'Harry Potter' Star Tom Felton Explains How Actors Will Age In 'Deathly Hallows'

13 May 2010 12:01 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'I've been having some aging training,' Felton says of film's epilogue.

By Eric Ditzian

Tom Felton

Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage

We've been openly speculating about it for far too long: How will the minds behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" shoot the story's epilogue, which picks up almost two decades in the future? Would director David Yates and his team hire older actors to stand in for Daniel Radcliffe and the rest of the cast or would he employ special effects to age the familiar "Potter" faces?

Now we know for sure. Speaking with MTV News, co-star Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) revealed that he and the rest of the cast will play older versions of their characters. What's more — achieving those looks will require a mix of prosthetics and CGI technology.

"For nearly two months, we've all been doing prosthetic tests and all sorts of preparation for the epilogue, »

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