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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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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.

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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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What looks are your favorites? Leave a comment and let us know!

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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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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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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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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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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.

L1z
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually kind of looks like the actress who played moaning Myrtle

David Philbeck
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i agree with ya on that one Professor Mcgonagall her persona fits the original character Maggie Smith

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The Chosen One
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maggie Smith was so good in this role though, she's such an amazing actress. In my opinion, she's much better than whatever this is.

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

Though Maggie Smith makes a great Mcgonagall, in the books she was much younger.

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

Looks kinda like an adult Wednesday Addams, but that's probably mostly the hair.

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

Not bad in the book she is much younger. But Maggie Smith did so well in the role hard toicture anyone else

Cora Matley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ok anybody wached pink panther??? because it really looks like nicole but like 10 to 20 years older....see what I mean??? 19920-2831...208ffd.jpg 19920-28313-63f2b90208ffd.jpg

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

This one not how I saw here defiantly Maggie Smith in my mind even before the films

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

Personally this comes close to whom I imagine. Yes, Maggie Smith stole the role Perfectly. However, I am trying to escape the movie depictions of the characters.

Ashley Wizner
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

uh well at least she is not creepy like most others but i have to say I agree with Nicole

Hypogryff4
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she's carrying a whole entire school on her back she deserves more wrinkles

Darby Cook
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks like Shirley Henderson (the actress who played Moaning Myrtle).

Brenda Torres-Dominicy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, she looks like an older Moaning Myrtle, dead ringer for the actress Shirley Henderson though too thin. Maggie Smith was perfect.

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

Same McGonagall just 50 DAMN YEARS YOUNGER. THIS ONE MAKES THE OTHER MCGONAGALL LOOK LIKE QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Micah Robertson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

to young she look the age of one of the 7th year students who has been held back

Anime fan 2012
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks like the stern and loving mother type, wait didn't she lose a child

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

The girl in Sherlock that dates Moriarty when Moriarty pretends to be gay.

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

Moaning Myrtle is that you? Did Peeves put you up to impersonating Professor McGonagall?

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

Nope. Maggie Smith will forever be the epitome personification of Prof McGonagall

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

The artist needs to revoke their Harry Potter nerd claim. A lot of these photos are missing details given by the books

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

She is described with beady eyes in the book. I still think Maggie Smith was a perfect McGonagall.

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

I don’t know. I never envisioned her quite this young. Maybe 50’s with Dumbledor in his 70’s or 80’s. This could be 50’s I guess. But I’d envisioned her with more grey in her hair.

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

Too young even for being on the young side in the books. Give her a few more wrinkles and more grey in her hair.

kkathleen517
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope. No. Most of these are just awful. Has this person read the books at all?? I just got done rereading all of them for umpteenth time and these pictures just don't seem to be an accurate representation of these characters at all.

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

A younger, alternate dimension Minerva I guess? One that is the discipline teacher of a high school

Fabio Paolo Barbieri
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McGonagall is a black-haired spinster with her hair in a bun. Maggie Smith is a great actress, and was a great beauty when young, but she does not in the least look like this particular dour Scot.

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

I just see a trans 25 year old woman in this pic. I have nothing against trans people, I'm just saying what I see in the pic.

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

she looks like Courtney C*x to me, if made up to look older and plain

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

This looks more like Shirley Henderson (who played Moaning Myrtle)!!!

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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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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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