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When comparing books and their movie adaptations, books almost always prove to be better. One of the reasons is that a film does not always manage to convey the same imagery as a book in which emotions are blended with visuals. When reading, one can form a completely different image of a place or a character and have entirely another general feeling of a story. 

When creating a film adaptation, the cast is usually chosen according to the characteristics described in a book. However, the looks are not always so precise. With that in mind, one Vietnamese woman (to her followers known as MsBananaAnna) decided to use artificial intelligence to see what Harry Potter characters would look like based on book descriptions.

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Sirius Black

Sirius Black

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MarmotArchivist
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He looks like a protagonist from a Vampire TV series.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this idea to learn more about her and this project. The woman revealed that she's a 28-year-old "nerd" living in Melbourne. She has been a huge "Potterhead" since grade school. "I basically grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermoine and remember waiting in line at midnight for the release of each book."

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    Fleur Delacour

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    "I came up with the idea to recreate the characters when I tried to find some fanworks of Hermione. I watched the movies and though I like Emma Watson, I always thought she was too gorgeous to be Hermione. I couldn't find any renditions of her that I thought were accurate so I ended up making her myself. People seemed to enjoy it so much that I decided to make more characters."

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    Severus Snape

    Severus Snape

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    While some characters look similar to the ones one sees in the movies, others look nothing like them. For MsBananaAnna, Sirius was the one she personally liked the most. "I thought that was plucked straight from my head. Artbreeder can be pretty limiting in what you can do and can be a bit twiddly so not all of the characters came out as I wanted, but I thought Sirius came out as I imagined him! Dark and regally handsome."

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    Lily Potter

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    Cody
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure they give her realistic looking green eyes, while giving Harry those florescent orbs.

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    Narcissa Malfoy

    Narcissa Malfoy

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    The recreations of Harry Potter characters got a lot of attention on Reddit (here and here) where MsBananaAnna (or, as she calls herself on Reddit, lettuceown) posted them.

    What looks are your favorites? Leave a comment and let us know!

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    Argus Filch

    Argus Filch

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    #9

    Ginevra Weasley

    Ginevra Weasley

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    Glittery Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not too bad, I don’t think she was casted well in the movies anyways.

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    Cho Chang

    Cho Chang

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    Rabbit Carrot
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her name though. 🤦‍♀️ When every other girl has a nice / interesting / exotic name the only Asian girl has the worst most stereotypical name going.

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    Charlie Weasley

    Charlie Weasley

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    Jayne Kyra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still upset there was not more of him. He works with dragons! Dragons!! He looks handsome in this recreation, too.

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    Lucius Malfoy

    Lucius Malfoy

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    Zero
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda looks like an adult Tom Felton. Which makes sense of course.

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    #13

    Hermione Granger

    Hermione Granger

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    Remus Lupin

    Remus Lupin

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    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

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    Luna Lovegood

    Luna Lovegood

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    Julieandthephatones
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    heh i think they did her pretty well in the movies

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    #17

    Draco Malfoy

    Draco Malfoy

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    John Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty close. Looks a bit malnourished tbh.

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    #18

    Neville Longbottom

    Neville Longbottom

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    Fred And George Weasley

    Fred And George Weasley

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    Lord Voldemort

    Lord Voldemort

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    James Potter

    James Potter

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    Ronald Weasley

    Ronald Weasley

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    TheLilacButterfly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    those eyes are boring into my soul please stop smiling like that ron!

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    #23

    Bellatrix Lestrange

    Bellatrix Lestrange

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    BA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one really reminds me of an actor or actress. I can't really name it? It's like a mixture of famous people I know but I can't tell them apart. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP.

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    #25

    Cedric Diggory

    Cedric Diggory

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    SomeCrazyDogLover
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone else see Hayden Cristensen?

    BA
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was about to say Andrew Garfield.

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    SJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone else see a double chin?

    Alexandro Lopes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer Robert Pattinson, this guy looks like an improved version of me!

    Fabio Paolo Barbieri
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eyebrows too low. Cedric is a cheerful character, his eyes should not be shaded in this vaguely menacing manner.

    KimB
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks too young to be Cedrick...he was 16 in the book I think

    Muffin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone see Shawn mendes?

    Ian Taggart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see Cameron Boyce...😥

    Jace Jacobson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks better in movies that book

    Merrilyn Wasson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Much prefer tis kind humorous face to Pattinson

    Oscar farmer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Master Skywalker, there are too many of them , what are we going to do?

    Emily Stubbs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dose anyone else like Robert Pattinson more??

    Ashley Dean
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hayden Christianson/Andrew Garfield

    girl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he has some sort of weird chin

    Awidferd
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm saving this for no reason in particular

    Awidferd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saving this cause - just cause...

    Edgar Diaz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see the unborn son of Chris Colfer and Andrew Garfield

    Zoey Yates
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ………….Help- I love him-

    Your local gay frog
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like my cousin for some reason...? 🤔🤔🤔

    Kate Baird
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks too young to be the character's fictional age

    Vicky Cheung
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like an actual person that could be cast in Maze Runner😂😂

    jameth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda like a young Andrew Garfield

    Nathan Shipman
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is the only character so far that does not look tired with baggy eyes.

    Lady of the Mountains
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did the books specify hair color? The movies went blonde, but I don't remember his physical description, just the character description

    Potterhead 0-0
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t remember the books specifying a color but his hair wasn’t blonde in the movies( I think that’s what you’re saying but I wasn’t sure so sorry if it’s not)

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    Dudley Dursley

    Dudley Dursley

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    Cody
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like he's about to undergo mitosis.

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    Petunia Dursley

    Petunia Dursley

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    Monday
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I forgot that Petunia was blonde. Odd that they wouldn't just make her wear a wig for her scenes.

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    Dolores Umbridge

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    Nika De Beer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this was in the movie, it would have been a horror

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    Peter Pettigrew

    Peter Pettigrew

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    Jayne Kyra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like a Weeper from the game Dishonored.

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    #30

    Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)

    Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)

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    Kimberley McMillan
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did the AI make wall-eyed? Was that described in the book? Book 6 isn't my fave so I've not read it enough to remember.((people have already pointed out the description that I wasn't recalling. Kinda don't need multiple comments restating the same thing))

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    Bill Weasley

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    Gautam Balachandran
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Longer hair. Earring with a fang. More cool, less dorky. Probably got confused with Percy.

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    #32

    Minerva Mcgonagall

    Minerva Mcgonagall

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    Nicole Weymann
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, sorry, but even before seeing Maggie Smith in that role she was the spitting image for my personal McGonagall.

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    Pansy Parkinson

    Pansy Parkinson

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    Lil' Roo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgive me, but she reminds me of an angry pig for reasons I cannot explain.

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    Gilderoy Lockhart

    Gilderoy Lockhart

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    Viktor Krum

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    Jill Sadler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously where are everyones cheeks?! No one is fed in the books apparently. Chiseled jawlines and sunken cheeks.

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