Dean Thomas

[jeanico2000]

> Valerie said: 
> The black kid IS now Dean Thomas. Dean, whom Harry "sicced the 
snake on" in 
> COS, has gone from being a tall white kid with dark hair, to a 
short black kid 
> in POA. Why? Who knows?!?! But look/listen closely at the "Boggart-
in-
> classroom" scene where the kid says something and Lupin responds 
something 
> like "That's right, Mr. Thomas". Guess they couldn't get the 
original Dean 
> back, so they changed actors.

Now me: Actually, no. Dean Thomas is the little guy who walks 
through the ghost when he enters Gryffindor Tower with Harry (and 
also responds to Lupin's question about the boggart). The tall white 
guy with black hair in COS is the guy who gets petrified by the 
Basilisk (Justin, I think his name is). So... I still don't have an 
answer as to who the other black boy is and I do agree that it's 
strange that they gave him so many good lines in POA!
Nicole