19 Book Characters Who Were Destroyed In Movie AdaptationsSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 8 Jan 2019 19 Genuinely Awful Book-To-Movie Character Adaptations Just...why? by Ellie WoodwardBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the worst book-to-movie character adaptation they d ever seen Here are the best responses 1 Ginny Weasley Harry Potter Warner Bros In the books she's fiery and doesn't take crap from anyone, while still being a fundamentally good and interesting character — you can understand why Harry is in love with her. In the movies she's reduced to only being Harry's love interest with no depth of personality at all. She's wooden, boring and exists purely for Harry — the complete opposite of her book counterpart. — scofield922 Ginevra Weasley from the books would never tie a guy's shoe laces, ever. — Thesuncameout 2 Annabeth Chase Percy Jackson and the Olympians 20th Century Fox The books were incredible and the characters were funny, loveable and charming. Then we got the hot garbage of a film that cast actors in their twenties despite the characters being 12. All the characters were ruined, but Annabeth suffered most of all. What happened to our badass, super-smart heroine? She's one of the few blonde female characters that I've encountered who was accepted as being more intelligent than anyone else, breaking a misogynistic stereotype that all blondes are dumb. And what do the films do? Go and make her brunette. They didn't get a single thing right. — QueenOfFuckingEverything 3 Anna and Kate Fitzgerald My Sister s Keeper Curmudgeon Films In the book, Anna dies and gets her emancipation, and Kate survives despite not having her sister to continue the donation. But in the movie, it becomes a predictable story where the sister with cancer dies and the healthy one lives and achieves her emancipation that way. Switching who dies completely destroyed the characters that were developed throughout the book and made a once riveting, heart-wrenching story a predictable and unexceptional one. — emilyl406f69235 4 Rachel Watson The Girl on the Train DreamWorks Studios I always pictured her as someone who was plus-size or at least very curvy. There were some derogatory comments made towards her size in the book, so it was an important part of showing the decline of both the mental and physical state of her character. — emmab419b8a784 5 Jack Torrance from The Shining Warner Bros In the book we can see him go from recovering alcoholic trying to be better but descending slowly into madness due to personal and literal demons. In the film, the second he's introduced you think: "Oh boy, this guy has already descended into madness, nothing to see here!" — AwwShucks 6 Jack Reacher Jack Reacher Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise being cast was an incredibly poor choice for a man often described as "towering" with hands the size of plates. — jimmyg8 7 Bella Swan Twilight Summit Entertainment In the books she's a headstrong character — she's her own person and cracks jokes. In the movie she's only interesting because a vampire who once wanted to kill her ended up falling in love with her. — ashleighbeardsmore03 8 Captain Antonio Corelli Captain Corelli s Mandolin Universal Pictures I actually refuse to watch it as the book is so magical and Nicolas Cage is such a comical character to me. — ruthb45c2f5fa4 9 Malorie Girl and Boy Bird Box Netflix Sandra Bullock wasn't right for the part of Malorie — in the book she's portrayed as being much younger and more naive. She also saw Tom as more of a father figure, turning to him to solve problems and make their household a better place, as opposed to him being a romantic interest. The movie also lost me when Girl went to look for Malorie. In the book, Girl and Boy were trained so well to never question or contradict Malorie and followed everything she said, no matter what their instincts may have been. — degobrah 10 Margot Covey To All The Boys I ve Loved Before Netflix In the novel she's brave and exciting, and her moving away is the main plotline for the first half of the book. In the movie she's just an obstacle between Laura Jean and Josh getting together. — zubylee1 11 Louisa Lou Clark Me Before You Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In the book she's quirky, optimistic and very likeable, but in the movie she's so annoying and over the top it made me physically cringe. — gemmao4ef464753 12 Brian Jackson Starter For Ten Playtone It's my favourite book and I love James McAvoy, but they just didn't get the humour of the story into the film. The inner monologue is the key to it all! Brian's complete and utter self-absorption and low self esteem despite everything good that happens to him and all the chances he's given just isn't portrayed with any hint of comedy in the movie. — fixy5570 13 Emma Bloom Miss Peregrine s Home for Peculiar Children Chernin Entertainment She was supposed to be the lead love interest. Instead, she was made into a small background character. They butchered that adaptation in so many ways but that one made me the angriest. — kellyf442d564da 14 Jordan Baker The Great Gatsby Bazmark Films I adored her and her relationship with Nick in the book, but they made her snarky and one-dimensional for the movie because apparently she wasn’t relevant enough to the plot. — alid479f6583d 15 Becky Bloomwood Confessions of a Shopaholic Touchstone Pictures They made her into a feckless airhead who only cared about shopping. The books have a lot more heart and storyline. It made my heart sad when I saw the film. — meeravijay 16 Serena Shaw Serena 2929 Entertainment She was cold, calculating and manipulative in the book, whereas the movie portrayed her as a sympathetic character who wasn't really responsible for anything bad that happened to any of the other characters. The movie really attempted to make the audience feel for her with that ending which was also totally different from the book. In essence, it wasn’t even really the same character! — kelseys477e0ece0 17 Ethan Wate Beautiful Creatures Alcon Entertainment In the books, he was a likeable, athletic, and popular guy on the surface with a sensitive and very intelligent personality. The movies made him out to be some kind of outcast, loner type who thought he was better than everyone else. He was actually kind of an asshole in the film and it was hard to root for his romance with Lena. — lailak472784583 18 Sam The Perks of Being a Wallflower Mr Mudd Emma Watson's HORRENDOUS American accent is enough to bring someone to tears. Sooooo distracting. — rhianneh 19 Ron Weasley Harry Potter Warner Bros He was a complex character in the books, a generally good friend who would do asshole things to make his friends happy. In the movies, he was just a straight-up asshole. — madladhatter Want to be featured in similar posts Follow the BuzzFeed Community on Facebook and Twitter Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink TV and MoviesGet all the best moments in pop culture & entertainment delivered to your inbox.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.