Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, the protagonist of the 'Harry Potter' series, explains why he was opposed to JK Rowling, a writer who made negative comments about transgender people.
Yesterday (1st) local time, Indiewire, an American film media outlet, reported on Daniel Radcliffe's position that he publicly opposed the writer two years ago.
JK Rowling, creator of the 'Harry Potter' series, defended a woman who was fired from her job for making transphobic comments in 2019 and was criticized by LGBT people in 2020 for describing women as 'menstruating'.
At the time, Daniel Radcliffe, in his column, firmly expressed his support for transgender women, saying that "transgender women are also women."
The article was published on the official website of 'LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention', a non-profit organization he has sponsored since 2010.
When Daniel Radcliffe stood on the other side of Rowling's publicly negative comments about transgender people, the actors who appeared in the 'Harry Potter' series also said they would agree with him one after another.
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Daniel Radcliffe told IndieWire how he felt at the time, "If I had stood still, I wouldn't have been able to see my face in the mirror properly."
He explained, "I also felt the need to talk about something, especially after finishing 'Harry Potter' and meeting many of the children who were affected by the work with various identities."
"I saw them hurt (because of the author's remarks), and I wanted to let them know that not everyone in the 'Harry Potter' series feels like a writer," he said. added.
Daniel Radcliffe became a world star when he played the main character, 'Harry Potter' in the 'Harry Potter' series.
He is scheduled to meet with the audience through the movie 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story', which tells the life of American comedy singer Weird Al Yankovic on the 4th in local time.
(Photo = YouTube 'Indie Wire', JK Rowling Twitter)
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