Lithgow tells the *Times* of London there was plenty of pushback from fans to taking the role... not that he's concerned... he noted that when he got the role of Roald Dahl, known antisemite, in the West End, folks took it well... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-lithgow-harry-potter-jk-rowling-anti-trans-comments-1236201956/ (link) B
Diner, to moi, April 16th: Well, he studied in England as a Rhodes Scholar, so he can do a pretty good English accent. (He did play Churchill, after all.) But I'm reminded of the story that Rosie O'Donnell was considered for the role of Mrs. Dursley in the first Potter movie until director Chris Columbus decided that the movie would seem more authentic if they used real Brits rather than Americans doing accents. Still seems like the right idea to me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9840beb2-aa0f-45a0-a58a-6a232c24e072n%40googlegroups.com.
