LONDON -- On Monday, news of the actors who'd be playing Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play broke, and social media was packed with people talking about Noma Dumezweni being cast as Hermione.
After fans began asking J.K. Rowling for her opinion on the casting, she tweeted a response saying that "white skin was never specified" and that she "loves black Hermione."
Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione https://t.co/5fKX4InjTH— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 21, 2015
Now, Rowling has been having a great time with fans imagining her various characters as different nationalities.
Rowling has been retweeting fans from across the world throughout Tuesday morning.
Hi @jk_rowling Black Hermione is cool but could we talk about "Hamid" Potter ?Because i truly think Harry is Moroccan and Real name is Hamid— Sebastien-Abdelhamid (@SAbdelhamid) December 21, 2015
@SAbdelhamid @jk_rowling Lies, Harry is from India and his real name is Hari Prasad.— Karthik TMuthu (@KarthikTmuthu) December 22, 2015
@KarthikTmuthu @jk_rowling @SAbdelhamid No no you all wrong. Harry is from Turkey and his real real name is Hayri Pıtır.— Cansu Yaprak Eroğlu (@CYaprakE) December 22, 2015
@KarthikTmuthu @jk_rowling @SAbdelhamid hahahahahah holy Lord! And Ronald Weasely is Rohan Sharma :P— Snehadeep Kayet (@SnehadeepKayet) December 22, 2015
I *love* Rohan Sharma! https://t.co/FilD0PdVnC— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 22, 2015
@KarthikTmuthu @jk_rowling @SAbdelhamid Nah, he's from Brazil and his name is Reury Silva— fer (@jamespottwr) December 22, 2015
@SAbdelhamid @jk_rowling and aren't Parvati and and Padma Patil really Prunella and Paula Purtell two blonde surfer sisters from Aus?— Max (@bulls_max) December 22, 2015
Our personal favourite is definitely "Hayri Pıtır."