Bel Powley has said she 'strongly disagrees' with JK Rowling's views on gender while preparing to play Petunia Dursley in HBO's new Harry Potter TV series. The actor made clear she supports 'total acceptance' for the trans community even as she steps into one of the franchise's key roles.
Powley's remarks came in London during an interview about her career and her new Sky supernatural thriller Possession. The conversation later turned to the politics surrounding Rowling's involvement in the Harry Potter reboot. Rowling, who wrote the original novels and is an executive producer on the series, has long faced criticism for remarks on sex and gender that activists and many LGBTQ+ groups describe as anti-trans.
