Harry's looks (Was: Dark Book - Blood and Cruelty/ Draco)

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 177388

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sharon Hayes <s.hayes at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Allie:
> Yikes! That's actually a little bit backwards that
> the trio is drawn to look like the actors. The actor
> who plays Ron Weasley doesn't really look like JKR's
> description (he doesn't have a long nose OR
> freckles!) I sort of picture Harry as cute, and I
> don't think any of the male characters are really
> described as handsome, are they? Ginny is supposed
> to be quite pretty, but Cedric is the only male
> student of the current generation I can recall who
> was supposed to be handsome.
> > Sharon:
> That's funny, because when I saw the first movie I
> thought the actors who played Harry, Ron and
> Hermione (and also Draco, Neville and Ginny, and the
> rest of the weasleys) were perfect representations
> of how I saw the book characters. I thought they did
> a pretty good job. Has Rupert Grint got freckles? I
> really hadn't noticed either way, but traditionally
> redheads do have freckles so even if JKR didn't
> mention them, they're not out of the realm of
> possibility.

zgirnius:
Ron has freckles. In the OotP visit to St. Mungo's, one of the 
distinguished Healers in the portraits on the walls diagnoses him 
with spattergroit (spelling?) because of the awful splotches on his 
face. Ron explains this is just his freckles.  (And I love how this 
disease makes a reappearanc ein the ghoul scheme in DH).