Harry Potter’s Tom Felton says some ‘look down’ on superfans
Tom Felton, or Draco Malfoy as he’s known in the films, tells Newsbeat some people “look down” on certain types of “fanatics”.He came up with the idea after showing friends a video he filmed at an event a few years ago.
“People were dressed up as Stormtroopers, Gandalf and Dumbledore and my mates thought it was fascinating but also really weird,” he says.
“Yet my friends were more than happy to dress up in a football kit and scream at the TV for Manchester United, even though they’ve never even been to Manchester.
"Why is kicking a ball into a net any less weird than liking a fictitious wizard?
"For things like sport or music, it’s considered cool to be a superfan but as soon as it goes into Star Trek or My Little Pony or something a little bit obscure, it becomes a bit weird and people are keen to look down on it.”
“I wanted to find out what separates the passionate from the obsessive…
Most fandoms have a queen, but I think HP has a king. Or at least a president