The author reiterated in the interview what she's pointed out before: Hermione's skin color was never mentioned in the books, even though some readers have debated even the most minuscule mentions of the character's appearance for signs that might identify her race.
White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione,” she wrote. But the casting decision and Rowling's follow-up statement were not a surprise to some fans. For years, a community of readers have wondered whether Hermione Granger was indeed written as a black or mixed-race character all along.
Most of us assume that Hermione is white because she is never presented as a racial other. In Western culture, white is the “neutral” race. Rowling is silent about Hermione's race, and we interpret that silence as default whiteness. Of course, by that logic, Rowling's magical society is blindingly white.
When Hermione is scared she is often described as turning white and she is also described as visibly blushing, a rarity for those of us blessed with lots of melanin. Arguably, Hermione could still be light-skinned or mixed race, but that's besides the point.
Although Hermione is white in the novels, movies and drawing, we support the idea of casting an actor who was not in anyone's mind for the theatrical version.
In the Harry Potter text, Hermione's race is never specified. The only direct indication is in the third installment, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where Hermione is described as “very brown” in contrast to a freckly Ron Weasley.
Discourse around a black Hermione first began in 2015, when it was announced that South African-British actress Noma Dumezweni would play Hermione in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - a stage play released the following year.
There is no evidence whatsoever that Hermione was black in the books. None. She is repeated described as having a white or pink face and brown hair.
Key figures in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” are shown drinking, including a scene where Harry himself engages in celebratory imbibing with his professors. Hermoine, Neville, and Ron are also shown drinking at various points in the film.
Dumezweni was cast in Cursed Child because she was the best talent for the role—ultimately proving this with her performance—and by playing Hermione as a Black woman, she made a beloved character relatable to some BIPOC audiences in a new way.
In December 2015, it was announced that actress Noma Dumezweni will be taking on the role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
“I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That's how it was conceived, really,” Rowling says in the interview. “For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron.”
We all make mistakes, and even though this was a pretty big one, was it still right for Hermione to punish her? Marietta Edgecombe was certainly not wicked, or twisted, or even worthy of the vitriol – and long-lasting scarring – she received as comeuppance. She'd suffered enough.
First of all, because it isn't canon, and after the movie, a lot of people took it as if it were and it started appearing in fact sheets, fanart and fanfic. Second, because there's a reason why it didn't happen in the book. Bellatrix is a Death Eater.
A voracious reader from an early age, Rowling said she based the character of Hermione Granger on her 11-year-old self.
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hermione's boggart takes the form of Professor McGonagall telling Hermione that she'd failed all of her exams. Later, Hermione reveals that her biggest fear is failure.
The name of the fictional drink implies that there is beer (or some sort of alcohol hiding inside) that kids shouldn't indulge in. Good news, though! There is no alcohol inside butterbeer. It is packed with sugar instead!
In one scene, Harry, Ron and Hermione order butterbeers at the pub, and Hermione ends up with a frothy mustache. While it's never been entirely clear whether butterbeer is alcoholic, it seems to have an effect on the normally uptight Hermione, who acts tipsy walking home as she throws her arms around the boys.
Her real parents were Daneel and Dean Novak, Pureblooded wizards. Turns out Daneel was Tom Riddles younger sister, Daneel Riddle. Of course, the Riddles were related to Salzar Slytherin himself, and this made Hermione the living heir of Slytherin. The problem with being a female Slytherin heir, is that they're cursed.
And this is why Hermione does not fit into Ravenclaw, since she lacks their creativity of thought. When you also add in her fearlessness and her strong convictions about right and wrong, which are inherently Gryffindor traits, then there was even less of a chance she'd end up wearing blue and bronze.
Rose Granger Weasley: The Multiracial, Dark Skin Girl In Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.
Of the two of them, it was Hermione who realized she liked Ron first as she dropped heavy hints in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire of her attraction. She fully realized she liked him by the time of the Yule Ball, but didn't do anything because of Ron's tactless behavior at the time.
"I'm sorry about that, guys." Rupert Grint's Ron and Emma Watson's Hermione share a kiss in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. '
Hermione Granger has sustained several injuries following her torture at the Malfoy Manor by Bellatrix Lestrange and presumably during the Battle of Hogwarts. Every scar fades in time, except the 'mudblood' carved on her arm by Bellatrix.