Tom Felton Says He Was Cast As Draco Malfoy Because He Didn't Care About Harry Potter

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Harry Potter star Tom Felton, who portrayed the iconic Slytherin Draco Malfoy, has recently revealed that he was cast for the role because he didn’t care about the prior best-selling novels that the films are based on. However, to be fair, the reason Felton simply didn’t care about the popular J.K. Rowling series was that he wasn’t aware of them before he auditioned.

Acting as the rival anti-hero to the titular character, Malfoy is seen throughout the Harry Potter films antagonizing and down-right bullying Harry and his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Malfoy formed his own sort of clique as well, appointing his friends Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle as evil sidekicks. Felton starred in all eight of the original Harry Potter films as Malfoy, throughout which he garnered critical acclaim for his performance and growth during the franchise. Malfoy's story ended with him and his family escaping the battle between Voldemort and Harry at Hogwarts. From there, Draco would go on to get married and have a son named Scorpius, who he ends up sending to Hogwarts in order for him to join the descendants of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny in the future. Felton received such praise for his role as Draco that it’s hard to believe he did so without having any real strong interest in the franchise that ended up practically raising him.

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However, Felton is convinced it’s his more care-free approach that guaranteed the role of Draco Malfoy was all his. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Felton spoke on the audition process that he underwent in order to be cast as Malfoy. Felton went on to reveal that he wasn’t even aware of J.K. Rowling's novels before he went in