Tom Felton spent £14 million on 31 minutes of Harry Potter just to buy trash

Perhaps making easy money prevented Tom Felton from learning proper financial management.

In Harry Potter, Tom Felton plays Draco Malfoy, Harry's school nemesis. Despite appearing in all 8 episodes, Tom's total broadcast time was only 31 minutes 45 seconds, a few minutes less than the main antagonist Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) with 37 minutes and 15 seconds.

The late Robbie Coltrane, who played Rubeus Hagrid, was in front of the camera for 45 minutes and 45 seconds. Meanwhile, the trio of main characters Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) have the most screen time with 539 minutes, 205 minutes and 211 minutes.

Although not too much acting land, the role of Draco Malfoy brought Tom 14 million pounds (about 400 billion VND at today's exchange rate), equivalent to 451,631 pounds per minute on air.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Tom's current net worth is estimated at over £17 million. This number has not increased much since completing the role in Harry Potter. In fact, after Draco Malfoy, Tom's career is not so prominent. He has participated in films such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Devil Appears, Feed and Ophelia...

Possessing a large sum of money at a young age made the 8X actor unable to control spending for a while. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tom admitted a lack of financial responsibility.

"I buy a lot of the junk that kids buy: skateboards, clothes, and typical teenage stuff. As soon as I can, I waste a lot of money on cars, mainly BMWs, for himself and his family," he said.

Tom was absorbed in luxury pleasures ignoring his biological mother's warning that he would lose money if he bought a car. He ended up having trouble with the tax officer for 2 years. Fortunately, Tom solved the problem with the help of an accountant.

Harry Potter was released from 2001 to 2011. It is the fourth highest-grossing film series of all time, grossing $7.7 billion.

Recently, in an interview with Metro on October 24, veteran actress Miriam Margolyes revealed that she received 60,000 pounds (more than 1.7 billion dong) when playing Professor Sprout, the head of the Hufflepuff family, in the movie. 2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002. This is a desirable salary because she only appeared for about 3 minutes. According to Ms. Margolyes, when she was paid, she was not satisfied because she thought it was too small compared to the main cast.

Although the Harry Potter series has closed for decades, the memory of movie fans never seems to have lost its charm, the lives of the stars have not stopped being interested.

The success of the film helped Felton have the opportunity to work in Hollywood in the mid-2000s. He quickly immersed himself in the bustling, frivolous life of the world's movie capital. At that time, he was dating Jade Olivia (from 2008 to 2016).

''My world became one of crazy opportunities, epic and wonderful nights out. I like them. Jade likes them too. For a while, that life was fun, but only for a while. The glamor began to tarnish. I never thought I wanted a life like that. As time went on, an unpleasant truth quietly emerged to me: I don't want it... I'm in a fortunate and privileged position, but there's something unreal about life that isn't true. I'm going through," Felton described.

Realizing that reminded Felton of the past, of ordinary conversations with someone who didn't know and cared about who he was. Felton also missed his mother.

The actor gradually spends more time at Barney's Beanery, a long-standing bar in Hollywood. Before that, Felton barely touched alcohol, but at that time he drank alcohol every day, and carried it with him to relieve his cravings at any time. And eventually he became a heavy drinker, he even escaped from rehab 3 times.

Fortunately, after many ups and downs of life and having a wonderful mother by her side, Felton was able to escape the temptations of life.

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