«Harry Potter» star Daniel Radcliffe recently told The Atlantic it’s «really sad» that author J.K. Rowling has views critical of the transgender movement.
«Harry Potter» film star Daniel Radcliffe lamented creator J.K. Rowling’s critical views of transgender ideology in a new interview published on Tuesday.
Radcliffe, who played the book series’ title character in the Warner Bros. film adaptation, told The Atlantic that he’s «really sad» that Rowling has made critical statements about the transgender agenda on social media, considering how beloved her body of work is.
The actor said, «It makes me really sad, ultimately, because I do look at the person that I met, the times that we met, and the books that she wrote, and the world she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathetic.»
Radcliffe and other «Potter» co-stars, like Emma Watson, have expressed opposition to Rowling’s viewpoint that total acceptance of the trans community and their beliefs undermines the existence of biological women.
Watson and Radcliffe have stood firm in supporting the transgender community, with Watson insisting that «trans people are who they say they are» in an X post after Rowling went viral in 2020 for criticizing an article mentioning «people who menstruate» and calling for use of the word «women» instead.
