!

[tao]

I think the books make it pretty clear that Draco is qute handsome. Its written from Harrys PoV so of course he doesn´t describe him as good looking, but he never claims the opposite. Every other Slytherin is described as ugly, over and over again. Draco is the Slytherin Harry hates the most but nothing. One insult of Ron on his rat face. Well, doesn´t sound to convincing.
He is also popular and vain, his mother is nice looking (from Harrys PoV). There is no evidence against Draco being handsome, which is actually evidence for him being handsome.
Not all mean people are ugly!
So no, Tom Felton isn´t to good looking for the part.

JK is a little paranoid because she influences millions/billions/trillions of children in the whole world that much. Its quite understandable. Thats why she is always like "don´t think Slytherin is cool, please" I don´t see any danger here but you can understand that JK is touchy about it.

[Hermywormy]

Actually, if you take a the UGLIEST (IMO anyway) guy in the world, stick him onto the big screen, I'll bet you my life saving ($56.32) that SOMEONE will find him hot. Beauty, as the cliche goes, is in the eye of the beholder. I don't think Tom Felton is that handsome anyway. Then again, it could be because I'm way older than he is and I don't tend to look at "little boys" that way. :sorry:

As for myself, I don't usually "visualize" how the characters look, so what I see in the big screen, I translate it back into how I see the books. Whenever I read the books, I see Harry as Dan and Draco as Tom, and ect, ect, ect.

Oh yeah. I mean, there are people who think ALAN RICKMAN (no offense Alan Rickman fans) is hot. I just find him disgusting. Ew.

You should see quizilla.com. They have all these romance quizzes and which ever ones involve Harry Potter, they fall in love with Draco! It drives me insane! I take some of them that say "A day a Hogwarts" or something like that, guessing it'll be Harry who we get paired with, but then it's Draco! I HATE IT!!DRACO MALFOY IS UGLY AND HE WILL NEVER BE GOOD SO GET OVER HIM!!!!!! Sorry, but it drives me insane when there are girls falling for Tom's hotness and saying that Draco is the one to love over Harry, Ron, ect.

[DarkThunder]

Evil should be sexy. It makes it seem like they have everything...power...money...good looks. And it makes evil kind of 'enticing', you know?

"Come to the dark side, Harry..."
:P

[TxMagnolia]

I agree. There's something sexy about the slickness. When I read the character descriptions I imagine them as very goodlooking, with the hair, eyes, and sharp features. Frankly, I think Felton and Isaccs fit the role of the Malfoys very well.
When I read the description of what "Narcissa" is supposed to look like, all in all, she's not a "nice" character, of course not, but I invision her a VERY BEAUTIFUL character. Personally, and this is just me, but I think their beauty is a part of their power. So, I think Casting Felton as Malfoy was a good move, and I'm sure a lot of the popularity for the character is just the liking of the Actor. Also, I'm sure, Like myself, YOU JUST GOTTA "LOVE" THE BAD GUY. LOL...A.

[smschrader]

I love the Draco character. The movie version of Draco might have had something to do with it, but it's not really about Tom...I'm a little old for that. What I do like about Draco is potential. He's smart, he's cunning AND he's a product of his father. Whose to say what he would be like if he hadn't been raised by biggots? While JKR might not go in that direction, I love fan fic where Draco realizes he doesn't really want to serve Voldemort because he really doesn't see the sense in it. Children aren't born evil, other people make them that way. I see Draco's particular evil as that...something made.

And I'll throw in my support for girl_wizardry in saying that I too ship D/Hr. They're the best ship ever!

[Rapunzel]

Maybe that's why they made him a crybaby in PoA. Make the character a little less popular with the fans. If that's the case, all you Draco fans get ready to hate how he's portrayed in GoF. :rotfl:

[busy91]

I like Slytherin because THEY ARE so mean. You have to have a villain people love to hate. I like the Draco character because he is sleazy, irritating, despicable and just plain rotten!

Though I never got from the books that Draco or his dad were unattractive. Just pale. Evilness shouldn't be synonymous with ugly people.

The book makes Snape sound positively revolting, but everyone loves Rickman.

[Jessica6541]

Yeah, maybe is his bad boy image!

[LuvHP_001]

I have to say u made some great points.

For me, on one hand, it's bad that they cast Tom Felton as Draco because he's way too hot and you just think of him as TOM not DRACO so ppl feel sorry for him, or like him ect. and that's bad because just like Jo said, he's the BAD guy and ur supposed to hate him.

They should have cast him because if they didn't we'd never know him.GOD i'm so bad!

[MakoDraco_luvme]

can I faint now? Tom Felton is a total dreamboat! *swoons* I adore him! when I go on vacation I take my sig pic with me, thats how bad I've got it! I think he's a great actor and he's got that smirk down pat. He's so evil and yes the bad boy thing is wonderful but if you go to his home page, he's a real guy and a nice person who is family oriented and down to earth. He genuinly cares about his friends and seems he could have abig head but doesn't really let it get to him. I'll admit, there are many pictures of him that aren't that great but what can you do? *shrugs* He likes alot of the same things I do as well! I think his accent is a little slurred but that may just be a part of where he came from and I don't think he's had much professional training either. aw well. I love him anyways. And his ''big head'' I think is just his normal attitude. He seems one of great confidence and poise. ANd CHARM! *swoons again* He could talk me into anything let me tell you! whoo! I must go to a corner and callm down before I paint myself pink and run around the neighborhood in a towel yelling "I'm in love with Tom Felton and Draco Malfoy!"

And it is sooooo true that "evil never looked sexier" although his dad...

I mean you would get sooooo big headed if you had people and girls falling all over you! But really he's not that big headed. You just don't stalk him like I do, I guess. (Just kidding I think)

[Stayce]

I don't think how an actor looks has anything to do with why we love or hate the character. Several reasons lead up to that point. First many of us read the books and didn't start with the movie images. Secondly Lucius is very good looking and most severly hated by the general population, Third most people judge by actions over looks unless trying to gain access to the person for a relationship. Forth is helped by a common saying the guy we love to hate. It is not that we like Draco per say but that we love his character. His actions are repulsive but he makes the story some much better by doing them. Otherwise it would be Harry potter and all the great people who liked him and never disagreed with him either.

[lo5t4lon3]

... I think it is Tom Felton ...

[faeryobsessive]

I can't help but be intregued by the evil charries. It's just who I am. I'm not in love with them by any means, but I am mainly interested in their pasts and all that fun stuff.

[ShellyBell18]

I think seeing Tom as Draco has a good deal to do with it. People are taken with his looks and disregard the fact that he's supposed to be "evil." Sure some people like that bad boy image, but I think seeing the face helpes enhance that.

[Kathleen Malfoy]

Draco, described as unattractive looking in the books?

I never thought so myself. I thought his discription was attractive.

Pale, grey eyes, pointed chin.....he sounds like he could be sexy. Those are features that I like actually. I like pale skin, grey eyes, and a pointed chin makes me imagine that he's very slim like myself. And I'm a blonde, like Draco, so that can be attractive to me also.

Unlike Crabbe and Goyle who are obviously discribed as unattractive not to mention stupid.

Anyway, of course I like Tom Felton as Draco! Although I'd still like Draco if it was someone else playing him. I mean, I guess if he was made to look really unattractive then I wouldn't like him as much as I do now but I don't think he is unattractive in the books, so getting someone unattractive to play him probably wouldn't work.

And maybe it is scary that I like bad guys.....but I do, and not all of them would be considered 'hot' by most people. Anyone remember Grima Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings? He wasn't considered hot but I was still attracted to him. Mind you, I liked Frodo much more than Grima. Frodo is what I would call hot, and is actually the only 'good' character I've ever been attracted to which makes him special.

I think there's something alluring about bad guys.....and maybe that would disturb/freak but I just think villains are a lot more sexy/interesting than the good characters.

And you can't expect everyone to love the good characters.....there will always be those who will like the bad guys. All the characters need fans.

Anyway, that's in movies/books/video games. In real life I wouldn't go for someone who's evil and wants to kill people or beat people up. If I married a guy like that, I'd probably be abused as well.

Villains are just guys that I can swoon over from afar.

And I don't think that Draco is going to become good. I don't expect him too even though it's possible but I don't believe he will.

Draco doesn't really seem evil to me right now though. He just seems like a jerk. And I've done things like him before, even though I regret it now.

There was a kid I didn't like when I was about 14 or so. I didn't like him for years and one day 2 other guys in my class that I knew saw me and him arguing and knew that I didn't like him so they took him, punched him, and stuffed him in a locker and locked it. I just laughed because I hated him. I didn't do anything to help him get out of there or tell a teacher. I stood infront of the locker he was in and laughed.

I wouldn't do that ever again though. I don't want to become a mean/nasty person so I got rid of those feelings and now if I saw him again, I wouldn't hate him. Even though he was also not the nicest person to me(it kind of went both ways....a mutual hate). We had hated each other for years, called each other names, all kinds of stuff. It's probably for the best that we no longer know each other.

I guess I could 'hope' that Draco would be the same and let the hate go, but I won't go and believe that he will. It's more likely that he'll become worse.

[SyirenSlytherin]

i probably don't belong here since i am not a Draco fan but i figure i'll put in my two cents on the subject.

when it comes to bad boys i think it really all comes down to power and wanting to be the person behind that power. with a bad boy you have some one who's ambition is not compromised by moral ideals. if they want something they'll take it, and get away with it. now if you were friends with this person, or say having more intimit relations with them and thus were able to get them to do things which would also benifit you without having to do anything for them... well this can be a very alluring arrangment, and you don't even have to dirty your hands! because it's not you, you just reap all the benifits. money, power, status, these are all qualities a person typically aspires to and they are all qualities you'll find in a bad boy.

now i should also make the distinction between a bad boy and a thug. thugs may be bad guys, willing to do anything to get what they want, but they lack the style and intelligance to set them apart and are typically under the bad boy's payroll.

i don't even want to go in the all he needs is a little lovin' mentality some girls seem to get. personally it drives me insane (as it comes up constantly in my other fandom). but next to power, looks hold very little in compitition :evil:

[Kathleen Malfoy]

Honestly I've always pictured Draco to look a lot like the guy in my new sig.....Dilandau Albatou from the anime Escaflowne.

And I don't think that's unattractive looking! Dilandau looks a lot like how I think Draco was discribed in the books. That's what I think at least. :p

[Raven_Girly]

I never thought about it but I think you are really right!

When the books came out I didn't care about Malfoy. He was just an annoying character to me. But since the 2nd movie is out he is my favorite character!

I hope I am not going to stop loving Sirius after I saw the 3rd movie because Gary Oldman is really not how I pictured Sirius to be.

This is kind of the same for me! Draco was never really a character I ever cared about, but since the movies came out, he has become one of my favourites! I suppose it would have not been the same if Tom Felton had not been cast as Draco, although I have come to like the character in the book too. I suppose Tom Felton just drew atttention to the character for me.

Before the movies, I had never imagined Draco to look anything like Tom. I'd always imagined him to be kind of ugly...I suppose that's why I never liked him that much!

[123LRSC]

I can't actually remember how I pictured Draco before the films came out. I think he is good looking in the films but I don't go off the films too much because they are not my imagination- lol!

[Kimmetje]

I hated his hair in PoA movie as it was just horrible, I pictured it as pretty, but no it was as if he was a dog and I hated the whole weak thing when he faked crying before Hermione smashed him in the face. I loved him in earlier movies though and I hope his hair will be better in GoF.

[phoenix27]

Personally being 27 I don't fancy Tom Felton at all but I can see why younger people fancy him and like the charactor because of it. Personally I never liked Dracos charactor before I watched the films as I though he was a slimy git anyway. I also don't like Lucius Malfoy because he is obviously such a nasty person but I really fancy him because of Jason Isaacs who is just very very gorgeous!! Now Snape on the other hand has facsinated me from Day one from from reading the books and i'm sorry to say that although Alan Rickman makes a reasonable Snape he just isn't my Snape. (ducks quickly out of sight and makes a run for it lol)

[Inkwolf]

Just out of curiousity--the last I heard, Tom Felton wasn't going to make any more HP movies because he wanted to go to college and join his brother's business.

So, has he changed his mind on that? Any story about why? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse? :p

[Fruity]

Maybe that's why they made him a crybaby in PoA. Make the character a little less popular with the fans. If that's the case, all you Draco fans get ready to hate how he's portrayed in GoF. :rotfl:

I actually never liked Tom Felton at all until I saw that scene. I suddenly found him attractive in that moment. But maybe the carbonation from my pop had got into my brain, we'll see when I get the DVD.

I do like the character of Draco, though. Sure, he's written like a total jerk, but who says I have to keep him that way? He's really a lot of fun.

[WildAboutHarry]

I agree that Tom Felton is a cute kid, but Draco is a rotten little brat. JKR intended for us to hate him; that's why she wrote him that way.

Likewise, Lucius is a horrible, horrible person, but when I first saw Jason Isaacs, I just couldn't take my eyes off him. The man is charisma personified, not to mention gorgeous.

On the other hand, although I like the character of Ron, I find all the actors who play the Weasleys (with the exceptions of the females) frightfully ugly. But they're good people, with the exception of Percy; Fred and George are annoying, but not really evil.

Then, of course, you have the Dursleys; both horrible and ugly.

I'd much rather spend the holidays with the Weasleys than the Malfoys or the Dursleys.

[Taichi]

Well, when I read the books, my mind's eye 'fills in the blanks'

I must admit, the first movie is what made me an HP fan, and it took me a LONG time to stop visualizing the actors in my mind's eye.....

Draco is ugly to me now, like he should be......but when it comes to Snape, I have to admit, he was cast perfectly, because the only person I could see in the role is Rickman....

unfortunately, in my mind's eye, Snape always has a beard, like Rickman did, as the Sheriff of Nottingham, in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.......

bearded Snape beats clean-shaven Snape every time!

[krisi22]

hey,

everyone loves tom so whats the point. i mean look at uks princes will and harry. at first everybody loved will now harry is the cuter one, even though he does bad stuff.

com on bad and evil is kool. although daniel and harry still rock the planet.

[Coik]

I agree that Tom Felton is a cute kid, but Draco is a rotten little brat. JKR intended for us to hate him; that's why she wrote him that way.

Hmmm...maybe that's why I like Draco? You're right, the books really do belabor the point about how EVUL he is...maybe I like him as a way of rebeling against JKR's seeming determination to have him be a walking one-dimensional sterotype of Not Nicesness.

[worlds_cutest_ferret]

I'm actually scared about how much I like the character now. I don't really remember how I felt about him before the movies; but I do remember hating his guts in OOtP. One of the main reasons I'm re-reading it right now is to get that feeling back. In case you haven't guessed I have recently seen PoA, where Tom Felton was unfathomablely good-looking, as opposed to the other two where he was just cute(it's the hair, I love it). I really think that has changed my view on the character. I'm starting to think he will turn out good in the end when I know he won't. I'm also boarderline shipping D/Hr or D/G, because he's just a softie underneath(at least the Draco side, I'm still definitly R/Hr). Oh! Does cheating on Sorting Hat quizzes to get Slytherin count as being obsessed? I think so. I REALLY have to go back and read OOtP again so I can hate him, but I think that might make me love him more!

[curlz]

I kinda agree with girl_wizardry. I quite like how Draco looks in the movies, but that dosen't mean I like his personality. Although he does have some of the best lines. In the books Draco comes across as a prat and a turd, he acts quite ugly and like he is something special when really everyone except his cronies know he isn't. If it weren't for Tom Felton then I'd hate Draco altogether. I don't know how so many people can want to be slytherins though, even if movie Draco is hot he is still a nasty pasty and so is the rest of Slytherin.

[loopdeedoo123]

Yeah... If I thought Tom was cute, I'd probably like him, too. As it is, I don't. But it's true about all the merchandise. It's like Draco's part of the trio, almost. Except that there's a sneer on his face all the time, so you know he's got to be evil :evil: I always imagined him ugly, though, in the books. Not looking like Tom Felton.

[lynsey1989]

i think the way draco is described on the books is very similar to tom felton
just some people pictured him differently

i always imagined draco (before films came out) not to be ugly

[Ruby Black]

I don't think it's really the influence of Tom Felton at all, but rather, the imaginations of the fans of Harry Potter. When HP fanfictions started popping up, readers were free to manipulate the characters and turn them into anything they wanted. A lot of people like the idea of a "bad guy" turning "good". I know I do. Fans have turned a book that is supposed to have a fine line between good and evil into something much more complicated, adding different "sides" to characters such as Draco Malfoy.

I really don't think there's a way to change Draco's new personality now, no matter how terrible Rowling makes him. There will just be certain people who'll see that as even more of the high maintenance bad boy they adore.

[Turm]

There will just be certain people who'll see that as even more of the high maintenance bad boy they adore.

I remember Arnold Schwarzenegger saying at the premiere of Batman and Robin, that the bad guy is more important and more adoreable then the hero, because you would not know the good guy if you didn't knew the bad one.

[angelzrfree]

Well I've always had a soft spot for Malfoy since the series starting. Before the movies came out. No in the books Harry describes Hermione as not that very attractive either. Then later on we see that she starts to become more beautiful. We have to wonder if Harry did not describe Draco this way because he doesn't like him. Long Faced people are not ugly.

[Briar Filth]

Malfoy intruiged me ever since I started reading the books 6 years ago. I never imagined him as ugly, nor handsome. Just... in between. Average, like a person who would do perfectly fine (concerning looks), but there were still much better looking blokes out there.

True, when the film came out, I was 11 and I was obsessed with Tom Felton! So obsessed to the point that my friend bought me the action figure of him (which turned out to look like my Aunt, but never mind, I had fun doing Voodoo torture rituals).

I liked him for a year, possibly more, and then there was Lord of The Rings........

Oh, how I fancied Aragorn!! :p

But still, I was put off Tom as his face matured, and how he came across in interviews. I don't think he has acted very well, but a good director is all he needs. He could be amazing with the right director.