Harry Potter's Katie Leung was told to deny racist abuse she'd received

BY TASHA HEGARTY

WARNER BROS.

Harry Potter star Katie Leung has opened up about her experiences of racism while working on the franchise.

The 33-year-old Scottish actress played Cho Chang – Harry's love interest and member of Dumbledore's Army – in The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows - Part 2.

However, speaking to the Chinese Chippy Girl podcast, Leung – then aged 16 – recalled finding a racist website purely set up to dismiss her casting in the movies.

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If you go looking for it everybody in this world can find a crackpot website that offends them, but most don't go trying to stir up trouble because of it. This playing the race card is going to end in tears for all races if we aren't careful.

1 hour ago, jesimps said:

If you go looking for it everybody in this world can find a crackpot website that offends them, but most don't go trying to stir up trouble because of it. This playing the race card is going to end in tears for all races if we aren't careful.

Says someone who has never experienced it.

Plenty of racism in Thailand if you are white.  And black too.  And yellow ! The hub of racism !!

5 hours ago, JCauto said:

Says someone who has never experienced it.

We live in Thailand and are not Thai. Some Thai people like us, but some do not. It's not your place to judge. Personally, I've experienced racism here, the US and the Middle East. You may not appreciate it, but black and brown Americans can be very racist.  

On 3/12/2021 at 2:48 PM, JCauto said:

Says someone who has never experienced it.

I have and he's right.

On 3/12/2021 at 12:19 AM, snoop1130 said:

The 33-year-old Scottish actress played Cho Chang – Harry's love interest and member of Dumbledore's Army – in The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows - Part 2.

The media made a big fuss about her because she was supposedly Harry's "love interest" ( she wasn't, as he loved another ), but she was never a significant part of the movies, IMO. I don't know why she has a dedicated hate web site, but perhaps it's related to something she did outside the movies, or perhaps jealousy or something, but I'm sure everyone in public life can find hate on the internet if they go looking for it.