‘Harry Potter’ Actor Katie Leung Says She Was Told to Deny Receiving Racist Attacks: Reports

London: Actor Katie Leung, who played Cho Chang in the Harry Potter franchise, opened up about experiencing racist attacks from fans online while filming the fantasy series.

The “Harry Potter” actor Katie Leung says publicists advised her to deny being the target of online racist abuse from the franchise’s fans.

Leung, a Scottish-born performer of Chinese descent, was cast in the role of Cho Chang in the hugely popular franchise at age 16 and starred in four films including “The Order of The Phoenix,” where she was Harry Potter’s love interest.

Leung, who was born in Scotland and is of Chinese descent, was only 16 when she was cast in the Harry Potter films.

“I was Googling myself at one point, and I was on this website, which was kind of dedicated to the Harry Potter fandom. I remember reading all the comments. And, yeah, it was a lot of racist shit,” she says.