Katie Leung would not want to relive her Harry Potter days.
The 38-year-old Bridgerton star formerly played Daniel Radcliffe‘s love interest Cho Chang in five of the eight live-action adaptations.
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During a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Katie shared that she was “so young” and “easily influenced” by outside opinions of her that she struggled with her identity. She was just 16 when she joined the fantasy franchise.
“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 explained. “I would not want to go back to that time. 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.”
In January, Katie spoke about how racist backlash to her casting impacted her.