{"id":813197,"date":"2026-03-08T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/813197\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:28:13","slug":"katie-leung-would-not-want-to-go-back-to-shooting-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/813197\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Leung ‘Would Not Want to Go Back’ to Shooting ‘Harry Potter’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cHarry Potter<\/a>\u201d alum Katie Leung<\/a> told Entertainment Tonight<\/a> in a new interview that she wouldn\u2019t want to return to her days of playing Cho Chang in the hit fantasy franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so young at the time, and I was so easily influenced by what people would say about me because I didn\u2019t know who I was,\u201d said Leung, who recently portrayed Lady Araminta Gun on \u201cBridgerton<\/a>.\u201d \u201cSo I\u2019ve come into \u2018Bridgerton\u2019 having a really healthy focus on the work. I\u2019m so glad I\u2019m here. I would not want to go back to that time. Not because I had a bad time or anything, but it\u2019s just really nice when you know who you are, and I\u2019m still figuring that out, but I\u2019m a bit closer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leung, who appeared in five \u201cHarry Potter\u201d movies, also spoke to Variety<\/a> in February about her experience filming, saying, \u201cMy first job \u2014 \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 \u2014 I had never acted before in my life, and suddenly I was in front of 20 cameras and 100 people, completely lost, still figuring out who I was. I can\u2019t say I had the time of my life.\u201d <\/p>\n

She went on to compare the experience to her time on \u201cArcane and \u201cBridgerton,\u201d saying she felt like she \u201cdeserved\u201d to be on those shows. \u201cI never questioned it. And once you stop questioning it, you can actually focus on bringing your best work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leung made her screen debut as Cho in 2005 with \u201cHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,\u201d the fourth movie in the franchise. Originally written as a love interest for Harry Potter, Cho later appeared in \u201cHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,\u201d \u201cHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,\u201d \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 1,\u201d and \u201cPart 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress also shared some advice with Entertainment Tonight for whoever plays Cho in HBO\u2019s upcoming \u201cHarry Potter\u201d TV adaptation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anybody really, [whatever] stage in their life, [my advice is] just to be themselves, because that\u2019s what makes them unique,\u201d Leung said. \u201cAnd to not let the kind of noise of other people get to you, because what you have already is a gift, and you should really just try and hold onto that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leung recently spoke out about dealing with racism and backlash while filming \u201cHarry Potter\u201d in an interview with The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if anything could have been done back then to make things better or easier,\u201d Leung said. \u201cAt that age, you\u2019re curious. I remember being very curious about what people were saying about me, and I was Googling myself. Nobody could have stopped me, because I was old enough to make up my own mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it just sat with me, and it affected me in ways like, \u2018Oh yeah, I made that decision because people were saying this about me.\u2019 It probably made me less outgoing,\u201d she continued about the racism she found online about her casting. \u201cI was very self-aware of what was coming out of my mouth. And for the longest time, I may have tried to make up for it and overcompensate.\u201d<\/p>\n