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Which of these actors looks the least like his or her character in the book?

Despite very good casting, some of the actors don’t quite fit their description in the book. Some little mistakes have been discovered, but is it shocking? You be the judge!

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1. Severus Snape

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He had "greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin".

2. Neville Longbottom

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He was "round-faced" boy, "short and plump and blond."

3. Ginny Weasley

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She had "bright brown eyes" and "vivid, flaming red" hair, "worn as a long mane."

4. Lilly Evans

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She had "brilliant green and almond-shaped eyes and dark red hair”.

5. Luna Lovegood

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"She had … dirty blonde hair, very pale eyebrows, and protuberant eyes that gave her a permanently surprised look."

6. Albus Dumbledore

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"He wore half-moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard, and mustache."

7. Nymphadora Tonks

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She had "dark and twinkling eyes and pink hair."

8. Remus Lupin

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He "was wearing an extremely shabby set of wizard's robes that had been darned in several places. He looked ill and exhausted. Though quite young, his light brown hair was flecked with gray."

9. Voldemort

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He had a "snakelike face and scarlet eyes."

10. Ron Weasley

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"He was tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose."

11. Dolores Ombrage

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She was "toadlike."

12. Sirius Black

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"A mass of filthy, matted hair hung to his elbows. If eyes hadn't been shining out of the deep, dark sockets, he might have been a corpse. The waxy skin was stretched so tightly over the bones of his face, it looked like a skull."

13. Bellatrix Lestrange

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She had "long, black hair and dark, heavy-lidded eyes with an air of arrogance."

14. Minerva McGonagall

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She had hair that was "black, pulled back into a bun," "square glasses" and "beady eyes."

15. Harry Potter

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Harry is described as having “always been small and skinny for his age...Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes." You could say the casting was appropriate.

16. Fleur Delacour

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She had "wavy silver-blonde hair that seemed to float behind her."

17. Hermione Granger

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"She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth."

18. Rufus Scrimgeour

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He looked "rather like an old lion. There were streaks of grey in his mane of tawny hair and his bushy eyebrows, he had keen yellowish eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles."