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Woman Shows How “Harry Potter” Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics)
Interview With ArtistWhen 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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Sirius Black
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."
Fleur Delacour
Nymphadora Tonks
"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."
Severus Snape
Tom Riddle
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."
Lily Potter
Narcissa Malfoy
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.
What looks are your favorites? Leave a comment and let us know!
Argus Filch
Ginevra Weasley
Not too bad, I don’t think she was casted well in the movies anyways.
Cho Chang
Her name though. 🤦♀️ When every other girl has a nice / interesting / exotic name the only Asian girl has the worst most stereotypical name going.
Charlie Weasley
Still upset there was not more of him. He works with dragons! Dragons!! He looks handsome in this recreation, too.
Lucius Malfoy
Hermione Granger
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter
Luna Lovegood
Draco Malfoy
Neville Longbottom
Fred And George Weasley
Lord Voldemort
James Potter
Ronald Weasley
those eyes are boring into my soul please stop smiling like that ron!
Bellatrix Lestrange
Vernon Dursley
Cedric Diggory
Dudley Dursley
Petunia Dursley
Dolores Umbridge
Peter Pettigrew
Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)
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))
Bill Weasley
Longer hair. Earring with a fang. More cool, less dorky. Probably got confused with Percy.
Minerva Mcgonagall
No, sorry, but even before seeing Maggie Smith in that role she was the spitting image for my personal McGonagall.
Pansy Parkinson
Gilderoy Lockhart
Viktor Krum
Seriously where are everyones cheeks?! No one is fed in the books apparently. Chiseled jawlines and sunken cheeks.
Read my mind! I was thinking that the Hogwarts cafeteria must be short staffed.
Load More Replies...So no Dumbledore, Molly, Arthur, or Percy, but we get Voldemort’s mom??
So we put Voldemort mom but not, the man with the half moon spectacles
Read my mind! I was thinking that the Hogwarts cafeteria must be short staffed.
Load More Replies...So no Dumbledore, Molly, Arthur, or Percy, but we get Voldemort’s mom??
So we put Voldemort mom but not, the man with the half moon spectacles