From the beginning of the two thousandth for many years, viewers around the world, with bated breath, watched the adventures of a young wizard named Harry Potter. The older he got, the more interesting for the audience his personal life became. And in the movie "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" this humble boy with a scar on his forehead fell in love for the first time. What girl became his chosen one? She turned out to be Zhou Chang - a dark-haired beauty from Ravenclaw. But their relationship with Harry was not easy.
Who is Zhou Chang from Harry Potter
Unlike Hermione, Zhou was born into a family of purebred immigrant wizards from China. The girl’s mother was engaged in housework, and her father worked in the hospital of St. Mungo.
From childhood, Zhou Chang (photo below) grew up surrounded by love and care.
From her parents she knew about the mysterious wizarding world and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. Dreaming of getting there, the girl prepared, read all kinds of books, and finally waited for her letter. When Zhou was eleven, she received an invitation to study.
Arriving at school, Zhou was distributed by Hat to the Ravenclaw faculty. Such a choice quite perplexed her. Indeed, despite her beauty and talents, Zhou Chang was never proud and narcissistic. So she was surprised that she got to the faculty, which was famous for its clever people.
Despite this, the girl quickly proved that the hat was not mistaken, because she became one of the best students of the faculty. In addition, Zhou actively participated in the public life of the school, and also played Quidditch for the Ravenclaw team.
Zhou and Cedric
Handsome Cedric Diggory - the captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team and catcher - was liked by many girls. Despite his good looks, he was not a girl's man. During the famous “Three Wizards Tournament,” Cedric was unexpectedly selected as a participant from Hogwarts. This attracted even more attention from the fair sex. Moreover, one of his rivals - Fleur - tried to charm Cedric, but she did not succeed. The guy got carried away by Zhou Chang and invited her to go with him to the Candlelight Ball. After this holiday, everyone became aware of their relationship.
Zhou really liked Cedric, but she also felt sympathy for the boy with a scar.
Harry and Zhou Chang
After the tragic death of Diggory, his girlfriend has changed a lot. Her cheerful disposition seemed to evaporate, she became sad, often cried. In addition to longing for the deceased guy and fear due to problems with studies that appeared with the advent of Professor Umbridge, Zhou Chang was tormented by guilt: she really liked Harry.
Mr. Potter himself had long been in love with this beautiful girl. He noticed her during another train ride. This is shown in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but the meeting took place much earlier in the book.
At first, Zhou Harry just liked, but because of natural shyness, he did not dare to approach her. Time passed, and sympathy grew into love. Before the Candlelight Ball, Harry decided to invite her, but did not have time, since she was already with Cedric.
After the murder, Diggory Potter, like Zhou Chang, was very hard. That is why, despite the ardent feelings, he did not dare to actively act. However, having organized the Dumbledore Squad, which also included Zhou, Harry and his lover began to spend a lot of time together, and later began to meet.
Unfortunately, this relationship quickly broke up. Despite falling in love with Zhou, Harry had no idea how to behave with her, they quarreled, the girl was jealous of Hermione, often resented. The last straw was the betrayal of a friend of Zhou, because of which the activities of OD were disclosed, and Hogwarts completely came under the control of Umbridge.
In the film, instead of a girlfriend, Zhou Chang herself was made a traitor to OD, who, unbeknownst to her, accepted the truth serum and told everything to an evil inspector. Harry initially turned away from his beloved. When he found out that Zhou had been tricked into revealing a secret, and that, in fact, it was not to blame for anything, it was too late, and they parted completely.
In the later parts of this epic, Zhou made an attempt to converge with Harry, but only by that time he had a new lady of the heart.
The fate of the heroine
After breaking up with Harry, the girl still remained in OD. She did not leave him with the transition of Hogwarts to the management of Professor Snape. In addition, along with Neville and others, she hid in the help-room, and then participated in the battle for Hogwarts.
The girl managed to survive during the epic battle. After Zhou Chang, she married a muggle named Roger Davis. From this union was born the son of Henry.
What was Zhou’s patronus?
This long-haired girl was not only smart and beautiful, but also incredibly kind. She tried to see in the surroundings only the good. Therefore, it is only natural that the Zhou Chang patronus is a gentle swan.
It is noteworthy that it was thanks to Harry Potter that Zhou learned to call him and use him to protect against dementors.
Katie Lung - actress who played Harry Potter's first love
Most fans of the Harry Potter story are divided into fans of Ginny or Zhou. But even those who do not like the character of Zhou and are sincerely glad that they didn’t succeed with Harry, like Katie Lewing, the Scottish actress who performed this role.
Katie grew up in a wealthy family. Her father was a lawyer at first, later successfully went into business, and her mother worked as a doctor. Unfortunately, when the girl grew up, her parents divorced. Katie moved to live with her father, and this decided her fate. Since it was papa who, learning about the screenings for the film "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", persuaded his daughter to try his hand.
As the girl later admitted, she did not fully believe in her victory, especially since more than four thousand girls claimed the role of Zhou Chang. The actress, in order to get to the samples, was forced to sit in line for several hours. As practice has shown, not in vain. After all, it was her choice of director that fell.
In total, Katie played in four parts of the epic. She also starred in several more films, although she played secondary roles. In total, the girl has twelve works in the cinema.
Today, Katie studies at the London University of the Arts, practicing painting and music.
Kathy Lung Awards
Despite a modest acting career, Katie Lewing quickly gained popularity among the audience. After the release of the first film with her participation, the girl was nominated for the Best Newcomer Prize, as well as the Young Scot. A year later, in 2007, Katie received the title of Scotland's Most Stylish Girl.
With the release of the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the actress and her filming partner, who played the wizard boy, received the MTV Award for Best Kiss in the Movie.
Despite the sadly ended novel of Zhou Chang and Harry Potter, many readers liked this heroine very much. Unfortunately, in the later parts, little time was devoted to it. It is hoped that in the future books that Joan Rowling plans to write, the character of Zhou will receive more attention.