Two women gave Radcliffe his life
The first one was his mother who gave birth to him.
The second was JK Rowling, who created the Harry Potter mythology and who signed-off on casting him in the title role for the cinematic adaptation when he was a little boy.
JK Rowling paved the way for DR to become financially secure for the rest of his life (and the life of whoever inherits his estate one day in the far off future). She paved the way for his comfort, his options, his security, his career and his ACTUAL privilege (a word that has been thrown about until it has lost all meaning). In the acting realm alone, DR is afforded something that few actors (even stars) have ever been able to claim; and that is the ability to be a working actor AND live in comfort for the rest of his life, without having to be bankable, successful, critically-praised or even in demand. I’m not saying that he isn’t talented or successful. He is. My point is that he doesn’t have to worry about meeting any standard. He is secure. He can choose to act in small art productions forever, enjoy his craft and still have enough wealth to do anything he pleases whenever he pleases.
And all that is thanks to JK Rowling.
So... is it too much to ask, that rather than joining (in his case, politely) the public pile-on heaped upon Rowling for opining that biological sex is real; rather than publicly embarrassing her; rather than publicly contributing (even unintentionally) to genuine attempts to cancel her as a person (yes, cancel her) and her life’s work; rather than doing all that... maybe pick up the phone, as a friend, talk to her, explain to her why he thinks she’s wrong; heck, even offer to be there for her as a friend, in spite of differing opinions.
Apparently, it is too much to ask. We live in a time, in which you must interact in public. You must take sides in public. You must opine and you must do so publicly. You must tweet and you must do so quickly. Because if you don’t, you aren’t relevant, you don’t exist, you were never here.
Sorry JK Rowling. You gave DR his life. But if he wants to keep it, he must, at least tacitly, endorse the destruction of yours.
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