Keira Knightley said she “was not aware” of the call for a Harry Potter boycott over J.K.Rowling’s anti-trans statements prior to her joining the voice cast for Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions. In an interview with Decider, the interviewer noted that the actress is voicing Professor Umbridge for …
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After Emma Watson offered a thoughtful and nuanced account of her relationship with J.K. Rowling in light of the Harry Potter creator’s anti-trans stances, Rowling responded by lambasting the actress as “ignorant.” During a recent podcast appearance, Watson described how she’s still able to value Rowling as a person, and …
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Six years have passed since Emma Watson last appeared in a film, and nearly 15 years have passed since the Harry Potter film franchise concluded. In that time, the actress has ruminated on her relationship with it from the perspective gained with distance. During a recent appearance on On Purpose …
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Cillian Murphy isn’t taking up the mantle as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series currently in development at HBO. During a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor denied that rumors of him taking the role of the villain have any credibility. “I don’t know anything …
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Chris Columbus, who directed 2001’sHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneand 2002’sHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, doesn’t expect the films’ cast to reunite for related future projects. In an interview with The Times, the filmmaker confirmed that author J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans views make actors reluctant to be associated with …
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Singer/songwriter and actress Kate Nash took aim at a broad range of celebrities and their politics during her Glastonbury set Sunday night, according to British media reports, firing salvos at J.K. Rowling, Rod Stewart, and even 1975 singer Matty Healy‘s mom. Nash, who recently dropped the anti-transphobia single “GERM,” directed …
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The general consensus is that Pedro Pascal wasn’t in the wrong for referring to J.K. Rowling‘s relentless spewing of anti-trans rhetoric as “heinous loser behavior” earlier this year. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, his own sister Javiera Balmaceda backed his stance, saying, “But it is heinous loser behavior. …
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An HBO executive has promised fans of the Harry Potter franchise that the upcoming reboot television series will not be “infused” with J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans beliefs, despite the author’s hands-on involvement with the series. In the decades since the original book series and feature films, Rowling has become synonymous with …
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John Lithgow has responded to the backlash over his participation in the forthcoming HBO Harry Potter series. The Conclave actor joined the cast as Albus Dumbledore despite anti-trans rhetoric from author J.K. Rowling, who is an executive producer on the show. Lithgow told The Times in the U.K. over the …
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Pedro Pascal blasted J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans stance in response to the author celebrating a recent U.K. ruling that transgender women should not be recognized as women under Britain’s Equality Act. The actor’s response to Rowling was posted in the comments of an Instagram video posted by activist Tariq Ra’ouf, who …
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