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She looks JUST like I pictured her! Let’s just hope that she’s able to capture the bubbly, gossipy Lavender personality in the right way…

wishy- LOL! I always imagined Lavender WEARING purple, and with brown hair.

the only people I thought were black from the books were Dean, Lee and Angelina, the first two from their names (I can’t even remember whether they were described early on).

one thing with characters who aren’t described is that people imagine what they want, which is fine, but unfortunately it means that in the films not everyone can be satisfied by the casting choice.

Linny: But does anyone else think she looks a bit too.. natural? I know, that sounds silly.

I don’t know if this is what you meant, but I had a similar reaction: she seems so natural, to me meaning so mature, so in touch with reality… I pictured a look of silliness about her. But then, that could test her acting skills.

As long as she portrays Lavender as written (i.e. pretty annoying and pathetic) I don’t mind this casting. It’s nothing too amazing though as a piece of casting, I mean she’s not amazingly beautiful, pig ugly or totally unlike what was described in the book so it’s hardly controversial. I saw the photo and was pretty much ‘meh’ about the whole thing. I hope she does well though (as I do with everyone cast in the films).

I had always picture Lavendar blond and pretty. I guess she will do. Nut I hope her acting is better then Luna. Sorry to sound nagative, but I care so much for this book, that I don’t want him to do what he did with OOTP! Which was take out everything great about the movie and spend 20 mins on a doomed relatioship. Also thing that won’t happen is Bill’s engagment, and Percy at christmas. Neither one of those actors are going to be in the movie.

All this fuss over a minor character, who was there only so Ron could get some snogging experience. She’s great. She’s perfect. Let’s hope she can snog.

I can’t wait to hear her cry “Won Won!!!!” and see Hermione’s expression…if they don’t do that scene, they will have missed the entire purpose of Lav Lav…hahaha…

Heh. I always pictured Lavender as black, too. (No, I’m not confusing her with Angelina Johnson. I mean, honestly, Angelina can’t be the only black girl at Hogwarts!) It’s true Lavender’s appearance is never described; I just assumed the students at Hogwarts came from a variety of backgrounds.

“Unless a character is described or has an obviously ethnic name I assume they are white.”

Fair enough, but not everyone makes that same assumption. I don’t see people being angry that WB cast a white actress, just a little surprised.

I assume, since Lavender’s appearance wasn’t relevant in the books, that young women and girls of many ethnicities auditioned and WB cast the one it considered best-suited for the part.

first of all. I LOVE THIS CASTING. i do hope they go a little blonder for her hair. but wow. i hate her already! lol. and clutches heart..... no bill??? noooooo. that means no shell cottage?? or what? i mean. why cant they just throw him in at xmas or before hogwarts starts… just a little.. no percy… no REDEMPTION… NO FRED HEARING PERCY JOKE BEFORE HE DIES… NOOOOOO. damnit WB… but all in all.. good casting..

..... shes not black… where you people getting this…. she was never descibed in the books… ever…...... trust me… i hate her…................. and jennifer smith was simply the name of an extra slapped to a character… she didnt speak, or get spoken to. shes not canonly black… so chilllllll.

i think she’s perfect! what amazes me is that i found out that she’ll be playing lavender brown a day before the announcement came. it was in the last article’s comments. there was a website with her pictures. i was so proud of myself to be at least a day ahead of some. uh-oh. emma’s got competition.

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It’s not a big deal Jessie being 20 and Lavender being 16. I mean, look at Beverly Hills 90210! Those actors were playing teenagers in their 30s! Jessie being 20 is okay—they can make her look younger, and it will have a lot to do with how she portrays the character.

Hilarious that they cast a 20 year old after all the strict 15-18 age guidlines.

Hmmm…alot of 19/20 years old HP lovers out there are going to be pretty annoyed…

She’s good for Lavender in that girl-next-door quite-pretty-but-not-beautiful kind of way.

Can’t wait to see how she interprets the character!

For those of you fretting about the actress’s age, consider this:

If you had no idea how old you was, would you be worried about her age at all? I mean, how old would you think she was?

She’s very pretty, but not how I pictured Lavendar in my head. That’s ok though, Moody isn’t anything like how I pictured him either =) I’m excited for HBP!

Strange, I was under the impression that Lavender was black?

I hate to say it, but it a race thing. Brown was clearly a white girl in book 6. They cast her and named her because no one thought that she was going to start dating Ron.

I made one of the first Jessie Sites! So check it out!!

http://www.jessiecave.com

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I’M JEALOUS!!! but she’s beautiful…. I LOVE RUP GRINT!! T.T