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John Lithgow<\/a> has called controversial Harry Potter<\/em> author JK Rowling<\/a> a \u201cdeeply empathetic person\u201d while discussing her views on trans people.<\/p>\n

Lithgow joined other past Tony Award winners like Nathan Lane and Rose Byrne in a 4 June roundtable interview hosted by The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. The actor is currently a frontrunner for this year\u2019s Best Actor gong for his turn as Roald Dahl in Giant<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When asked if the play, which has prompted a number of think pieces and debates, has made him think differently about Rowling and her views, he said that he takes the issue \u201cvery seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n

Lithgow is set to appear in HBO\u2019s upcoming Harry Potter<\/em> reboot series<\/a> as the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore. He went on to say how he was offered the role shortly after the Sundance premiere of Jimpa<\/em>, a film where he plays the grandfather of a non-binary teenager.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my mind, [Jimpa] is the best and the most warm-hearted, open-hearted and positive creation of any film or play on this subject, in total support of kindness and acceptance on this issue, and saw a wonderful opening premiere at Sundance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI then got offered Dumbledore, and only months later did I really understand the depth of this issue in a lot of people\u2019s minds,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cJK Rowling created a fantastic canon for young people. I feel about entertaining young people just the way Roald Dahl did, and the Potter<\/em> stories are beautiful, Dumbledore is a beautiful character \u2013 gay, incidentally, or not so incidentally \u2013 and it\u2019s a series of stories and episodes that are all about empathy and love compared with cruelty and hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018I just disagree with some things she seems to believe\u2019<\/h2>\n

Lithgow went on to say that there is \u201cgreat value\u201d in what Rowling created with the series and that he \u201c[respects] her for it\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other thing is, I still have not met her,\u201d he continued. \u201cI certainly will. She\u2019s not directly involved with production, at least as far as I\u2019ve experienced it. But I think for the most part, she\u2019s a deeply empathetic person, or she couldn\u2019t have created this. I just disagree with some things she seems to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lithgow received backlash from the trans community and their allies when it was announced he had accepted a role in the Harry Potter<\/em> series. Much of the criticism came from the fact that the actor famously played a trans woman in the 1982 Robin Williams film The World According to Garp<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Aud Mason-Hyde, the non-binary actor who played Lithgow\u2019s grandchild in Jimpa<\/em>, called his acceptance of the role \u201churtful\u201d<\/a> in an interview with Out<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely a difficult moment,\u201d the young actor said. And while they didn\u2019t want to offer a take on Lithgow\u2019s reasoning for taking the role, Mason-Hyde said it was \u201ca strange decision, for sure\u201d. They then called it \u201cdisconcerting\u201d.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s director, Sophie Hyde \u2013 and Mason-Hyde\u2019s real-life mother \u2013 added: \u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult thing. As soon as I heard about Harry Potter, for sure, I contacted John and expressed my feelings about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rowling confirmed last year that she had donated to For Women Scotland, the group that helped to fund a legal case on the 2010 Equality Act\u2019s definition of a woman and sex, resulting in a Supreme Court ruling that the definitions relate to \u201cbiological women\u201d and \u201cbiological sex\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat funding is doing a great deal of harm,\u201d Hyde continued. She went on to say that Lithgow is someone who \u201creally believes in trans rights\u201d, adding to the confusion over why he took the Harry Potter<\/em> role given the association with Rowling.<\/p>\n

Share your thoughts!<\/strong>\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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