A Seattle museum has removed all traces of J.K. Rowling from a “Harry Potter” exhibit due to the author’s divisive transphobic comments.
18.07.2023 - 01:07 / nypost.com
Maisie and her boyfriend, and we just clicked,” James Phelps (Fred Weasley) told The Post. “We had the same sense of humor. When HBO did the [2022 special, ‘Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts’] reunion thing, we filmed that on a Wednesday, and flew out to Saint Lucia on a Thursday. So going back to the Great Hall for the first time in 10 years was in our heads.
And ‘Game of Thrones’ had only finished a few months before. So, it was quite cool. Obviously different productions, but similar experiences we were able to share [with Williams].” The Phelps twins have had a more low-key post-“Potter” career than Daniel Radcliffe – appearing in scattered roles including the 2021 film “Last Night In Soho.” They both currently live in London with their wives (and in Oliver’s case, kids) and see each other often. “We’re fortunate, in the way that we don’t have to be doing a job after the next job all the time,” said James.
“But, obviously we enjoy working a lot as well. We’re very content in where our lives are, at the moment. It’s great to be able to have some time for yourself and the family as well.”In April, Max announced that the “Harry Potter” series will also get a TV adaptation.The brothers said they would be interested in return to the “Potter”verse if asked. “I suppose so.
It’s one of those things where it’s never really a chapter closed in your life,” said Oliver … Whether as our characters, that’s a totally different thing – we’re not quite looking like high schoolers anymore! If it does happen, we only know as much as you do. But, it’s nice that there’s a lot of intrigue around the show.”“We’ve got a very close bond with a lot of the Potter cast,” said James. “Because it’s like friends from high school or
.A Seattle museum has removed all traces of J.K. Rowling from a “Harry Potter” exhibit due to the author’s divisive transphobic comments.
removed all mention of JK Rowling from their “Harry Potter” exhibit after calling her a “cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity,” according to a blog post that was posted in May.Project manager Chris Moore, who is transgender, authored the piece and claimed that they would “love to go with the internet’s theory that these books were actually written without an author.” “But this certain person is a bit too vocal with her super hateful and divisive views to be ignored,” continued the post. “For the time being, the curators decided to remove any of her artifacts from this gallery to reduce her impact.”“It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s what we were able to do in the short-term while determining long-term practices.”The Daily Mail has reported that MoPOP has kept the “Harry Potter” memorabilia on display, but Rowling’s name is not mentioned anywhere in the exhibit.
A US museum has removed all trace of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling from its exhibition celebrating the schoolboy wizard and his friends.
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