John Lithgow revealed in a recent interview that he has been getting backlash for joining the cast of HBO's new "Harry Potter" show, thanks to series creator J.K. Rowling's anti-trans views.

John Lithgow has insisted he was surprised by the backlash he’s faced for joining the cast of Harry Potter. The 79-year-old actor will play Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s ...

John Lithgow talks about playing Albus Dumbledore in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series despite anti-trans rhetoric made by author J.K. Rowling.

John Lithgow has called the backlash to him being cast in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series “odd”, and said that the discourse surrounding JK Rowling ’s anti-trans rhetoric shouldn’t be ...

When asked if he expected such condemnation, Lithgow said, “No, absolutely not. Of course, it was a big decision because it’s probably the last major role I’ll play.

John Lithgow is brushing aside concerns about his playing Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series despite anti-trans rhetoric made by author J.K. Rowling, who also serves as an ...

“Despite the ire toward and denouncement of J.K. Rowling from such colleagues like Nicola Coughlan, Pedro Pascal and David Tennant, and amid the rise of anti-trans rhetoric from the presidential ...

It’s something John Lithgow was made aware of around the time he said yes to playing the new version of Dumbledore in the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation, but he says it wasn’t a “big ...

John Lithgow “was just thinking about mortality and that this is a very good winding-down role” when he committed to being the Harry Potter television series ‘ Albus Dumbledore.

John Lithgow is brushing aside concerns about his playing Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series despite anti-trans rhetoric made by author J.K. Rowling, who also serves as an ...