Did JK Rowling like Emma Watson as Hermione?

J.K. Rowling thought Emma Watson was too pretty to play Hermione Granger. She says in A conversation between JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe, “To be honest, you and Rupert and Emma are all too good looking. You are. You know, the characters were geeky.”

Did JK Rowling say Hermione?

In the book, Rowling included a passage about Hermione helping Viktor learn how to say her name after he kept calling her “Hermy-own.” “‘Her – my – oh – nee,’ she said, slowly and clearly,” wrote Rowling about Hermione. Hermione’s name isn’t the only one commonly mispronounced.

Did JK Rowling regret not putting Harry and Hermione?

J.K. Rowling Has Some Regrets About Ron and Hermione’s Relationship in Harry Potter. In an interview conducted by Emma Watson in 2014, the author told the actress that she put Ron and Hermione together because she wanted to see them together, but that in many ways Harry and Hermione would have been the better fit.

Is Hermione Granger real?

Hermione Jean Granger (/hɜːrˈmaɪ. əni/ /ˈɡreɪndʒər/ hur-MY-ə-nee GRAYN-jər) is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. She first appears in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997), as a new student on her way to Hogwarts.

Why is Hermione upset after Charms class?

Because Ron said she was so boring that no wonder she hadn’t got any friends. Hermione was crying in the girls bathroom during the first book because Ron Weasley was making fun of her and insulting her terribly.

Why did JK Rowling put Ron and Hermione together?

In an interview conducted by Emma Watson in 2014, the author told the actress that she put Ron and Hermione together because she wanted to see them together, but that in many ways Harry and Hermione would have been the better fit. “I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment,” Rowling said.

Why did JK Rowling say Harry and Ginny were not soulmates?

There was too much fundamental incompatibility.” In a later interview, however, Rowling (possibly backtracking) said she thought Harry and Ginny were more like soulmates, whereas Ron and Hermione were a kind of an opposites-attract couple. “ [They] are drawn to each other because they balance each other out.

Why did Hermione work so hard to get the boggart?

Part of the reason Hermione worked so hard was that she was terrified of getting things wrong and letting people down – a common trait among high achievers. Hermione did everything perfectly until she reached the trunk with the Boggart in it.

What did JK Rowling say about Ron Weasley’s hair?

In a 2007 webchat, J.K. Rowling identified the smell as being Ron’s hair, saying: ‘Every individual has very distinctive-smelling hair, don’t you find?’ No wonder Hermione went quiet! Hermione’s Patronus, a shining silver otter, was gambolling around her.