Daniel Radcliffe, known worldwide for having played the character of Harry Potter, gave his opinion in an interview about JK Rowling’s anti-transgender comments. The actor, who on several occasions demonstrated her support for the LGBTQ + community, said “he was disappointed in the writer” for her constant attacks on trans people.
“Ultimately, it makes me very sad,” he told The Atlantic. Furthermore, he added: “I look at the person I met, the times we met, the books he wrote, the world he created and all of that is deeply empathetic to me.”
In 2020, Rowling made anti-transgender comments, prompting Radcliffe to be one of the first cast members of the saga to defend the community. The actor wrote an essay for the Trevor Project where he stated that “transgender women are women.”
“I had worked with the Trevor Project for 12 years and it would have seemed like immense cowardice not to say something,” Daniel said about his response to the author’s attacks. “I wanted to try to help people who had been negatively affected by the comments and say that if those are Jo’s views, then they are not the views of everyone associated with the Potter franchise,” she clarified.
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{{msg}} {{msg}}Despite the writer’s statements, the protagonist of the saga reflected: “Obviously Harry Potter would not have happened without her, so probably nothing in my life would have happened as it is without that person. But that doesn’t mean you owe the things you truly believe in to someone else your entire life.”
At the beginning of April, the BBC shared a report that questioned the treatments for “trans children.” After this, a user asked the author if he would forgive Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson after walking away from her and her response was forceful.
Joanne wrote at the time: “Celebrities who joined a movement that sought to erode women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to encourage the transition of minors can save their apologies for traumatized detractors and vulnerable women.” that depend on single-sex spaces.”
Atlantic asked Radcliffe to comment on that message, to which the actor responded: “I will continue to support the rights of all LGBTQ people and will not make any further comments than that.” (TN)
