Fair play to Draco Malfoy. (Now there are five words I never thought I’d write.) Tom Felton, who played Harry Potter’s platinum-blond nemesis in the films, has done what so many of his young co-stars have failed to do: he has defended the woman to whom he owes his career.
Tom Felton, who played Harry Potter’s platinum-blond nemesis in the films, has done what so many of his young co-stars have failed to do
Ever since JK Rowling dared to say that biological sex exists, the cast of the Potter flicks have routinely been called upon by trans activists and showbiz journalists to throw a match at the ‘transphobic’ witch. The one who played Harry, the one who played Hermione and the one who played Ron have all obliged at one point or another.
Harry, aka Daniel Radcliffe, went as far as to say his stand against Rowling was ‘really important’. He ‘felt very, very much as though I needed to say something’, he told IndieWire in
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