{"id":14499,"date":"2015-12-22T04:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T04:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?p=14499"},"modified":"2015-12-22T04:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T04:42:50","slug":"black-actress-cast-as-hermione-in-harry-potter-initiates-racist-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/black-actress-cast-as-hermione-in-harry-potter-initiates-racist-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Actress Cast as Hermione in &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Leaves Fans Dazed and Confused"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>The casting for the stage production of the eighth installment in the Harry Potter series is complete and the biggest surprise is causing an uproar on social media.<br \/>\n<em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/em>\u00a0which will make its debut on London&#8217;s West End stage this coming summer will feature the three main characters, Harry (Jamie Parker), Ron (Paul Thornley) and Hermione (Noma Dumezweni) as grown ups. Dumezweni &#8211; a British actress born to South African parents happens to also be black.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/812.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14500\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/812.jpg\" alt=\"812\" width=\"620\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/812.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/812-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><!--more-->The Laurence Olivier award-winning actress seems to be the perfect choice given the fact that even though Hermione was depicted as white on screen &#8211; author J.K. Rowling left more than enough room for interpretation when it came to the racial status of her globally beloved characters.<br \/>\nBut the casting of a black woman isn&#8217;t sitting well with fans of the series who seem to be taking it rather personally that Hermione is being played by a woman of color regardless of the fact that it&#8217;s a stage production.<br \/>\nTwitter was alight with trolls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2015\/12\/twitters-racist-goon-squad-loses-its-collective-mind-when-black-actress-is-cast-as-harry-potters-hermione\/\">expressing<\/a> their disgust with the announcement and as always it wasn&#8217;t a pretty experience to navigate.<br \/>\nRowling for her part is quite pleased with the new cast and can&#8217;t wait to see the characters dominate the stage with her words.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/87315510_3.l-rnomadumezweni-hermionejamieparker-harryandpaulthornley-ronatthepalacetheatre.photobysimonannand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14501\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/87315510_3.l-rnomadumezweni-hermionejamieparker-harryandpaulthornley-ronatthepalacetheatre.photobysimonannand.jpg\" alt=\"_87315510_3.l-rnomadumezweni-hermione,jamieparker-harryandpaulthornley-ronatthepalacetheatre.photobysimonannand\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/87315510_3.l-rnomadumezweni-hermionejamieparker-harryandpaulthornley-ronatthepalacetheatre.photobysimonannand.jpg 660w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/87315510_3.l-rnomadumezweni-hermionejamieparker-harryandpaulthornley-ronatthepalacetheatre.photobysimonannand-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn the official Harry Potter website, Pottemore &#8211; she wrote, &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to see Jamie, Noma, and Paul being the adult Harry, Hermione, and Ron to life on stage next summer&#8221;.<br \/>\nSounds like it will be quite the production and the idea of a black Hermione played by a 45-year-old accomplished actress only adds more intrigue and certifies the endearing worth of a tale that has proven its cultural viability.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casting for the stage production of the eighth installment in the Harry Potter series is complete and the biggest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38,6],"tags":[2616,2617,1050,2618],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Black Actress Cast as Hermione in &#039;Harry Potter&#039; 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