“Harry Potter” star Katie Leung recently admitted she has no desire to return to those days.
Debuting as Cho Chang in 2005 with “Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Leung felt she lacked a strong sense of self and was overly susceptible to external influence. While she later appeared in four films, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”, she now views that period as one of personal uncertainty rather than nostalgia.
“I was so young at the time, and I was so easily influenced by what people would say about me because I didn’t know who I was,” she said in a new interview.
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The actor, whose latest work is “Bridgerton”, added: “So I’ve come into ‘Bridgerton’ having a really healthy focus on the work. I’m so glad I’m here. I would not want to go back to that time (working on ‘Harry Potter’). Not because I had a bad time or anything, but it’s just really nice when you know who you are, and I’m still figuring that out, but I’m a bit closer.“
The “Harry Potter” series is currently in development by HBO Max. Asked what the actor would wish to the artist essaying her character in the series, Leung said it’s important to “just be themselves”.
“For anybody really, (whatever) stage in their life, (my advice is) just to be themselves, because that’s what makes them unique… And 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,” she said.