O.P.: Have you ever had a chance to tap into the experience of someone like Michael Gambon or Alan Rickman and get some advice from them?
T.F.: Umm, yeah, yeah. It’s not so much sitting there and asking them questions non-stop, but they’re a wealth of stories and of great jokes. So I think acting-wise you learn more from them just watching.

It’s quite incredible to see Michael Gambon drinking tea and having a cigarette and then two minutes later he’s this sort of mystical wizard. So, yeah, it’s great fun for me as an actor to see these things happen around you.

O.P.: Jumping further into the film, how did you prepare for the key scene? It’s obviously a difficult scene.
T.F.: Yeah, I don’t really know. It’s kind of hard because you’ve got Michael Gambon who just jokes every two seconds flat and there was a bit in there where I messed up a line of some nature and I was so nervous and embarrassed to do it in front of Michael. And I was so apologetic for about twenty minutes afterwards and he was like, ‘Do you know how much I’m on a week, we can do this all day.’ And he was like, ‘Keep messing them up if you can.’

So yeah, no, we had a lot of fun and they’re very good at making you feel extremely comfortable, very quickly, so I’m very grateful for that.

O.P.: He’s evil, and what’s up with his hair…?
T.F.: I know. I don’t really understand, I mean where Draco finds the time to get his roots touched up every week. It’s a very iconic hairdo, I guess no one else really has it.

There have been times where naturally, getting your hair dyed isn’t that pleasant, but saying that, I’ve grown quite oddly attached to it over the years. People have asked me, at the end of it are you planning on cutting it off, but I can see myself strangely keeping it. I’m not sure about it yet. I’m not sure what my girlfriend has to say about that.

O.P.: Was there one crazy moment that was just outrageously crazy?
T.F.: I probably shouldn’t say it, but as you’re all very fair to me I’ll dive into this tale.

At the very end of the scene, after Snape has done his bit, we’re sort of walking out of the Great Hall in this sort of goose, v-wing formation in which he’s at the front. He’s the sort of leading goose if you will, and he’s got this sort of wedding-dress cape on that goes three metres on the ground.

The director was very keen for us to stay close behind to him and of course, don’t look at where your feet are going. And actually, before we started filming Alan turned around in his very sinister way and said, [imitating his voice] ‘Don’t step on my cloak.’

And we also didn’t know if he was joking or not, so we’re all, ‘Ha ha, very funny, very funny.’ So naturally, on the second take I planted my heel well and truly on it, which ripped his neck back in a hilarious fashion in my eyes, but at the time it didn’t go down well and there was a rather awkward silence after.

Saying that, Alan is an incredibly nice guy and one of the funniest on the set. There’s a lot of confusion there, that he’s a very sinister guy, but he’s hilarious.

O.P.: What’s on your shirt?
O.P.: It’s Mohammed Ali, right?
T.F.: Yeah, you tell me. Please, I was dressed. This is a t-shirt, I think.

Yeah, it is Ali, isn’t it? Yeah, through the years.

I’m not much of a fashionable man. If you left me to my own devices it would probably be a hoodie and jeans 365 days a year. So I’m glad I have a very talented girlfriend to do that for me. [Laughs]