Hermione casts spell over young film fans

Harry Potter’s wholesome sidekick Hermione Granger has been voted the best big screen role model in a poll of young film fans.

The smart student, played in the eight-film series by Emma Watson, picked up almost a fifth of the votes (19%) in the survey.

Next up was Charlie Bucket — the boy who wins a golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory in versions of the film in 1971 and 2005 — who picked up 16% of the vote, followed by another Roald Dahl creation, Matilda Wormwood, who was played in the 1996 film by Mara Wilson and was picked by 15% of the 1,000 schoolchildren who voted.