HarryPotter actor Harry Melling joins the conversation regarding J.K. Rowling's anti-trans comments: 'Every single person has the right to choose who they are and to identify themselves as what’s true to themselves.'
Harry Melling, who played Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films, takes a stance on the ongoing J.K. Rowling controversy. Based on Rowling's fantasy books of the same name, the Harry Potter film franchise began with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001. The Harry Potter series, which also includes three Fantastic Beasts films so far, is currently the fourth highest-grossing film franchise of all-time.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY In a recent interview with The Independent, Melling weighs in on Rowling's controversy, disagreeing with her anti-trans stance while not condemning the author. Melling says that he believes every person has the right to choose to identify themselves however they'd like, and that "transgender women are women and transgender men are men.
“I can only speak for myself, and what I feel, to me, is very simple, which is that transgender women are women and transgender men are men. Every single person has the right to choose who they are and to identify themselves as what’s true to themselves. I don’t want to join the debate of pointing fingers and saying, ‘That’s right, that’s wrong,’ because I don’t think I’m the correct spokesperson for that. But I do believe that everybody has the right to choose.”Other Harry Potter Actors on J.K.
On the opposite side, some Harry Potter actors have sided with Rowling, many of whom say that the backlash Rowling has received is too harsh. Most recently, Bellatrix Lestrange actor Helena Bonham Carter said that the response to Rowling's comments has been "horrendous," and that Rowling is "allowed her opinion." Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes made a similar comment in October, saying that the abuse she has been receiving is "disgusting" and "appalling.
While some actors from the Wizarding World have been vocal on one side of the argument or the other, some have chosen to stay silent on the matter. Melling's comment is unique, however, in that he declines to get involved with the debate not because he doesn't want to cause drama with Rowling, but because as a cisgender, male actor, he acknowledges that he isn't the "correct spokesperson" for transgender issues.
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