John Lithgow has admitted that he almost made a U-turn on his decision to play Albus Dumbledore in HBO‘s Harry Potter reboot.
The actor is among the A-list stars who signed onto the TV show adaptation of J.K. Rowling‘s beloved books, a lineup that also includes Janet McTeer, Nick Frost, Paapa Essiedu, Katherine Parkinson and Johnny Flynn.
This week, in a new interview with The New York Times, Lithgow confessed he has never met the author and does not align with her staunch anti-trans views, though he says her wizarding world books are “clearly on the side of the angels, against intolerance and bigotry.”
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Promoting his recent film Jimpa, Lithgow tells the outlet he has felt “stung” by the social media reaction to his casting, with some fans promising to boycott the series entirely.
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