Rowling, a former Labour supporter herself, later added: “Polite notice to those urging me to show blind tribal allegiance to a party that’s screwed over female nurses who want to change in a female-only space, female prisoners housed with male sex offenders and female rape survivors who want an all-female support service: nope.” Source link
Paapa Essiedu, who will play Professor Severus Snape in the new adaptation, revealed he was targeted with racist abuse online Source link
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When I ask Radcliffe about the public response to his previous statements about Rowling, things get a bit tense. He demurs, politely explaining why he’d prefer not to speak about her. “The reason I don’t talk about it anymore is because I’ve said what I want to say on it,” he says. When I point out that I can understand that it might be a thorny subject for him—Rowling’s pivot to avowed anti-trans rhetoric—he corrects me. “To me, it’s not been thorny,” he says. “It’s been a simple thing to talk about. It’s been very easy for me to talk about.” The problem, to him, isn’t his position. It’s this: “You will write a really nice article about this interview and then nobody will talk about anything from it because it’s just giving the Daily Mail pull quotes. And I really hate giving the Daily Mail pull quotes.” The world Rowling created is inescapable. A few blocks from where we’re sitting, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child just celebrated its seventh year on Broadway, and …
John Lithgow has reflected on his decision to accept a pivotal role in the new Harry Potter TV series amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the franchise and its creator, JK Rowling. Last year, the Conclave actor confirmed he’d be playing Hogwarts professor Albus Dumbledore in the new TV series, which will dedicate one season to each of Rowling’s novels, with the likes of Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu and Nick Frost also playing key characters at the wizarding school. However, the project has already faced backlash due to the involvement of Rowling, who has become a divisive figure in the last few years due to her frequent and ongoing commentary about transgender people. This has included repeatedly and deliberately misgendering trans public figures, and donating tens of thousands of pounds to the campaign group which raised the initial legal challenge that led to the UK Supreme Court’s 2025 ruling that the legal definition of a woman should include only those who were assigned female at birth. On Sunday, John made an appearance at the International Film …
It comes after he was named in the New Year Honours list earlier this week, for his services to drama and charity. Source link
