A number of “Harry Potter” actors have signed an open letter pledging to face in “solidarity” with the transgender neighborhood – even regardless of creator J.Ok. Rowling’s outspoken and “anti-woke” stance towards these people.
The pledge, which has been signed by Eddie Redmayne, Paapa Essiedu and Katie Leung, comes after the Supreme Courtroom of the UK dominated earlier this month that the phrases “woman” and “sex” refer strictly to a organic girl and organic intercourse, per the Instances of London.
Redmayne, 43, starred within the “Harry Potter” spin-off prequel franchise “Fantastic Beasts,” whereas Essiedu, 34, is ready to painting Severus Snape in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” collection. Leung, 37, performed Cho Chang within the unique “Harry Potter” movies.
“We the undersigned film and television professionals stand in solidarity with the trans, non-binary and intersex communities who have been impacted by the Supreme Court ruling on April 16,” the open letter learn.
“We believe the ruling undermines the lived reality and threatens the safety of trans, non-binary and intersex people living in the UK,” it continued. “Movie and tv are highly effective instruments for empathy and training, and we consider passionately within the means of the display screen to alter hearts and minds.
“This is our opportunity to be on the right side of history,” Redmayne, Essiedu, Leung and the greater than 2,000 different signatories added.
Different British actors who signed the open letter expressing help for the “trans, non-binary and intersex communities” after the Supreme Courtroom’s shocking ruling embody “The Last of Us” star Bella Ramsey, “The Brutalist” actor Joe Alwyn and “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan.
Charlotte Ritchie, who appeared as a scholar in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” and Daisy Haggard, who voiced the Ministry of Magic elevator, additionally added their names to the pledge.
The letter comes after Rowling, a longtime and outspoken critic of transgender rights, celebrated the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling on social media.
“Think I might be having a cigar later,” Rowling, 59, wrote on X after the ruling was formally handed down on April 16.
“It took three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women with an army behind them to get this case heard by the Supreme Court and, in winning, they’ve protected the rights of women and girls across the UK,” she added in one other tweet. “I’m so proud to know you.”
The controversial “Harry Potter” creator returned to X later that day to share an image of herself having a drink and smoking a cigar.
“I love it when a plan comes together,” she tweeted, including hashtags for the Supreme Courtroom and Girls’s Rights.
Actor John Lithgow, who is ready to star as Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” collection, has additionally been dragged into the controversy surrounding Rowling’s “anti-woke” stance towards the trans neighborhood.
In an interview with the Instances of London printed on Sunday, Lithgow addressed the main backlash he has already obtained for becoming a member of HBO’s “Harry Potter” collection amid its unique creator’s divisive rhetoric.
“I thought, ‘Why is this a factor at all?’ I wonder how J.K. Rowling has absorbed it,” the “Conclave” actor mentioned. “I suppose at a certain point I’ll meet her, and I’m curious to talk to her.”
Earlier than Redmayne, Essiedu and Leung signed the open letter, “Harry Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson spoke out to publicly disagree with Rowling in 2020.
“Transgender women are women,” Radcliffe, 35, mentioned in a press release on the time.
“Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are,” Watson, 35, later added.
