Spyke
andyburkereply
fedia.io

One person in this situation is treating other people poorly.

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TrackinDaKraken
lemmy.world

They were never "her stars" in any way. She sold the rights to make the movie, the studio took it from there.

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idiomaddictreply
lemmy.world

Ralph Fiennes, who played Potter villain Lord Voldemort, came to the author's defence, calling the abuse she received "disgusting" and "appalling".

Other stars including Eddie Izzard and Helena Bonham Carter, who played Bellatrix Lestrange, have also said they do not consider Rowling's views to be transphobic, but reflective of her own experience of abuse.

Very disappointing, but pretty funny that only the villains support her

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i_dont_want_toreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

What the fuck, Eddie Izzard?! I had to look up if it was the same Eddie Izzard, who now also goes by Suzy.

Yep, that Eddie Izzard. Fuck.

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idiomaddictreply
lemmy.world

Yeah, she’s gender-fluid and uses fem pronouns, so my guess is that she just really wasn’t expecting an old lady (jkr) to get real hate about it and she’d like the discourse to be more polite. Still fucked up, but I can’t understand it any other way.

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null_dotreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Fuck. I hate discovering that actors whos movies I previously enjoyed, are in fact assholes.

Helena Bonham Carter did some great stuff.

Too bad, so long demon barber of fleet street.

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morphballganonreply
lemmy.world

Guy who played the protagonist of the Fantastic Beasts movies has voiced agreement with JK as well

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idiomaddictreply
lemmy.world

At least in this article they say this:

Eddie Redmayne, star of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, based on Rowling's book, also said in 2020: "I disagree with Jo's comments. Trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary identities are valid."

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ddittyreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Awesome, good to know, and happy to hear it! I just meant only one of the people pictured in the post's thumbnail (Cho Chang) actually signed the letter the article is about

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The D Quuuuuillreply
slrpnk.net

you've missed some context on how long Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Daniel Ratclif have been speaking out that they don't support JK Rowling, how they're going to spend their royalties from those films, and that trans men are men and trans women are women.

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happydoors
lemmy.world

I support a large crew and actors who worked on this speaking up in the modern age. More celebrities need to do this across the whole spectrum.

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Zorquereply
lemmy.world

Is Evanna one of the ones who signed the letter? She's supported Rowling in the past (specifically for her stance on trans rights) and it doesn't specifically state she signed in the linked article.

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AngryCommieKender
lemmy.world

Bitch better keep Hannibal's name and catch phrase out her mouth. I pity the fool that messes with the A Team.

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Rothe
piefed.social

While continuing to star in a project which will eventually fund anti-trans organisations.

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Steve Dicereply
sh.itjust.works

I get that you're some kind of transcendental entity not bound by linear time but the rest of us mortals sadly have to follow causality.

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madjoreply
feddit.nl

Sadly none of the actors of the upcoming tv show have signed on. So they will still have blood on their hands.

People like Nick Frost, John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paul Whitehouse, Katherine Parkinson. They haven't signed that solidarity letter.

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HappyFrogreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Paapa Essiedu has signed it. He's going to play Snape. However, I didn't see any other actor when I searched through.

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HappyFrogreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Me too, just wanted to clarify that among the actors listed on wikipedia, only Snape signed the letter. Not a single one else.

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