Harry Potter Actor Katie Leung Makes A Disturbing Claim

Katie Leung has opened up about the flurry of racist remarks that was directed at her from fans of the Harry Potter franchise. Back in 2005, Leung took to the internet to look herself up following the announcement that she had been picked to play Cho Chang and came across a series of negative comments

Katie Leung has opened up about the flurry of racist remarks that was directed at her from fans of the Harry Potter franchise. Back in 2005, Leung took to the internet to look herself up following the announcement that she had been picked to play Cho Chang and came across a series of negative comments on some websites, as per BuzzFeed's report.

"I was Googling myself at one point, and I was on this website, which was kind of dedicated to the Harry Potter fandom. I remember reading all the comments. And, yeah, it was a lot of racist sh*t," Leung was quoted as saying on the Chinese Chippy Girl podcast.

To make matters worse, the actor said that publicists told her to deny the racist attacks ever happened if she were ever asked about the issue because they hadn't "seen these websites," Variety detailed. Leung added that that was the only advice they gave her ahead of interviews, contending she never received any training to prepare her for dealing with the media.

Leung, who was 16 when she starred in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, just accepted what they said, according to Variety. "I just nodded my head. I was like, 'Okay, okay,' even though I had seen it myself with my own eyes. I was like, 'Okay, yeah, I'll just say everything's great,'" she said, adding that she regrets not standing up for herself.

Variety reported that Warner Bros. Pictures, the studio that produced the Harry Potter films, declined to comment.

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