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This One Simple Trick Will Prevent You From Being Cast in the Harry Potter Show


Nicola Coughlan and Bowen Yang took direct aim at J.K. Rowling in Instagram posts.

There’s one way to guarantee you won’t get cast in the new HBO adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter septology, and that’s by speaking out about the British author’s victory lap after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that gender can only be determined by biology. In the days that have followed the April 16 ruling, a number of celebrities have spoken out, including Bridgerton ’s Nicola Coughlan and Charitha Chandran, as well as SNL and The Wedding Banquet ’s Bowen Yang, announcing their support for the trans community and criticizing Rowling for her hand in the process. Bigotry is bigotry.” The actor also announced she was raising money for Not a Phase, a U.K.-based trans charity, and shared twodifferent posts about Rowling’s financial contribution to the For Women Scotland movement.

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