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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

Ralph Fiennes defends JK Rowling saying abuse she receives is ‘disgusting’

Ralph Fiennes at the Toronto film festival in September.
Ralph Fiennes at the Toronto film festival in September. Photograph: Todd Williamson/January Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Ralph Fiennes has mounted a vocal defence of Harry Potter author JK Rowling, saying that the “abuse directed at her is disgusting”.

In an interview with the New York Times, Fiennes discussed his role as Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films and reportedly “bristled” at the controversy surrounding the writer. Fiennes said: “JK Rowling has written these great books about empowerment, about young children finding themselves as human beings. It’s about how you become a better, stronger, more morally centred human being. The verbal abuse directed at her is disgusting, it’s appalling.”

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