Harry's green eyes (was Ask the Question)

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 85034

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" <Elvishooked at h...> 
> wrote:
> > What if you all could attend a press-meeting with Rowling right 
> now - 
> > and you were allowed to ask her just one single question 
>
> 
> Jen: > 
> 1) What is the significance of Harry's and Lily's green, almond-
> shaped eyes?

Carolyn:

I'm hundreds of posts behind at the moment, owing to rashly trying to 
engage with the RW instead of the WW, but had a quick check of this 
thread and didn't find a response on this one, so here goes.

I just watched the PS/SS movie the other night for the umpteenth 
time, and noticed that Harry's eyes were not green. I searched the 
HPFGU movie site, and found that this was because the actor couldn't 
wear the necessary contact lenses. Now, I have followed a lot of 
threads on the books site as to how important it is that both Harry 
and Lily have green eyes, and that this is supposed to be a BIG CLUE 
of some sort. However, it seems to have been something that JKR seems 
to have let go for the movie, so is it really that important after 
all ? Yet another red herring maybe ?

Second, connected with the whole eye thing, in the movie James is 
given glasses, when there is no mention in canon of his wearing them. 
Now, I know there are a lot of things in the movie which are not 
canon (groan), but it struck me as odd. It was just a silly little 
pointless detail, so why bother ? Maybe it was just to make him look 
more like Harry, or maybe JKR insisted on that bit for some reason ?

Any thoughts ?