Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

by Tom Felton

My pride would take another hit when the time came for the hair and make-up team to turn me into Peagreen. I can measure my childhood acting career by unusual haircuts. Long before Draco’s bleached locks became a permanent feature of my life, I proudly sported Peagreen’s quite ridiculous hairdo, a huge mass of orange curls—think Krusty the Clown, but ginger. If you think that’s unappealing, you haven’t heard the half of it. My wig only reached from the front of my hairline to the crown. This meant that the back of my head was entirely exposed. The only solution was to dye the back of it ginger, and perm it so that it curled. The net result was a tightly coiled orange mullet. Reader, I ask you to contain yourself.

Draco.