Incidentally, I was (perhaps inappropriately) amused that several people referred to Jennifer Smith as African-American. ... She’s not American!

Joe, Lavender was not in the GoF film or OOtP. Did you expect them to bring her back after those two films, especially when she was just an extra in POA?

Second of all, Lavender Brown is not described in the books. It’s very likely that JKR told WB what she looked like. Clearly what she looks like isn’t supposed to be that big of a deal, or Jo would have made it an important point. Besides, this isn’t the first time we’ve interracial dating in the movies. Does Cho Change ring a bell? You mentioned that a Weasley twin took Angelina Johnson to the Yule Ball. Well Harry and Ron took Pavarti and Padma.

There is no reason for your sarcastic comment.

GoffGurl, Lavender’s ethnicity isn’t in the books. So how can you assume she isn’t white?

Chrysanthemum, that makes sense, I’ll pop the film in and freeze at that scene. Still, would be nice to have confirmation.

Oh for crying out loud. Why does she have to be “ethnic”? HP is hardly a white supremacist movie and is full of ethncities. I never saw Lavender as black. Unless a character is described or has an obviously ethnic name I assume they are white. In places other than the US – where quite a number of people live, the name Lavender is not actually synonymous with Black people. Parvati, Seamus, Viktor, Fleur – their names tell you something. Lavender says nothing ethnic.

Just two points, then no more in what promises to be yet another shouting match.

First, there is no description of Lavender in the books, so we all used our imagination to fill in the picture. For me, it was the personality that triggered memories of someone I knew a long time ago, in my own school days. But, this discussion reminds me of those surrounding Hannah Abbott—all there is in the books is that she wore her hair in pigtails! And for Pansy Parkinson, she’s simply got a pug face…many of us pictured her as blonde in our imaginations, perhaps to match Draco? Please, we need to separate books and movies!

Second, it would be very interesting to know, precisely because of other recent bickerings, how many of those posting went scurrying to the HP Lexicon to see if a description of Lavender was posted there?

Please disagree politely.

Ok not sure I see why it would have been a big deal if both Ginny and Ron were dating black people. Lavender is not described at all in the books, I don’t even think her hair color is mentioned. By that she could have really be anything from white to red. I know a lot of people felt she was white after that scene in HBP but I interpreted it differently. That Harry was just saying they were so close and into each other that it’s like they had become one. I didn’t take it literally that he couldn’t tell who was who, because honestly even the people of the same race are different shades. Plus Ron’s arms would no doubt been a bit bigger then LavLav’s.

Dobby_rocks, I agree. I think Jo was just describing a big jumbled mess of body parts. Fans are allowed to imagine Lavender, or any character for that matter, how they want. However it’s not appropriate to call WB “white supremacists” for seeing her as a white character.

i’m trying to imagine her hanging out with Parvati… they’d be a set of contrasting good looks. but ooh i hope she can carry herself as Lavender. the HBP movie should have the scene when she puts her hands over his eyes and trills, “Guess who, Won-Won =P

Absolutely gorgeous! Yay! She’s so lucky to get to snog Rupert. Like that’s her job. LOL.

This director is making me sick! He ruined the 5th Harry Potter movie, and it seems like he is trying to ruin this movie. I find it really werid that he got kids in the movie who can’t act, but he worried about chemisty? Give me a break, worry about acting!!! Also why the heck is Luna and Cho in the movie? Cho has NO lines in the book and Luna is HARDLY there! I bet a million dollars that they keep that stupid party thing and cut out the best part of that sceen which is the Draco/Snape sceen.

@Katie

Negative much?

Katie, and I know it’s easy to get worked up about these little details (what are fans for ;) ) but I think maybe we should wait to see a little more progress on this movie before we judge it- you never know what scenes they’ll keep in. I think it said that this actress, Jessie, has some acting experience, if that’s what you’re worried about. But I was also wondering why Cho was casted in this one… Anyway, I think Jessie will be wonderful as Lavender!! She’s very pretty, and I can easily imagine her saying ‘Won- Won!,’ heehee

She’s really pretty but not what i expected I always had a a clear picture of how i imagined her but she’ s still really good! I liked how someone said it before: I can’t wait to hate her guts! lol xxxx

Seeing as Jo probably helped describe Lavender to the WB, this should be considered what Lav (generally) looks like in the books.