Tom Felton recently stated in the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz that he's open to portraying Draco Malfoy in any future Harry Potter adventures. Not only is he open to returning to the character, but he's also open to just being included as a cameo in the background. Draco proves to be quite the nemesis for Harry and fans would rejoice for more stories featuring the blonde.
Draco enjoys making Harry's life a nightmare as if Voldemort doesn't do enough. He grows into his own throughout the series, realizing there's more than following in his father's footsteps. Though his involvement with each film varies, Draco plays an important role in each as he threatens Harry and his friends.
The Sorcerer's Stone: The Rejected Handshake
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone introduces audiences to Draco Malfoy. Unfortunately, he doesn’t make the best impression on Harry with how he behaves toward Ron on the train. Harry didn’t know all the finer details of Draco’s personality like his disdain for Muggles and anyone outside of Slytherin.
Harry turning down Draco’s friendship creates animosity that lasts through the entire series. If perhaps Draco didn’t have a chip on his shoulder and follow in his family’s dark footsteps, the two could have been friends.
The Chamber of Secrets: Draco's Bodyguards
Draco’s best friends and bodyguards are Crabbe and Goyle. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hatch the plan to use Crabbe and Goyle’s hair in a Polyjuice potion to catch Draco spilling secrets about being the heir of Slytherin.
It seems like a good plan considering Draco never goes anywhere without his friends, but it’s unfruitful and shows Draco is just misunderstood. However, the moment does reveal how little Draco knows about them since he never notices Goyle doesn’t wear glasses and only needed them because he is actually Harry.
The Prisoner of Azkaban: Hitting Draco
Draco is a magnet for getting hurt in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. First, he’s “attacked” by Buckbeak during Hagrid’s first class when he doesn’t follow directions and approaches the creature incorrectly. Then, he’s hit with a snowball and dragged through the snow by Harry wearing the Invisibility Cloak.
The icing on the cake is when Hermione punches him in the face for his role in Buckbeak being killed for the alleged attack on him. In all fairness, Draco deserves everything coming his way for how he refuses to listen to teachers and runs to his father for something that is entirely his fault.
The Goblet of Fire: Draco The Ferret
Mad-Eye Moody is a terrible professor who doesn’t follow rules, even though it’s really Barty Crouch Jr. drinking Polyjuice potion, but there is no finer moment than when he turns Draco into a white ferret for trying to cast a spell on Harry while his back is turned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Draco gets his comeuppance and the other students never let him live it down.
The ferret being as white as the Malfoy family’s signature hair color is the cherry on top of the cake. Crouch Jr as Moody being the cause is proof Lucius Malfoy doesn’t hold the entire staff in his pocket.
The Order of the Phoenix: Setting A Bad Example
Draco doesn’t have a huge role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. However, it says a lot about his character that he joins Professor Umbridge’s Inquisitorial Squad to seek out students going against her rules and the Ministry with rebellious behavior.
Draco is used as an example of what not to do and how not to act. Considering feelings for Umbridge run strong with fans, Draco following her lead speaks volumes for how terrible of a person he is and how much he loves power over weaker students.
The Half-Blood Prince: Killing Birds
There are plenty of sad things about Draco, including being forced to become a Death Eater to take over for his father. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, he’s tasked with repairing a Vanishing Cabinet for Death Eaters to travel into Hogwarts and help him kill Dumbledore.
With the other cabinet at Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley, Draco tests the cabinet with a bird, and it dies. No humans are harmed in testing the cabinet, but Draco has no idea what would happen during the test. He attempts other means to kill Dumbledore, like with a cursed necklace, but successfully repairing the cabinet ultimately leads to Dumbledore’s death.
The Deathly Hallows Part One: Protecting Harry
Draco occasionally proves he’s not all bad, especially as the series progresses, and he begins to grow a conscience. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One, Bellatrix asks for confirmation from Draco that Harry is in fact, Harry. Draco’s face shows just how scared he is of what will happen once he confirms Harry’s identity.
He simply answers, “I can’t be sure.” Even with a distorted face, Draco knows Hermione and Ron wouldn’t be caught without Harry. It’s a moment of weakness for the usually cruel boy as he suddenly cannot confirm what Harry looks like.
The Deathly Hallows Part Two: Save Draco
In the final installment of the series, a pivotal moment is when Draco and his friends attempt to capture Harry for Voldemort, but Goyle unintentionally sets the Room of Requirement on fire and puts their lives at risk.
Harry decides to do the right thing and save Draco despite everything they have been through. Draco is the damsel in distress and needs a savior swooping in on a broomstick. The moment adds to Draco’s lack of desire to continue following Voldemort and makes his hug with the antagonist even more awkward.