Full Circle Was a Challenge

The actor  discusses the  role on the Neil Lebute series and his career after playing Draco Malfoy.

"Harry Potter" actor Tom Felton stars on the premiere episode of playright Neil Lebute's Direct TV's
series "Full Circle.

For the role the 26 year old and co star Minka Kelly had to shoot their half hour  episode together in a 14 hour day which proved challenging for the movie star.

 "Contrasting to the days of Harry Potter - we'd get 30 seconds done in a day - it was new to me and a challenge "  Felton told   The Wrap and other reporters at the press event for the  DirectTV drama.

"I was pretty nervous when we started to see if we hit the ground running or whether it would take a long time to go " he continued  "Without a question.  it was the most intense day of my life. Emotions were coming out when I didn't want them to or need them  but ultimately it helped in the performance. No one really had the chance to stop and get their phones out or go make a cup of coffee . It was back to back and off we go "

On the series. each episode a different couple and their lives weave into the other episode. The 26 year old  plays Tim ,  a British College Student having an affair with a married woman played by Minka Kelly . With plans to return home, Tim begs the woman  to leave her husband and family for him.

Minka's an incredibly talented person " he said  of his co star. "It was nice, because you never saw two takes that were the same, she was always changing it up."

With so little time to build chemistry, the pair read line together over Skype.

"The  chemistry was something that came the day  before we shot, " he said  "which was nice."

While most of the actors had back-to-back episodes Felton  felt  it lucky to appear in the premiere episode and then again on the tenth and last episode after a three week hiatus between them.

"I quite like it in the respect we get to see the longest journey for Tim " he said  "Who he is in Episode 1  is world's away from where he is in the tenth episode . So, I feel lucky that we get to show without revealing to much, that he's slightly more ambitious  ever more slightly juvenile, in the first episode. But come the tenth, he's given more time to grow and mature.

And while child stars can find the same role that made them famous can hamper their career , Felton  is still grateful for what the $7.7 billion ' Harry Potter '  franchise  has done for him.

'It's definately not a burden, " he said  "Its taught  everything I know pretty much for acting and general set thing. I think it's a good thing . the character I played on "Harry Potter" was a very strong,  evil wizzard, which is quite a bespoke role. I haven't seen anything quite close to that since then. I generally feel most times I walk into a room to meet someone they're shocked at my appearance and that I'm not evil. That kinda plays to my advantage.

Felton's television project is a pilot for TNT called "Murder in the First"  on which he plays a charismatic  Silicon Valley CEO with a vicious side.

"The goal of the last couple of years, I think is to just do as many contrasting roles to Draco as possible, as much as I like to play an asshole."  he said  "Luckily. the last few ones have been very contrasting and Im looking forward to seeing peoples reactions  to that" 

Full Circle premieres  wednesday 9/8c on DirectTVs Audience network.


You can find the Interview HERE

GOOD LUCK TOM !