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When comparing books and their movie adaptations, books almost always prove to be better. One of the reasons is that a film does not always manage to convey the same imagery as a book in which emotions are blended with visuals. When reading, one can form a completely different image of a place or a character and have entirely another general feeling of a story. 

When creating a film adaptation, the cast is usually chosen according to the characteristics described in a book. However, the looks are not always so precise. With that in mind, one Vietnamese woman (to her followers known as MsBananaAnna) decided to use artificial intelligence to see what Harry Potter characters would look like based on book descriptions.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this idea to learn more about her and this project. The woman revealed that she's a 28-year-old "nerd" living in Melbourne. She has been a huge "Potterhead" since grade school. "I basically grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermoine and remember waiting in line at midnight for the release of each book."

"I came up with the idea to recreate the characters when I tried to find some fanworks of Hermione. I watched the movies and though I like Emma Watson, I always thought she was too gorgeous to be Hermione. I couldn't find any renditions of her that I thought were accurate so I ended up making her myself. People seemed to enjoy it so much that I decided to make more characters."

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While some characters look similar to the ones one sees in the movies, others look nothing like them. For MsBananaAnna, Sirius was the one she personally liked the most. "I thought that was plucked straight from my head. Artbreeder can be pretty limiting in what you can do and can be a bit twiddly so not all of the characters came out as I wanted, but I thought Sirius came out as I imagined him! Dark and regally handsome."

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Lily Potter

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Cody
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sure they give her realistic looking green eyes, while giving Harry those florescent orbs.

Bryn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know if it's just fan interpretation, but in fan fiction he has those bright "killer curse green" eyes. So they're the same green as the ak

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Nicole Weymann
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Harry is supposed to have her eyes. Judging from the Harry pic: nope

Cheyenne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is how she should have looked in the movie. She was only 21 when she was killed.

Ashley Barnes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like her hair should have more red in it. This looks brown.

Arne Timmer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Didn't she have red hair? This is the darkbrown version of strawberry blonde.

Rylee Walk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again this is exactly what I imagined she looked like while I was reading the books

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2 years ago

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Zach Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ah, yes, especially the described legendary eyes, and sheer clever expression. I am loving the turnout.

Amanda Nance
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They tried to have Daniel Radcliffe wear green contact lenses but he wasn't able to. It was in an interview.

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Kristin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it just me or does Lily have a lil' mustache? And like gills or something on the left neck

Hannah Evans
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought her hair would be a brighter red and her green eyes brighter

Pascale Pierloot
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, Lily looked more delicate than this Lindsey Logan double/tomboy.

Barbara Altman
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't realize she was so pretty. She has a very sweet face that definitely matches her personality.

Christine Will
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not crazy about this one, as she looks far to young to be Harry's mother. Also, these very full eyebrows are trendy now (2022), but we're not common in the late 90s and early 00s.

Jenna Sinne
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe Emma Watson should have played Lily 😂😂 (According to looks, with all regards she plays a great Hermione!)

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Gasper B.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is just me or is anyone else seeing young version of Mila Kunis? :)

Bettina Jansen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without stopping at the obvious AI face, I feel like her hair should be redder and her eyes greener.

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The recreations of Harry Potter characters got a lot of attention on Reddit (here and here) where MsBananaAnna (or, as she calls herself on Reddit, lettuceown) posted them.

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Ginevra Weasley

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Cho Chang

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Rabbit Carrot
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her name though. 🤦‍♀️ When every other girl has a nice / interesting / exotic name the only Asian girl has the worst most stereotypical name going.

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Charlie Weasley

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still upset there was not more of him. He works with dragons! Dragons!! He looks handsome in this recreation, too.

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Lucius Malfoy

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Zero
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kinda looks like an adult Tom Felton. Which makes sense of course.

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Ronald Weasley

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Bellatrix Lestrange

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BA
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one really reminds me of an actor or actress. I can't really name it? It's like a mixture of famous people I know but I can't tell them apart. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP.

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Petunia Dursley

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Monday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I forgot that Petunia was blonde. Odd that they wouldn't just make her wear a wig for her scenes.

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Dolores Umbridge

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Peter Pettigrew

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Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)

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Kimberley McMillan
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did the AI make wall-eyed? Was that described in the book? Book 6 isn't my fave so I've not read it enough to remember.((people have already pointed out the description that I wasn't recalling. Kinda don't need multiple comments restating the same thing))

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Bill Weasley

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Gautam Balachandran
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Longer hair. Earring with a fang. More cool, less dorky. Probably got confused with Percy.

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Minerva Mcgonagall

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Nicole Weymann
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, sorry, but even before seeing Maggie Smith in that role she was the spitting image for my personal McGonagall.

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Pansy Parkinson

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Lil' Roo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Forgive me, but she reminds me of an angry pig for reasons I cannot explain.

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Viktor Krum

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Jill Sadler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously where are everyones cheeks?! No one is fed in the books apparently. Chiseled jawlines and sunken cheeks.

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