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The bad guys’ club

We ask Tom Felton, who plays Harry Potter’s rival, Draco, in the latest installment of the series, how he would match up to other movie villains

What’s the best thing about playing someone evil?

It’s so nice to play someone so well written, and someone that’s so different from Tom. Draco’s not an evil child at all, quite a soft sweetheart really. He’s a victim of circumstances and a victim of terrible parenting. He was the most evil when he was young, as he’s grown older and in this film he’s grown a conscience for the first time.

How do you think Draco would match up to other movie superheroes?

Well, we do have the great advantage of the wand. I like to think that with that you can’t really fail, a bit of abracadabra and bam — the job’s as good as done.

How would Draco do against Edward and Jacob of ‘Twilight’?

Not very well. Take the wand out? There’s no chance — he’s running away crying.

How about the kids from Narnia?

They’re pretty tame. They’ve got no hope. It wouldn’t even get physical. It would be merely verbal — he would spit out a few distasteful remarks and they’d run off back into the wardrobe.

And Jack Sparrow?

The drunken, gay captain? He’s quite a slippery one, that Captain Jack. He would probably get into a tongue-twisting kind of event where Draco’s outsmarted and probably marooned on an island. I see Draco being outsmarted quite quickly.

Finally, would Draco have a chance against the Dark Knight?

Wow, not a hope in hell, that guy’s at another level. Draco would be petrified at the thought.

Have you ever had a bad reaction from Harry Potter fans?

Luckily, I’ve been booed and hissed but nobody has tried to knock my lights out. We get a lot of youngsters come down to the set — and needless to say they’re not all as excited about meeting me as they are Daniel, and rather reluctant to shake my hand. The more I try to sway them, the more creepy it is. I don’t have a huge fan base with the under-7s, but I’ll take it as a compliment.