JK Rowling’s newest play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, sold over 175,000 tickets in 24 hours — but not everyone is equally enthusiastic.
All across social media, fans of the movie have been criticizing the writer for casting a black actress in the role of Hermione. In an interview with The Observer released today, JK Rowling slammed her critics, call them a “bunch of racists.” Noma Dumezweni, playing Hermione, was simply “the best actress for the job.”
“With my experience of social media, I thought that idiots were going to idiot,” Rowling told The Observer. “But what can you say? That’s the way the world is.” Read more…
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