Bonnie Wright, known for portraying Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is hopeful that the upcoming HBO adaptation will translate the source material in ways the original film series could not.
Chief among which is the relationship between Harry and Ginny, a storyline from the books Wright hopes the adaptation can improve upon. In a conversation with Variety (from a story by ComicBook), Wright hopes for the “development of the relationship between Ginny and Harry.”
“There’s nuanced moments of where they begin to fall in love. I think more of that arc of her character becoming this real loyal sidekick to Harry and how she really understands and knows his story and who he is and is the best partner for him,” she adds.
“So I just hope we see that evolution of that character — and so many characters. If only we could have had five-hour movies. There are so many characters that have moments I love from the books — Neville and Luna – so I’m hoping as a fan of the books that I get to see more.”
Wright has been vocal about her disappointment in the lack of screen time with Ginny in the films. “Sometimes that was a little disappointing because there were parts of the character that just didn’t get to come through because there weren’t the scenes to do that. That made me feel a bit anxious or just frustrated, I guess,” Wright says during the Inside Of You podcast in 2023.
“There was no room for much change in those scripts. There were a million executives going through them all. I think what I maybe took, which I don’t take so much to heart now, is I felt that maybe my anxiety was about, ‘Oh, I’m going to be seen as badly portraying this character,’ rather than later realizing that I wasn’t really given the opportunity to do that.”
