Tom Felton stated that there is video of Draco Malfoy assisting Daniel Radcliffe’s eponymous character in the last film, but it was not included in the final cut.
In his memoir, “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard,” released on Tuesday, Felton describes his experience filming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011). Felton portrayed Draco in all eight “HP” films.
The actor stated that weeks of preparation preceded the filming of the last scene of the Battle of Hogwarts due of its significance.
Felton noted, “I’ve never been on a single set for so long.” “Because it was such an important sequence, they wanted to capture it in as many different ways as possible in order to give the eight films the conclusion they deserved,”
Draco Malfoy is portrayed by Tom Felton in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”
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In finishing up the franchise, according to Felton, a great deal of film was discarded.
“There were other scenes that did not make it into the final film, including one in which Draco throws Harry his wand before the final battle with Voldemort,” he stated. “Just imagine! Draco rescuing the day is captured on tape someplace, but no one will ever see it.”
What viewers did see in the film was Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) threatening the surviving survivors with death if they did not join him, after they believed Harry was dead. Draco reluctantly joined Voldemort’s army at the behest of his father Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs), receiving an awkward embrace from the Dark Lord, which Ralph Fiennes improvised.
Then, Neville stood forward and delivered a stirring, passionate address about the battle’s casualties. Harry (Robbie Coltrane) jumped out of Hagrid’s (Robbie Coltrane) embrace and revealed that he was still alive after exclaiming that their battle was not yet done.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.
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Harry then launched a spell against Voldemort, and the two fought until the Dark Lord’s Killing Curse backfired and killed him.
If the scene between Draco and Harry had been included in the film, it would have provided a fitting conclusion to the Slytherin member’s arc in “Harry Potter.”
“For me, Draco’s development in the last films gets to the heart of one of the key concepts of the ‘Harry Potter’ stories: the theme of choice,” Felton wrote in his biography, adding that he sees Draco and Harry as “two sides of the same coin.”
“Harry comes from a family that loves him so deeply that they are willing to die for him,” he said. “Draco is the product of a cruel and abusive upbringing. But when they have the opportunity to make their own decisions, they arrive at the same place.”