The director Chris Columbus66, responsible for the first two films of the saga “Harry Potter”discarded any chance of a meeting of the original cast in a possible adaptation for cinema of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”.
The filmmaker said the controversial statements of the author of the books, JK Rowling, about trans people They made Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) “impossible”.
Asked by the British newspaper The Times about the possibility of an adaptation to the big screen, Columbus stated: “It will never happen. Each member of the cast has their own opinion, which diverges from JK Rowling, which makes everything impossible”.
The author of the saga “Harry Potter” has been criticized since 2020 by a series of the LGBTQIA+ and supporters community. The writer stated that the expansion of the concept of gender threatens female rights conquered and, in social media posts, said he believed that biological sex should prevail over gender identity. The positions would have, which they said publicly.
Without approaching the controversies, Daniel had previously stated that does not intend to revisit the role that consecrated him. “This is the answer that no one would like to hear, but I think I managed to enjoy it all because it is no longer part of my daily life. Happy with my current moment And coming back I would represent a huge change in my life, “he said in an interview with The New York Times.
Nevertheless, the star does not definitely close the door, but warned that fans will have to wait a long time. “I will never say never, but the guys of ‘Star Wars’ took 30, 40 years before returning. For me, only ten have passed. It’s not something I’m interested in do now.”
