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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

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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

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

    Resting b***h face?

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

    Wasn't her description something like: she made a face as if she constantly smelled manure. Or something similar. I didn't read the first books in English, so my version might be different.

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

    Yep. In Harry's words, 'she looked like she smelled something bad.'

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

    She really looks like she smells something bad...

    Orange Is Aging
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her hair was batter in the movies

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

    Os she sick or never seen the sun or absorbed vit D

    Merricat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So far the women seem to be various Fleur faces with different hair and eye color and this is older and looks mean. Lol

    Zach Brown
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, this works wonderfully. It's been a while, and I don't remember which book very well, but this fits by hair, and expression of Narcissa, as an insult towards Draco. In general, this is very well done.

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

    Now I understand the “ does your mothers face always look like that or is it just cus ur there” quote

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

    She has brown/white hair in the movie.

    Hypogryff4
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    jesus christ- that scared me- i'm not messing with her in the supermarket

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

    Yup! Looks like she's always smelling c**p.

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

    isnt she born a Black? why is she blond?

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

    Not a bad recreation. Though Narcissa in the movie wasn't too bad either. She had such a small role...

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

    Why doesn't she look like this in the movies?

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

    Too young looking and a bit too much like Gollum from the LotR movies.

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

    Look like the real Game of Thrones character. The royal family.

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

    Cameron Diaz after heavy drug use.

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

    Yes. Harry described her as looking like she'd just stepped in dog poo.

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

    Looks like my middle school pe coach

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

    Draco in the movie actually looks a lot like this IMO.

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

    Looks like someone made a Draco and then gendrebent and aged it. I'm not convinced

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

    The snarl, the permanent frown, yep that's her!

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

    Looks like Lizzie Saltzman from legacies...

    Craig Nutting
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    3 years ago

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

    Reflects her less than ultruistic nature but then Helen McCrory's incarnation doesn't send children running in sheer terror

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

    Molly should have got her as well.

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

    Even got her expression right

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

    This is not the person who opens HB Prince with a memorable desperate scene, and looks like a drowned person. Yes, Narcissa is a b***h, but this is too superficial.

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

    No, this is not how I imagined her

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

    She kinda looks like an older, meaner version of Lizzie Saltzman from Legacies

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

    I like this one better because in the movies she was too pretty

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

    Again with the weird skin. Wasn't she supposed to be pretty, too?

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

    Well, Harry did say to Draco that his mother looked as if she was always smelling something foul...the artist got that part right.

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

    Like a Kaitlin Olson + Jane Lynch mashup

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

    And what if your face froze that way??!

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

    Kinda reminds me of alma coin here

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

    Looks like my wife when I come home with a new gun. :-o

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

    She looks like a meth head who stopped picking her face.

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

    Notice how all the nice women look like large eyed, big foreheaded prepubescent girls. The bad girls look like older women.. you know, old for a woman.. like 26. 🙄

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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

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    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

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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

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    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

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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

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    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

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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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    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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    Cedric Diggory

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    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

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    Monday
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    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

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    Jayne Kyra
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    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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    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

    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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    Minerva Mcgonagall

    Minerva Mcgonagall

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    Nicole Weymann
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    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

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    Lil' Roo
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    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

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    Viktor Krum

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    Jill Sadler
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    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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