Katie Leung a "hate figure for obsessive fans" on the Net
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APRIL 10, 2005 at 6:47 PM
Article on Katie Leung and new picture
Posted by GERI
Source: The Mail on Sunday
British tabloid The Mail on Sunday states in article today that Katie Leung, the 17-year-old Scottish actress playing Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has become "a hate figure for obsessive fans" on the Internet.
In the article titled Harry Potter and the Poisoned Chalice the author goes on to say “cores of fake websites have sprung up, some apparently giving her thoughts and feelings in diary form. There are photographs purporting to be of Katie, and many are of obviously older, more experienced girls in revealing poses. Most disturbing are several 'hate Katie' sites where youngsters are encouraged to explain in graphic detail why they loathe the dark-haired beauty."
KatieÂ’s father is quoted as saying:
I have seen these sites. I have looked at every one of them. It is rather frightening when you see things like "hate Katie." It is incredible, really. I can't make sense of it, although I know how popular Harry Potter is. Katie is only 17 and hasn't even appeared on film. No one knows her, has seen her or heard her speak, yet there are all these things on the Internet. Unfortunately I know she has seen them, too. She reads them all and it is a great pressure on her. With these websites, I cannot even think what may happen when the film eventually comes out. In a way I'm dreading it. She's been told she mustn't give interviews or speak to anybody until the producers say it's time. It's all happened so fast.
New information garnered from the article:
Katie goes to a £5000-a-year Glasgow college
JK Rowling insisted that the actress to play Cho had to be a complete unknown
According to Katie's father, she had never been in a school play and went for the audition "on a whim" and is still filming in London
Taken from HPANA.com -
More from the Daily Record:
HARRY'S GIRL TARGETED BY HATE SITES Apr 11 2005
Ordeal of Katie, 17, who gets to kiss film's star
By Lee-Ann Fullerton
HATE-FILLED websites have sprung up attacking Harry Potter actress Katie Leung.
Messages slagging off the 17-year-old have been posted by fans of the boy wizard.
Katie, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, beat 4000 other girls at an audition in Glasgow to win the role of Harry's girlfriend.
But before the film has even premiered, she has experienced the downside of fame.
Jealous fans have started a Hate-Katie site on the internet just because she gets to kiss Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire film.
Messages branding her ugly - some even with racist comments - have been posted on some sites.
The teenager stars as Harry's girlfriend Cho Chang in the film which is due to be released in November.
But spiteful girl fans say she is not right for the role.
Katie's dad Peter said the attacks are frightening for him and his family.
He said: 'I have seen these sites.
'I have looked at every one of them.
'It is rather frightening when you see things like 'hate Kate'It is incredible really. I can't make sense of it, although I know how popular Harry Potter is.
'Katie is only 17 and hasn't even appeared on film.
'No one knows her, has seen her or heard her speak, yet there are these things on the internet.
'Unfortunately, I know she has seen them too. She reads them all and it is a great pressure on her.
'I cannot even think what may happen when the film eventually comes out.
'In a way I'm dreading it.'
Katie won the part last year after a worldwide search for an unknown actress.
She landed the role ahead of former Neighbours star Michelle Ang at a Glasgow audition in February.
At the time, her dad, sister and two brothers said it was a dream job. But some fans are not happy at the casting.
One message says: 'I've hated Katie Leung ever since I saw her.'
Another reads: 'I hate her because she is stupid, dumb, an idiot and gets to play Cho Chang in the Goblet Of Fire. Oh and she gets to kiss Daniel Radcliffe.'
Warner Bros, who make the Harry Potter films, have tried to shield Katie ahead of the release of the movie.
It is not the first time she has had to deal with obsessed Potter fans.
When her role was first announced, she had people camped outside her house in a bid to get a glimpse of her.
Fake pictures were also posted on the internet.
Peter said then: 'I'm very proud of her but it is all very sudden, all very strange and very confusing -
poor girl gettin dissed for actin as harry's lover.
Emma gets dissed loads too. she's okay with it though, at least she doesnt show. -
At least Bonnie Wright hasn't got much dissing yet. She's too sweet to get any flak.Originally posted by BizarreRocksD12:poor girl gettin dissed for actin as harry's lover.
Emma gets dissed loads too. she's okay with it though, at least she doesnt show. -
got her pic?? 17 nia?? i like sia
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Didn't know you liked ugly gits too.Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):got her pic?? 17 nia?? i like sia 
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i thought she's 13?
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Mod's Note: I'm not into ugly warts.
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http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,90290,00.html?
Interesting piece on TNP today. Seems like we have our very own "Katie Leung" in Singapore. -
she isn't that ugly as you said:
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Sekali the person whose photo was rumoured to have been doctored is none other than Coolger herself. Wahaha.
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Mugglenet has a high-resolution picture of Katie Leung as Cho Chang.
http://i.mugglenet.com/gof/katie-leung.jpg
Just OK only. Not as stunning as JKR herself made the character out to be. -
wowOriginally posted by 798:she isn't that ugly as you said:
very pretty indeed.
nice looking
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rich girl leh...
her house cost SGD1.2 million..
hopes are severely dampened.. -
Katie Leung attended the Dukes of Hazzard premier in London recently. If you saw this pic, I swear it could turn you off oriental babes for a long time.
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she is ugly....
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Sure as hell she is. If Bonnie Wright wasn't returning for HP4, I'd boycott that movie and urge the rest to do the same.Originally posted by ipjh79:she is ugly.... -
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Even the ugly mongoloid git herself is shocked that others diss her for getting to kiss Daniel Radcliffe.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds24261.html
I hope Alfred Enoch gets some stick when the Dean/Ginny snogging scenes in HP6 are shot.
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Scotland Today's interview with Katie Leung.
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I am a clone. my previous nick was mr_sotong
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i'm just curious.. why isn't she "right" for the role?
everyone's saying "she isn't right for the role"
no one has seen the movie yet, how do they know she isn't "the right one"???
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not much info there.Originally posted by beastieboy: -
Tamago's blog mentions something about Katie getting loads of stick. Feel free to leave your comments on his tag board.
