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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

Keira Knightley says she was ‘not aware’ of JK Rowling boycott calls before joining Harry Potter audiobooks

Keira Knightley at the premiere of The Woman in Cabin 10, London.
Keira Knightley at the premiere of The Woman in Cabin 10, London. Photograph: Dave Benett/Aimee Rose McGhee/Getty Images/Netflix

Keira Knightley said that she was “not aware” of demands to boycott JK Rowling prior to joining the cast of the new audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series.

Knightley was speaking to Decider to promote her new Netflix movie The Woman in Cabin 10 (in which she plays a Guardian reporter), and was asked if she knew that “some fans are calling for a Harry Potter boycott”.

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