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 a “factor at all”.
Lithgow will play Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the high-profile HBO adaptation of the famous books. The Olivier Award-winning actor, who recently won the gong for his towering turn as Roald Dahl in Giant, was confirmed as a cast member earlier this month along with Nick Frost, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu.
