I was thinking about this topic so I might as well start it.. If you click here it shows that Wright confimed herself to be in the sixth in an interview...I think she makes a great Ginny but will she be able to pull it off for this film?

I think that Bonnie has potential to be a great Ginny. Ginny's development in the movies has been very vague but as there is so much to fit in I can understand why that is. I am sure she will play. In the interview she sounds very confident and that is one of the qualities Ginny has. I am very much looking forward to seen Bonnie make her debut as a major character in the next movie.

I think she looks right for the part.
But to be brutelly honest she delivered the lines she had in OOTP pretty woodenly I thought...
...but she's never really had alot of lines. Maybe she'll perk up once she's had to kiss Dan Radcliffe a couple of times

I think that Bonnie is doing a good job as Ginny, she is yet to have many important lines until OotP... her true test will come in movie six when she has the most important role of any of the movies

I think Bonnie is doing fine as Ginny for the lines she has been given. We will really be able to see her acting ability when she has more lines in the next movies. Although many people say she isn't pretty enought to be Ginny, she is growing up to become very beautiful in my opinion.

I think Bonnie's great as Ginny. Her role has been expanding over the years of HP films, and I genuinely thing she's capable of whatever she should need to do. The only thing here is...

Ginny's relationship with Harry. We really don't get an idea about it until the 5th book. We know that Ginny's had a crush on Harry since she met him at King's Cross. But that's all. We never hear of Harry and whatever he feelings he has until HBP (damn that Amortentia and that flowery smell). From PoA it's the "pretty Asian girl who plays seeker for Ravenclaw" (or something like that) and we've followed that since then up until the crash in OotP.

Now I have no intention of making this a ship debate as I know this is not the place for it. I'm merely commenting on that fact that we've only ever seen Harry's relationships take form and die over the span of two movies with absolutely no pretext. And I've said all that to say this... The films have shown neither Ginny's nor Harry's mounting attraction to each other (excluding the small part at the beginning of CoS) and only by reading the book would you be able to understand the relationship that they have in this film. I think that's going to be a bit disappointing to suddenly have non-readers who are film-watchers see Harry with Ginny and wonder "What the hell happened to Cho?"... The only thing I can say for that is "H/G" starts really pulling together closer to the end, so mayhap Yates will handle it with precaution and precision.

So basically, what I'm really saying is, I hope Bonnie will be able to pull off being Harry's girlfriend and handle the pressure that goes along with that.

I think it's going to be interesting seeing the romance in this film between Harry and Ginny, since we havn't really seen it in any of the films yet. I just can't imagine Bonnie Wright and Daniel Radcliffe being together and kissing.

I think she'll pull it off. She's a great actress and has great potential and I don't think a little bit of kissing is going to bother her or Dan. I'm sure they'll both be wonderful.

At this point, I think she could go either way. I think she has great potential, but I'm not really sure if she'll pull it off. I like what she's done so far in the movies, but this is a big leap for her as far as Ginny goes. It'll be interesting to see how she does, but I think she can do it.

I think she will do a good job. I think she has the looks for it at least. But I think she needs to be more confident like Ginny was in the books. She didn't seem too confident in OOtP. But you never know, I really hope she does a good job.
But I can see her and Daniel snogging though...hehe

I think she'll do a great job as well.

However...



I don't think she is good enough to pull off Ginny and Harry. Someone may notice...

Haha...I started this thread..Idk where my mind was, it was supposed to be Bonnie Wright as Ginny, She's confirmed to be in this film..is she good enough to be Harry's Girlfriend? So ya Idk how to change it so it stays that way..

Bonnie will just have to pull it off, since she obviously is going to continue as Ginny. I don't think she is as attractive as Emma, nor do I think she has the charisma that Emma has. I also don't think that Bonnie will have the same chemistry with Dan that he and Emma share on screen. Dan and Emma just have a chemistry that no one can imitate!
R/Hr is going to be difficult as well, but that's a different topic.

No, I am sorry but I don't think Bonnie is right, no offesence to her she is a great actress but she's sorta plain, and isn't she alot younger than Daniel. I have nothing against Bonnie, but i always thought of Ginny as more of a pretty (of course bonnie is pretty though) more colorful person not all plain and stuff. And she get's around in the book woth Dean and then harry aand stuff Bonnie just doesn't seem like that. But if Bonnie's gonna be in the movie i guess i'll be okay with that, and why would they change Ginny in the second to the last movie that's just stupid. But still i see Harry and Ginny together just not Bonnie and Dan.

i see what you mean when you say bonnie's a bit plain, in comparision to how j.k. rowling describes ginny, but don't you think that bonnie hasen't really had the opportunity to prove much in the films? in each film, she either has like one line or just stands there in a scene..i doin't think that she's had enough lines to really play out her character. hopefully, she'll have a lot more lines and scenes in this film to really show the fiesty ginny weasley!

Yes she will, I have no worry on that!



We can't comment on Bonnie's acting since she has'nt really had the opportunity to expose herself in the films. Even in Chamber of Secrets, she just had a few lines.. but I love Bonnie's expression on OoTP, if you noticed the 'Harry-Ginny moments' in the film. We should give Bonnie more opportunity to show her talent, then we can judge her!


Lem0n

RonIsMyHero, ginny's not much younger than harry =P
in the books, ginny is only one year younger than harry
but in real life, bonnie is only 2 yrs young than daniel.
but i do understand when you say she's a bit "plain"
but at the same time, i think she hasen't had enough opportunities to prover her potential yet...hopefully, she'll be able to in hbp!

In the past films Bonnie Wright has not had that large of a role. Yes, in the past film Order of the Pheonix she has had more lines and such, but I believe that in this next movie she will be able to prove that she is an actress. I think she can pull it off, but we will just have to wait and see

HermioneJane
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I think Bonnie's great, it's just that hasn't got the chance to act much...but I've seen her in interviews, and I think she's a great Ginny...I'm not worried at all about her, I think she's an amazing person and actress! And she did great in Ootp, with the Reducto thing and everything!

I think bonnie will do a great job as ginny however little she has had in the past films. I think in the little harry/ginny moments that she has connected with dan and will get along fine in the film.

I am really frustrated that i have missed the reducto thing i can't believe it. Everyone keeps talking about it and i'm like "WHAT?!?!?!". ANYWHO!....

Yeh bonnie will be good.

- chinery13

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Ginny isn't one of my favourite characters, but that's for a whole different thread. Up until now, Bonnie hasn't had that much to do with the role. The build up to HBP, was cut off in OotP, you heard nothing of the relationships she was forming with boys.

I do hope the script writers are gentle with her (Bonnie that is) I would hate for her to go from this minor figure to 'Bang' the love of Harry's life in sixty seconds, that would be both wrong and unrealistic. Apart from anything else, they should give at least 10 minutes screen time to try to develop her character. I think Bonnie deserves that much at least for being in it from the beginning.

Yeah i didn't really think about that and if anyone noticed that in ootp when harry walks up to cho she looks at him for like 2 seconds. (moment)

HBP will be Bonnie's time to shine. In GOF and OOTP, we have seen more of her character (but if they had of given her a few more lines in the last two films and a few more scenes, then it would of done her character more justice.) In COS, we already saw that she had quite clearly a crush on Harry. And in OOTP we were shown that she still had something for Harry (although the moments between them were pretty "blink and you'll miss them", but they were better than nothing and they had a few lines of dialogue to each other).

I think for HBP, the script writer will have to include a few additional scenes between Harry and Ginny that were not in the book to show more of the connection they have. And I hope Bonnie has more lines to say. If they give her more to work with in HBP, then I think Bonnie will be great.

Bonnie will be a great Ginny. She's got personality, all she has to do is to follow the director's directions. Here, the director must know how to pull out all the character's strength.

We have to think that the directors will develop her character enough that a romance is believable. Look at ootp: we just meet Luna but love her and believe her. They had one scene in ootp where Ginny performs a spell and all the boys are astounded. That was good to show her as strong and fiesty Now she needs some lipstick or pouty lip implants to make her look desirable. She will do great.

hmm thats really odd to say now...
Ginny as a fictional character is a very bad written and even worse developing, out of the blue and suddenly all rounds supposed to be perfect character...so actually this is not what you call a well written character...if Bonnie is good enough to play Ginny doesnt that show that she is actually a bad actress too? I dont think so...I think it will be really hard for her to let this poor character look good..if she can do what Rowling couldnt do by writing then this is a proof for Bonnie's abilty...
actually I think that Bonnie is a cute girl unlike the book ginny so she can just do it better...Go Bonnie

In the movies, Ginny is a much more likeable person than she is in the books. But then again, she hasn't had much screen time either. Since it is the HBP, Ginny is supposed to be coming more to the forefront and her personality is exposed more, so it will be really interesting to see how the producers have Bonnie Wright play Ginny in this next film. Personally, I like Bonnie, even if she isn't as gorgeous as Ginny is supposed to be. So, if they could have Bonnie portray her character the way she sees fit, then I might even possibly end up liking Ginny.

Too bad we have to rely on the directors rather than JKR to develop Ginny's character, show her as strong, and make the romance believable. It's also too bad that that scene in OotP the movie where Ginny performs a spell and all the boys are astounded doesn't exist in the book. Ginny, in the movies, appears to be a reclamation project

I believe Bonnie would be a great Ginny so far. We have not really seen much of her yet. Judging on her performance in Order of the Phoenix, i think she would do well. I am glad that she looks more mature and older. Let's just hope she doesn't get awkward when she has to kiss Dan.

Ditto.

I have to ask if Ginny's performance of that spell is enough to make the movie going public (who don't read the books) realize that she is supposed to be Harry's one true love?! Personally, I don't think so. There will be people in the audience who are going to be quite surprised. Some will not like it much, as they probably thought that Harry and Hermione had a thing for one another! At least, that's how the movies have been portraying them. But then again, others will just shrug their shoulders and say "who cares?!".

Bonnie is going to have to put on an Oscar winning performance in the next two films to convince the audience that she is indeed worthy of enticing Harry! The wardrobe department has their work cut out as well, since Bonnie isn't the gorgeous girl that Ginny is suppose to be.

Isn't ginny supposed to be pretty? By no means is Bonnie wright ugly but I don't think she could pull off the kind of scenes she'll have to do in HBP.She's supposed to have loads of boyfriends and i just don't see Bonnie wright as Ginny.

It's hard to decide.
she hasn't had many lines.
we haven't really gotten to see her acting skills.
she looks like ginny.
we'll have to see in HBP

Ginny is one of my fav characters in the Harry Potter books but i am always disapointed by Bonnie Wrights prefomances in the films, even though they have been quite small parts so far.

Maybe with a bigger part she can really show us her acting skills!

Whoa Free that's quite a statement coming from you!

Personally I don't think we've seen Bonnie act at all! She's had like what 4 lines? She's not the Ginny that they describe in the books. I'm not even sure if Bonnie can act so we'll just have to see if they give her at least 5 lines in HBP. I'm not a big Ginny fan as it is, I mean I have no problem with her but I think Harry could have done better. I'm just curious to see how Bonnie and Dan will react to the having to kiss each other... Is there even any chemistry there?

Bonnie Wright as Ginny... I don't know. There might be a slight chance she can pull it off if she's given more than 4 lines. But then again who knows. Maybe she'll continue with the stiff performances (no offence to any Bonnie fans)

i basically agree with everyone, we havnt really seen enough of her in the previous movies to know really

ginny does change quite a lot in the 6th book as well, she was always quite shy before but she really sorta comes into her own in this one and i suppose bonnie wright will have to do that as well. hopefully she will be able to pull it off, i dont want to judge her on the previous movies since shes only had like 3 lines in each so maybe we'll get to see a different side this time

Bonnie Wright is not very pretty, just OK. I think the people who didn't read the book would go:" Who is she?" And I think J.K. Rowling didn't imagined Ginny would look like Bonnie Wright in the first place.

i actually think she could pull it off. She dednt get much screen time, but by no means is she a bad actor. I think that she will do fine, and really, Daniel Radcliffe isn't all that attractive. Actually, she is sort of what i imagined ginny would look like.

Bonnie Wright isn't very pretty, quite ordinary actually, but she fit the original description of the youngest Weasley. The one where Rowling described her as looking like her brothers I'm paraphrasing here, but Rowling did say it somewhere in one of the earlier books. I'm not making this up. However, when Rolwing changed Ginny's description in book 6, to one of being quite pretty and popular with hair - as seen in that Pantene shampoo commercial where the woman swooshes her long hair! - well, that's just a bit much! I just can't picture Bonnie as that Ginny! Not at all.

It doesn't matter one bit that Bonnie will be 18 years old when the 7th movie is in the theaters. She won't look like a little girl anymore (especially with a push up bra and help from the make up department!) It's just that she's a small framed young girl with sharp features. I'm not saying she's unattractive (some guys actually are attracted to girls like this), all I'm saying is that IMO she isn't as pretty as Ginny in books 6 and 7 apparently is.

Your all right. we havent seen Bonnie actually have big parts in the other movies. But i think she did a really good job in the Chamber of Secrets, when she had quite a big part. So i think she will do a good in HBP and DH, if they give her big parts. I just dont think she can handle being one of the background characters. She needs to have a big part to really shine. And i have watched interviews and everything with her in them, and she looks gorgous, its just the way they make her look in the movies that doesnt quite work for her.

Come On Bonnie I Know You Can Pull It Off

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jayden

I think Bonnie Wright has done a really good job with what she's been given. She looks much prettier when you see her in interviews as opposed to on screen...I think they're going for a more "innocent" look and in HBP she'll get a chance to look hotter! I also heard in an interview that Katie will be back as Cho, so maybe they'll be a little rivalry there, plus that way they can show a more definitave end to the Harry/Cho ship.

I can't wait...counting down the days!!!

I truly think bonnie hasn't really had her shot yet. We've hardly seen anything from her, so I think it's a bit exciting to see how she is going to change. I actually think she did really well in the 5th film, because she seemed a bit...shy? Maybe, I can't think of another word, but that just showed that she still can't be herself around Harry. And it is true.

I agree that Bonnie is not a Bombshell, but she is very beautiful, and I think she has a very simple beauty.

I'm really going to save most of my judgments until the movie.

Yeah, I know....and I think I'm starting to regret saying that..... I don't think that I could ever like Ginny. Accept her, sure, but like her, it's going to take a lot of therapy to achieve that.


True, Daniel Radcliffe isn't the most attractive guy to play Harry, but then again, he isn't playing a character who is described as being very handsome. Unlike Ginny, who in the sixth book blossomed into a popular bombshell, Dan doesn't have much to live up to, besides the hair. Bonnie, on the other hand, is supposed to be gorgeous, not to mention also 'funny' which I think is going to be hard to support when they only give her 3-4 lines a movie. Sometimes not even that much. I mean did she even say anything in the 5th movie? Sure she was present during the film, but her speaking role was unusually limited for someone who was supposed to be more in the forefront. I think that the 5th movie would have been the best film to bring out her character, but I guess they really messed that up....

I just thought of something, and I think it may help those who don't believe Bonnie Wright is attractive enough to play Ginny...

We are looking at Ginny from HARRY'S point of view. Of course he's going to think she's beautiful, because he has strong romantic feelings for her! Nowhere else does it call her a great beauty. The books call her lively, vivacious, and popular, but never stunning. And yes, she has other boyfriends (Michael and Dean) but it's not like guys are lining up to go out with her. She is pretty and popular, but only Harry sees her in that "ravishing beauty" sort of way.

So that means that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Harry sees her as beautiful and as long as Dan Radcliffe can pull that off acting-wise, nothing else really matters.

Jessyj

With all the lines she's been given, I think that Bonnie Wright has done an excellent job as Ginny. She did very well in Order of the Phoenix, and I think she'll be great in Half-Blood Prince. It'll be interesting though, because she's probably going to be on the center stage a lot more in this film. She wasn't even given that much center stage in Chamber of Secrets. Yeah. This will be interesting.

I doubt that Ginny's role in Half Blood Prince will be any bigger than it was in the Chamber of Secrets. I have a good feeling that her appearance will also be limited to just a couple scenes of her and Dean, quidditch, and then the kiss in the common room. I don't think that she will be pushed much to the forefront as we think. Bonnie Wright as Ginny has done an good job, I suppose, but still, we can't really say.

And of course we are looking at Ginny through Harry's point of veiw, but it wasn't only Harry who thought of Ginny as pretty. Several other guys and some Slytherins took notice to her beauty too.

i strongly believe that Bonnie Wright will do an excellent job in HBP. shes very pretty and from her acting in OTP (not only the lines, but the way she kind of snuck in glances to elude that her fascination with Harry still remained) i think she'll do very well. And she definitely has got the look of Ginny down =]

So, here's the thing, when harry starts liking Ginny in HBP, she is described as "blazing" even Pansy admits she is pretty, i think it is suggested that Ginny is beautiful. So is Bonnie Wright (bless her) really strking enough to play Ginny?? Would Harry go for Ginny if she looked like Bonnie Wright?? It seems that Emma Watson is now prettier than Bonnie Wright, and in the books, Ginny is prettier than Hermione. The fact is that Bonnie Wright still looks like a little girl!

BTW: no offence to Bonnie Wright!

I think that Bonnie Wright looks fine, and she plays Ginny very well. There is such a thing as looking beautiful without looking like a super-model, you know.

Besides, beauty is not the only virtue.

Emma and Bonnie were both cast hopefully because they could play the characters, not for their looks. This is a British cast, and British actors are famous for being chosen because they can play the parts. It's American actors who are sometimes chosen just because they look good.

When they were cast, both Emma and Bonnie were little girls. You can't predict what someone will look like seven years later.

And anyway, Bonnie doesn't look like a little girl. She looks like she's sixteen or seventeen. Get over it.

i didnt say there was anything wrong with her acting! but her looks are important to the book, as noble and heroic as harry is, he is still going to want to go out with someone because of their looks initially, why do you think he first took an interest in Cho, who was "stunningly pretty"
And i am perfectly aware that the actors a british thank you.

First of all, I want to say, "Welcome to Veritaserum Phoenix Lament"!
Second of all, I want to say that I know exactly what you meant in your first post, and, there isn't anything you need to get over.

I realize that because Ginny is now suddenly described as being quite pretty, whereas, before she was described as looking a bit like her brothers (paraphrased), that perhaps a different actress should fill the part. Bonnie did do a nice job of portraying the ordinary looking Ginny, but there are people who think that she's not pretty enough to portray the Ginny described in books 6 and 7.

To me Bonnie still looks a bit childish, but then again she just celebrated her 17th birthday. IMO, she's not as attractive as Emma or as Katie (Cho), however, I'm sure she's pretty enough to play the role to the end. Besides, how attractive she is or not is strictly Harry's POV. And, we know that he's become totally smitten (and obsessed) with her in HBP. So, Bonnie could grow a wart on her nose and she (as Ginny) would still be beautiful to Harry!