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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.

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    #8

    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

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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.

    AK to LV
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hope is that in 10 years or so, they make a tv series from the books. Each book is a season. 🙏🤞 Then!! We can see dragons.

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

    The books mentioned that Charlie had a broad face and Bill had a narrow face. So this looks quite accurate.

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

    He looks like he could be working with dragons.

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

    I see a redheaded Brad Pitt!! Gorgeous!

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

    If Brad Pitt and Chris Hemsworth had a ginger baby.

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

    Where was Charlie in the movies again? Maybe one second of the final cut. He should've been given more attention honestly.

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

    You don’t know how to give someone freckles and I think he should be thinner.

    Ivy la Sangrienta
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charlie was always my favourite Weasley brother.

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

    Yes this is perfect, wish there had been more of him in the movies

    Kylie Dowers
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    12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't have anything against freckles. They are cute. But his face looks itchy

    Kai Kaen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bro looks like he takes midnight shift at 7/11 💀

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

    Not bad. Now I can picture him when I read. I agree with Jayne Kyra, it is disappointing that they seemed to have either rarely shown him, or did not feature him at all in the movies, even though in many cases Dragons have indeed been a very Vital part in the lore. All in all, this works.

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

    Reminds me of Post Malone

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

    I never really seen of what he looks like in the movie so I guess this is what he looks like too?

    Sahana Rao
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a young Leo DiCaprio married a lumberjack from Ireland.

    Astrid van der Wijst
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just Richard Madden but ginger. I'm not mad about it though 😬

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

    like a 50 year old freckled lumberjack

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

    His scar on his face is missing tho

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

    Looks like Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok with freckles.

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

    Damn he's sexy in this version, can we get a book just about this dragon cowboy!

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

    The freckles don't look natural enough somehow. Otherwise great!

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

    Reminds me of Jax from Sons of Anarchy. LoL. Only red headed

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

    It’s been a while but didn’t they remove him from the movies

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

    He looks a bit like my uncle whyy-

    OLIVI YAY (she/her)‍
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok... the beard actually made me jump. It surprised me.

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

    perfect! A little shorter, and less gangly than the others, (I think the twims were actually mentioned to be in the same boat-in mayne the 4th?) And this guy looks like a dragon guy!

    GoddessOdd
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    3 years ago

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    Again... bad freckles.

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    #12

    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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    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

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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

    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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    #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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    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

    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

    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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