{"id":214312,"date":"2021-03-12T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/harry-potter-katie-leung-online-racism\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T14:00:42","slug":"harry-potter-actress-opens-up-about-facing-online-racism-during-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/12\/harry-potter-actress-opens-up-about-facing-online-racism-during-filming\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter Actress Opens Up About Facing Online Racism During Filming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Actress Katie Leung, who is best known for portraying the role of Cho Chang in the <\/span>Harry Potter<\/i><\/b><\/a> franchise, has spoken about experiencing racism on the internet while filming the extremely popular fantasy series. During a recent interview, the actress recalled how she spotted several racist messages on a fan website during a random online search.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leung was cast in 2005\u2019s <\/span>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/span><\/i><\/a> when she was only 16 years old. Claiming to have no media training at the time, Leung revealed to\u00a0the\u00a0\u201cChinese Chippy Girl\u202c\u201d podcast that she was advised by the publicists to deny that the racist attacks were happening if she was ever asked, even though she had personally seen the words online. As a newcomer in the industry, Leung agreed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There has been no official comment on Leung\u2019s claims from Warner Bros. Pictures, the studio behind the record-breaking movie franchise based on J.K. Rowling\u2019s books<\/a>. The actress, now 33, did not mention in her interview whether the publicists who offered the advice worked for the studio or were personal agents.\u00a0<\/span>This is also not the first time that Leung has spoken up about experiencing racism. In interviews conducted in 2016, she had spoken of hate campaigns initiated by \u201cPotterheads\u201d<\/a> when <\/span>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/span><\/i> released. This included an entire \u201cI Hate Katie\u201d website that had participants posting racist comments against the actress.\u00a0<\/span>The Scottish-born actress of Chinese descent auditioned for the role of Cho Chang after her father found an advertisement for a casting call for<\/span>\u00a0the Goblet of Fire<\/span><\/i>. More than 3,000 people showed up for the audition and Leung is \u201cgrateful\u201d that she was offered the role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Harry Potter<\/i> books and movies became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon when they were released. The first book in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone<\/i>, came out in 1997, which started the franchise\u2019s journey to extreme popularity. Even before the movies came to fruition, fans of the series would spend hours waiting in line outside book stores to buy copies of the\u00a0latest installment as soon as they went on sale. The movies then mostly stuck to the story told in the books to bring the Wizarding World<\/a> to a wider audience.<\/p>\n

Leung appears in the films opposite Daniel Radcliffe as the lead wizard\u2019s love interest. Apart from her first appearance in <\/span>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/span><\/i>, Leung was featured in <\/span>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<\/span><\/i>, and the two parts of <\/span>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span>After her run as Cho Chang in the Harry Potter<\/em> franchise, Leung has appeared in films like <\/span>The Foreigner<\/span><\/i> with Jackie Chan and <\/span>Locked Down <\/span><\/i>with Anne Hathaway<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Chiwetel Ejiofor. She has also worked in theater and appeared in several TV shows, including <\/span>The Nest<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>White Dragon<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/strong> <\/em>is now available on Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0Chinese Chippy Girl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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