Harry Potter actress had to ignore racist comments | Entertainment

entertainment">“I remember them saying, Katie, we haven’t seen these things online. And if they ask you about it, you just have to say it’s not true. I had to deny that it happened. ”

entertainment">The actress discovered the racist comments when she looked herself up on the internet once. “Then I came across a site made entirely for and by Harry Potter fans. There was so much racist stuff there, ”said the actress, who was 16 when she played her first Harry Potter film. According to Katie a special ‘hate site’ had also been set up for her.

entertainment">While she is still “incredibly grateful” to be a part of the Harry Potter films, it was a complicated time for her. “I wish I had said something at the time, I keep thinking that. But you just don’t. ”

entertainment">It is not the first time that she has spoken out about racist remarks through her role as Cho Chang. In a 2016 interview with The Herald she said she was primarily in denial at first. “I had completely tucked it away. I don’t know if that’s the best way, but it feels most natural and I did it out of necessity to go on and be a good actress, ”she said at the time.

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