Tom Felton 'heartbroken' at being sorted in Gryffindor on 'Pottermore'

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Last Updated : Jan 22 2015 | 5:00 PM IST

Tom Felton finally decided to join J.K. Rowling's website, Pottermore, but was "heartbroken" when the sorting hat put him in his rival's house Gryffindor.

The 27-year-old actor, who played Harry Potter's enemy Draco Malfoy, a baddie of house Slytherin, took to Twitter to share the 'sad' news with his followers, and wrote "Today was the day. I finally did it. I joined Pottermore and was sorted into........Gryffindor. Heart broken x #slytherinforlife," the Mirror reported.

Rowling sweetly replied at the actor's post saying "I could've told you that years ago. I just didn't want to spoil your motivation," and accompanied it with a wink.

The post created amongst fans, who started commenting on the celebrties' posts saying that they loved them, while a fan sympathized with Felton saying that the website lied sometimes and he should remember that a "wizard chose his house as well.

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First Published: Jan 22 2015 | 4:47 PM IST

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