The Case for Ginnie Weasley

Bonnie Wright, even in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is not obviously the one you’d pick. Small, red-haired, perpetually wearing a slightly unhinged expression—she looks like a garden gnome who knows too much. I say this as someone who genuinely likes gingers. But Emma Watson had always been my preference. Hermione, the overachiever, the aspirational model. Even when that nude photo was circulating online and eventually turned out to be fake. Especially then, maybe.

Then I saw some recent shots of Bonnie Wright and had to revise my position entirely. There she is at a premiere in a Miu Miu dress, looking sharp and completely sure of herself. A Grazia shoot that’s genuinely beautiful. She’s eighteen, has produced zero scandals, and carries the kind of quiet style that doesn’t announce itself.

So: Hermione or Ginnie? The question is harder than it used to be. What I’m more curious about now is which member of the Potter cast cracks first. Harry? Ron? Neville seems like a dark horse. Either way, I’m watching.