Tom's Potter performance too convincing

Harry Potter star Tom Felton has cast a bad spell over moviegoers – children burst into tears every time he goes out in public.

Tom plays Harry’s evil adversary, Draco Malfoy, in the Potter films and some young fans find his performance a little too convincing.

Every time the 15-year-old walks down the street he makes children cry.

“Kids of six and under have a real thing against me. They cringe and start crying. Some kids are really quite terrified of me,” he said.

“I even scared the director Chris Columbus’s children when I first met them,” he said.

“It’s upsetting and not very nice because I’m not like that in real life. But at least it proves you’ve done your job well.”

JK Rowling has said that one of the characters in the forthcoming fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will be killed off.

And Tom reckons Draco might be the one who meets a sticky end.

“I’ve got the feeling I’m going to plunge to a bloody death,” he said.