Unlike some of his former co-stars, though, Felton has since struggled to shed his status as an alumnus of Hogwarts, which means his career outside of the World of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been anything but magic. Whereas Daniel Radcliffe has become something of an indie sensation and Emma Watson headlined an entirely different blockbuster with curses and castles, Tom Felton hasn't been able to ride his Nimbus 2001 to the top of the Hollywood ladder just yet. Let's take a look at some of the reasons Hollywood won't cast him anymore. Whereas some of his co-stars were emotional about the franchise that informed their childhoods coming to an end, Felton seemed a bit bitter. He told that he looked forward to the 'freedom' of not starring in the films anymore, including getting to kick back and enjoy the sunshine for a while to shed the Malfoy pallor, because he didn't want fame.'
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One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money — putting a price on your childhood — is ridiculous,' he said. 'To me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real.' Considering most of those fans who were cheering him on at those very premieres were the ones he'd need to see his next movies, those words may have come back to bite him harder than Nagini.
In 2011, Felton revealed that he'd with an independent label to produce some hip-hop music, saying, 'I was thinking of doing some N-Dubz-style stuff. I am looking to get into the grime rap UK scene.' Felton added that he intended to 'change his image — backward caps, the lot.' Although that public persona overhaul never seemed to pan out, some of his.
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However, despite a few EP releases and a moderate amount of viral attention, his music has hardly been successful enough to qualify as a new career path — especially since people apparently when he's out and about playing in public. Like Draco, the character was remarkable only for his sniveling demeanor and the ease with which audiences could root against him. Felton that he's personally nothing like Draco Malfoy and that he's trying to distinguish himself from that persona with his screen selections. Between this role and his villainous TV turn on TNT's Murder In the First, though, he may not be distancing himself from the role that made him famous, which could make him seem a little one-note to casting directors. Indeed, even Radcliffe has had to work hard to extricate himself from the world of broomsticks and floo powder, taking roles that are far off the mark of the Boy Who Lived (consider his turn as the farting corpse in Swiss Army Man, for instance). By heading right back into an unlikable mini-baddie role after Deathly Hallows, Felton may have made a huge career misstep right from the start.
He told in 2011, 'I'm much more nervous in auditions now than I was at 11. You take a lot of hits before you get something good. The first few were heartbreaking.' The disappointment of being denied a role (then two, then nine) or was so disorienting for him, in fact, that he considered walking away from the business altogether. 'I thought, 'I can't do this.'
They are cut-throat in America,' he explained. 'Before you've even started, someone's playing on the BlackBerry. You're reading your lines, physically convulsing, and they just say 'Thank you.' That means, 'Get lost.'
I did 19 auditions and got the 20th, for the film The Apparition.' To make matters worse, that movie would mark the start of a series of box office flops. He even told that he hopes any eventual remake of the series might feature him in it, whether it's as his character's father, Lucius Malfoy, or 'a wizarding extra in the background.' He told that by 2016, he was starting to 'miss Draco greatly.' Perhaps all that time spent away from the franchise has finally allowed him to appreciate how rare it was for him to nab such a lucrative role, because he seems eager to recapture some of that magic, even teaming up with former co-stars Emma Watson and Matthew Lewis for a that got the Harry Potter fanbase talking again.
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He told Metro (via ) that playing the suave 007 agent is an 'unfulfilled career ambition' for him, saying, 'I haven't landed James Bond yet. Playing Bond or a Bond villain was why I wanted to do movies in the first place.' Considering that may be the most coveted role in all of Hollywood, his expectations may be a bit lofty and unrealistic. That said, he did seem to realize that he might be more likely to nab the bad guy role in that or any pic than the hero, saying, 'I'm not typecast, I am going for things further up the heroic scale. But I would be happy to play villainous roles for the rest of my life.' The show features Felton as one of several would-be intergalactic colonists whose journey to a new planet goes way off course and leaves 10 of them stranded and trying to figure out who's to blame for all the chaos. Following at 2018's San Diego Comic-Con, Felton was asked about the new endeavor, and he was almost immediately pegged as the probable big bad of the show, thanks to his screen history.
Why would you say that?' He in response to the suggestion — but clearly, his rep as the go-to villain is still alive and well.
Even so, his willingness to explore alternative mediums for his art may be the start of a career revival, and that's not the only sign that he's adapting to a changing cinematic world.