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# Harry Potter star shares support for JK Rowling
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/harry-potter-star-shares-support-for-jk-rowling/
- Published: 2021-03-19T12:00:39.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-20T07:29:59.000Z
- Description: Ralph Fiennes shared a message of support for JK Rowling following accusations of transphobia.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Books, News, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, JK Rowling transphobia, LGBTQ, Seaford Head School, Trangender, Trans Rights

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Actor **Ralph Fiennes**, known for playing Voldemort in the *Harry Potter* film series, shared a message of support for author **JK Rowling** following continuous accusations of transphobia. The 58-year-old film star told [*The Telegraph*](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/ralph-fiennes-back-theatre-will-emotional/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) that he *“can’t understand the vitriol”* directed at Rowling, adding: *“I can understand the heat of an argument, but I find this age of accusation and the need to condemn irrational.”*

Fiennes said those who have criticised Rowling have used ‘violent language’ towards her, saying: *“I find the level of hatred that people express about her views…disturbing.”* Other *Harry Potter* stars have denounced Rowling’s controversial opinions on the trans community, with **Rupert Grint, Emma Watson** and **Daniel Radcliffe,** [releasing a statement](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/rupert-grint-advocates-for-trans-rights/) last year which said: “\[We\] *firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers. Trans women are women. Trans men are men.”*

Rowling has been accused of transphobia on multiple occasions, and was recently the [subject of discussion](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/seaford-school-drops-transphobic-jk-rowling-from-house-names/) at a local school, which had named one of its houses after the author. **Seaford Head School** said it would be changing its house names as it no longer felt *“that JK Rowling is a suitable representative, because of her recent words about the trans community.”*