American Actors in HP - Ethnicities in HP
starjackson1
starjackson1 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 5 16:41:54 UTC 2005
I just wanted to mention that the HP series is set in Britian and
Scotland, so the main characters in the stories should be played by
British actors. It just makes sence. And it is well worth
remembering that, when the script did call for characters from other
lands -such as Bulgaria and France - actors from those countires
where chosen for the roles (Krum and Flur). If there had been an
American character in one of the HP books, I can assure you that an
American actor would have been found to play the part.
No one mentioned this point - but JKR characters in the HP series
come from various ethnicities! Today Great Britian is made up of
Indians, Chinese, Africans, etc. And JKR has made the school
population of Hogwarts reflect this face of Britian. I love this
aspect of the books! And all of these actors are also British as
well - in keeping with the casting decision to have British actors
play the British roles.
In light of the above facts, it seems strange to me that anyone
would criticize JKR or the movies for leaving any ethnic group out.
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