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APRIL 10, 2005 at 6:47 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: The Mail on Sunday
British tabloid The Mail on Sunday
states in article today that Katie Leung, the 17-year-old Scottish actress playing Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has become "a hate figure for obsessive fans" on the Internet.
In the article titled Harry Potter and the Poisoned Chalice the author goes on to say “cores of fake websites have sprung up, some apparently giving her thoughts and feelings in diary form. There are photographs purporting to be of Katie, and many are of obviously older, more experienced girls in revealing poses. Most disturbing are several 'hate Katie' sites where youngsters are encouraged to explain in graphic detail why they loathe the dark-haired beauty."
Katie’s father is quoted as saying:
I have seen these sites. I have looked at every one of them. It is rather frightening when you see things like "hate Katie." It is incredible, really. I can't make sense of it, although I know how popular Harry Potter is. Katie is only 17 and hasn't even appeared on film. No one knows her, has seen her or heard her speak, yet there are all these things on the Internet. Unfortunately I know she has seen them, too. She reads them all and it is a great pressure on her. With these websites, I cannot even think what may happen when the film eventually comes out. In a way I'm dreading it. She's been told she mustn't give interviews or speak to anybody until the producers say it's time. It's all happened so fast.
New information garnered from the article:
A new picture of Katie from MuggleNet can be seen here
Thanks to Veritaserum you can see a scan of the entire article here .
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Student
Points: 202
Goddessxx says:
It's okay to hate a character, but not the actor!! I mean, nobody's seen her act/talk/kiss yet!! Stop making judgments of someone based on their looks! And the racist comments are just ridiculous. I feel really bad for Katie.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 5:28 PM EST
Points: 5
cho-cho rocks says:
Cho is pretty, and i dont know her much alot of people hae her. She is kinda ool even my name says it!!! she rocks (not my fav charcter) Hermione is pretter.
Posted Sep 12, 2005 at 10:27 PM EST
Points: 5
cho-cho rocks says:
Cho is awseome, some people just dont understand. She rocks. Well she isnt my favourite charcter but she is still cool. I love Hermione she is so cool. I do feel sorry for Cho.
Posted Sep 12, 2005 at 10:33 PM EST
Witch
Points: 720
HugMeDan says:
Honestly, some of these fans are like The Paparazzi without cameras. Leave the girl alone, sheesh, she isnt even kissing Daniel in GOF and everybody makes a big deal out of her because they thought she was kissing "Their Daniel" like he belongs to them!
Posted Nov 7, 2005 at 5:09 AM EST
Witch
Points: 619
dance_girl says:
Its very nice to see that there are other sensible people out there! The movie is out VERY soon anyways and then we can tell whether shes a good actress or not.
Posted Nov 7, 2005 at 6:07 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 20
xluckystarx says:
It's really awful of what's happening to her. I really hope things gets better for her. Some people can be so cruel. hang in there katie!
Posted Mar 16, 2006 at 7:19 PM EST
Honeydukes Eye Candy
Points: 3501
Pansyful says:
Well this is the result of finally finding an actress to play the part of CHO CHANG. I mean c'mon we're talking about harry's love interest here. this isn't one to shock me. i bet the hate katie thing is from one of the younger dan devotees haha
Posted Nov 2, 2007 at 2:53 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2424
bonniewrightrulz says:
Yeah,its really bad that people make fun of her and send her hate messages.And have created hate websites of her,its really bad and unfair on Katie.
Posted Jul 11, 2008 at 4:40 PM EST
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