When a series of films extends over eight complete films for a decade, there will inevitably be forced distribution resmonds. The most famous of the series “Harry Potter” is the overhaul of Albus Dumbledore between “Chamber of Secrets” and “Prisoner of Azkaban”, with the role ranging from Richard Harris to Michael Gambon, but there have been a lot of more changes Small with changes with changes with changes with the minor children’s actors who were easy to miss. Example: Poor Lavender Brown, Ron’s first love, was played by three different actresses in the series.
The character’s first appearance was in “Chamber of Secrets”, where she was played by the young Kathleen Cauley, and in “Prisoner of Azkaban”, she was played by Jennifer Smith (both seen below). Lavender then almost disappeared from Hogwarts in “Gobblet of Fire” and “Order of the Phoenix” before returning with a revenge in “Half-Blood Prince”, this time described by Jessie Cave.
Warner BrosThe actress’s upheaval was easy not to notice, because Lavender was rarely (if never) addressed by her name during her first two film appearances, so many viewers never knew that it was supposed to be her. Making the change even less visible is the way Lavender was a total reflection afterwards in books to “Half-Blood Prince”, which was only published after these first three films have already been released. Much of what fans would associate with the character did not yet exist when Cauley and Smith were initially seen for the role (apparently very minor).
The change of casting has since received criticism For how the franchise threw black actresses for lavender when she was a minor character, to go to a white actress when she became a romantic and important interest in the plot. In the defense of the films, it was only by “half-blood prince” that author JK Rowling said that lavender was white. Again, Lavender’s race was so out of words for his character that it was not necessary to remain correct for the books in this regard. If “Prisoner of Azkaban” could completely reduce the background of the marauders, fans could surely manage a non -white lavender.
In defense of lavender, one of the most hated characters in the series
Many “Potter” fans do not like lavender, mainly because it is described as a comic friendly girlfriend whose nicknames for Ron (“Won-Won”) give fans the used embarrassment. More overwhelming is how lavender is one of the last obstacles that hinder romance Ron / Hermione, and when “half-ang prince” came, fans were waiting to see this resolved for almost a decade . People wanted Ron and Hermione together, not Ron and Lavender, and Lavender received the weight of this frustration.
But also barely written and unfriendly than lavender is in books and films, I would like to defend it on the grounds that Ron Weasley (in particular the cinematic version of Ron Weasley) is a jolt for women, and its treatment of the Lavender is an excellent example of this. He mainly uses it as a practical girlfriend to gain experience of “snogging” (as his fight with Ginny said in books) before going to Hermione, the girl who was cared for. The only crime of Lavender, in addition to being boring, wrongly thought that the boy she loved was truly in her and not only to use it as a boost of confidence.
Of course, before Ron could treat lavender as garbage, he first had to ruin the night of Hermione and Padma Partil in the Ball Yule in “Gobblet of Fire”. This sequence was perhaps the worst moment of Ron, where he could not treat his feelings about Hermione dancing with another man, so he decided to insult him sullen while ignoring Padma all night. His behavior here was particularly overwhelming in the film, which did not have time to give Ron a lot of his moments of redemptation book, but he had time to show him to treat Harry and Hermione as trash cans.
Basically, Ron is the real villain of the triangle in love with lavender-ronmione, and lavender (whatever the actress who played her) deserved better. On the right side, at least the films care about a certain consistency in the final films of the series: in the two films “Deathly Hallows”, Lavender was always represented by Jessie Cave. Of course, this final film killed her (in a gap compared to the books, no less), but even this end is even more worthy than the role “half-blood” which was required to him.
