'Harry Potter' star Tom Felton remembers being scolded by Alan Rickman on set after stepping on his cloak: 'I'll never forget those words'
- Tom Felton recalled what happened one day on set when he stepped on Alan Rickman's cloak.
- "I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: 'Don't step on my fucking cloak,'" Felton said.
Tom Felton, who played Darco Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" movies, said that working alongside the late Alan Rickman was "terrifying in the most pleasant way."
Felton recalled being reprimanded by Rickman, who played the intimidating Professor Severus Snape, when he accidentally stepped on Rickman's long black cloak while shooting a scene for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
"Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: 'Don't step on my fucking cloak,'" Felton said in an Instagram video to promote his upcoming memoir, "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard."
"I sort of giggled," he continued. "The Death Eaters and I looked at each other and thought, 'Is he joking?' It quickly became apparent: He's totally not joking."
Felton said they continued shooting the scene and he tried to be cautiously aware of where he was stepping. It didn't help.
"The next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan," Felton said, noting that he stepped on the cloak halfway down the Great Hall. "You have to bear in mind his cloak's attached around his neck. I nearly killed the poor man! He turned around and gave me a look you never, ever want to see."
They shot the scene again, but Felton said this time "someone else" stepped on Rickman's cloak.
"That kind of took the heat away from me," Felton said. "But I'll never forget those words: 'Don't step on my fucking cloak.'"
Rickman died in 2016. Recently, his recollections of working on the franchise have been in the news as excerpts from his diary have been compiled into the book "Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman," out October 18.
In the book, he referred to the older cast members in the movie as "glorified extras" and described one scene while making "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" as, "Two days of just standing very still, applauding twice, and watching the others dance."