Adaptational Attractiveness: Hermione, Tyrion and a Million Others

Adaptational Attractiveness is a trope in film and television. This is when a character that is originally written in a novel as being non-attractive is adapted onto screen by a conventionally attractive actor.

List of books and movies featured, talked about or referenced:

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera film (2004)

Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Sleepy Hollow film (1999) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland (2010) Carrie by Stephen King Carrie (2013)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

Sherlock A Wrinkle in Time Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre (1983, 2006, 2011)

Holes by Louis Sachar Holes (2003)

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Les Miserables (2012)

Ready Player One by Ernest Kline Ready Player One (2018)

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2

The Princess Diaries (2001)

She’s All That (1999)

Game of Thrones