Harry Potter's Tom Felton has 'been in rehab three times' amid substance abuse struggle

Daniel Radcliffe found playing 'Weird Al' Yankovic to be a "liberating" experience. The 33-year-old actor stars as the singer in the new biopic film, 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story', but Daniel didn't feel under any extra pressure in the role. Daniel - who is best known for playing Harry Potter in the money-spinning film franchise - told the 'Backstage' podcast: "There was something quite liberating for us about how different the people we're playing are from their real-life counterparts.

JoJo Siwa transformed into a Harry Potter character on Tuesday when she posted a TikTok of her uncanny Draco Malfoy impersonation.Dressed in the iconic character's green-and-black Slytherin robes, the 19-year-old pop star sported slick blonde hair and as she mouthed along to one of Malfoy's most iconic lines.'This is Crabbe, and Goyle,' she lip-synced to audio of the legendary scene from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 'And I'm Malfoy.

Ralph Fiennes, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film franchise, says the “verbal abuse” directed at Potter author JK Rowling over her statements on trans women is “disgusting” and “appalling.”

It’s been more than two years since ‘Harry Potter’ creator J.K. Rowling went full transphobic on social media, alienating entire swaths of her fanbase and having multiple members of the film franchise speak out against her.

“But it’s not some obscene, uber right-wing fascist. It’s just a woman saying: ‘I’m a woman and I feel I’m a woman and I want to be able to say that I’m a woman’.“And I understand where she’s coming from.

ROBBIE Coltrane's causes of death reveal the Harry Potter star suffered painful health problems leading up to his passing at the age of 72. The Brit acting legend died from a number of conditions including multiple organ failure, his death certificate has shown. It's understood the Harry Potter star had been unwell for some time and battled diabetes and obesity.

Harry Potter coins will be released in a new collection to mark 25 years since the first book in the series. Royal Mint is launching the coins which will initially feature Queen Elizabeth II and later King Charles III.

The new Harry Potter coin collection being released by the Royal Mint will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.

Daniel Radcliffe used a photo of Cameron Diaz to direct him where to look during broomstick flying scenes in 'Harry Potter'. The 33-year-old actor - who played the titular character in the movie series based on JK Rowling's books - has previously opened up about his crush on Cameron, and his co-star Tom Felton has revealed how the film crew used it as an aid on set. Writing in his memoir 'Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard', the 35-year-old star - who played Draco Malfoy - explained how flying scenes were shot using a "see-saw device" and typically "a tennis ball on a long pole" to show where the actor should be looking.

"Harry Potter" actor Tom Felton is speaking out about his past battle with alcohol abuse, which caused him to visit rehab multiple times. In Felton’s new memoir, "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard," he shared that in his 20s he was drinking heavily to "escape" and revealed his struggles with mental health.

Cameron Diaz played a part in the “Harry Potter” movies, but she probably doesn’t know it.

Harry Potter film series, revealed that he began “drinking to escape” and spent much of his 20s in bars, noting that his troubles often spilled into his professional life.“Drinking becomes a habit at the best of times,” Felton wrote in his newly-released book Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.“When you’re drinking to escape a situation, even more so. The habit spilled out of the bar and, from time to time, on to set.”He continued: “It came to the point where I would think nothing of having a drink while I was working. I’d turn up unprepared, not the professional I wanted to be.

Harry Potter star Tom Felton has admitted he was once a bit of a “s***** boy” to co-star Emma Watson and that he still feels "ashamed".The pair co-starred in the films as Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, and Emma recently revealed that when they were younger she had a bit of a childhood crush on Tom.But Tom has now fessed up to mocking the actress when they were making the first movie.READ MORE: Harry Potter's Tom Felton went to rehab 3 times amid alcohol abuse after pals intervenedEmma – who was only nine when she was cast in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - hung out with Harry star Daniel Radcliffe and Ron Weasley actor Rupert Grint, while Tom, who was 12, was more often with some of the slightly older child actors.Opening up in his book Beyond The Wand: The Magic And Mayhem Of Growing Up A Wizard, he revealed that they thought they were “a bit cooler”.He recalled that on one occasion Emma put on a dance show in her dressing room and that the older boys were a bit rude about it.“We sniggered our way down to Emma’s show, and the sniggers grew louder as she danced,” he wrote.“We were just being s***** boys, largely out of awkwardness and because we thought taking the p*** was cool, but Emma was visibly upset by our thoughtless reaction.

Harry Potter star Tom Felton has revealed he battled alcohol problems and went to rehab three times.The actor - best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the films - said he'd drink "to escape" when he was in his mid to late 20s and spent time in dive bars.Now 35, he opened up about his battle in his new book Beyond The Wand: The Magic And Mayhem Of Growing Up A Wizard, after co-star Emma Watson urged him to share his story.READ MORE: Harry Potter teachers now - sad deaths, secret cancer battle and JK Rowling controversy"I went from being not particularly interested to regularly having a few pints a day before the sun had even gone down, and a shot of whiskey to go with each of them," he wrote."The alcohol, though, wasn't the problem. It was the symptom.

Tom Felton has opened up about how his ex-girlfriend staged him an intervention and his lawyer gave him a poignant warning about his life as he spoke about his substance abuse in a new memoir.The Harry Potter star, 35, candidly admitted he turned to drinking heavily to 'escape' his 20s as he detailed his mental health struggles in Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.In his book, which was released on Tuesday, Tom said his alcohol abuse was just a 'symptom' of his 'deeper' struggles as he detailed regularly drinking a few pints and shots of whisky before going to rehab three times. Candid: Tom Felton got candid about his issues with substance abuse, his three rehab stints, and the intervention that made him want to get help, in his new memoir; Pictured 2022Tom said his manager, who was also his then-girlfriend, staged an intervention for him along with his agents after they became concerned about his alcohol use and urged him to get help.But he said it was the poignant warning about his life from his lawyer, who he had 'barely met face to face', at the intervention that 'hit him the hardest', leading to his three rehab stints.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic “Harry Potter” has had many imitators, but none so blatant or irredeemably over-the-top as Netflix franchise starter “The School for Good and Evil,” an extravagant YA costume show from “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig that follows two friends to an elite academy where the heroes and villains of future fairy tales are trained. The whole idea derives from a book series by Soman Chainani, though it’s obvious where it really comes from: the imagination of J.K. Rowling, who must be positively livid watching what looks like the most expensive episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” ever produced. Feig goes full camp here, casting Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron to play the decked-out divas who oversee the enchanted institution’s two sides. The former embodies Professor Dovey, a prissy headmistress in Tweety Bird-yellow threads, who’s always going on about the rules, while Theron’s evil-minded Lady Lesso takes her fashion cues from Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. Joined by Laurence Fishburne (as the Morpheus-like School Master), Michelle Yeoh (largely wasted as some kind of beauty instructor) and Cate Blanchett (in voice only, as the film’s self-aware narrator), these stars have been given carte blanche to chew the scenery.

Tom Felton is getting candid about his addiction struggles in his new memoir, “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard”.

Tom Felton and Emma Watson have been friends for years. In a new interview, Felton discussed their relationship and credited Watson for inspiring him to share personal details in his memoir, “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.”Emma Watson reminisces on the moment she fell in love with Tom Felton while filming Harry PotterKick off the New Year in a magical way! How to watch the Harry Potter reunionIn an interview with USA Today, Felton discussed the idea behind the book and how, at first, it wasn’t going to go into the personal details of his life and his struggle with addiction. “Emma (Watson) was a big force of encouragement to be like, ‘This will resonate with people,’ ” Felton said.

"Harry Potter" star Tom Felton is spilling the details on his co-star Daniel Radcliffe’s celebrity crush.  In Felton’s new memoir, "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard," he shared that Radcliffe used a photo of Cameron Diaz to help guide him on where to look while filming the flying broomstick scenes.  "The approach was that if a piece of magic or any kind of special effect could be achieved practically, that was the best way to do it," Felton explained, according to excerpts shared by Insider.   "This was especially true in the early days when the visual effects team had less-advanced technology at their disposal." Felton portrayed Draco Malfoy in "Harry Potter" – Radcliffe’s nemesis in the mega-hit franchise.