Harry Potter actors sign trans pledge after Supreme Court ruling

Charlotte Ritchie was one of the lead characters in Ghosts, to be fair, and very popular on Taskmaster! A brief role as an uncredited extra in her teens isn't exactly the height of her career. Daisy Haggard I don't know as well, but I think she was the lead actress in an ITV drama not too long ago, plus she's so familiar I must have seen her in lots of smaller roles.

Obviously a lot of people signing their names are behind-the-scenes creatives who aren't particularly well-known, but there are a lot of recognisable names from the British television scene on there as well. I don't think it serves any argument to act like these actors are all irrelevant nobodies- people can be both well-known and wrong.

Do you really think all 400 who signed the pledge have done this for the sole benefit of JKR? She may be an almost billionaire but the world doesn't revolve around her.

These virtue signallers have absolutely no idea who they're dealing with.

Edited to add, that actually, not many people would view profiting from someone who you can't help slagging off massively in public, as anything other than hypocritical.

The TRA’s have turned on him, quite rightly pointing out that he’s happy to work with JKR to profit financially and boost his career so he can’t feel that strongly.

He is learning as we speak that nothing is ever enough for them.

I love that for him.

'It came as trans activists turned on Paapa, accusing him of virtue-signalling because he has not quit the show inspired by the books of their bête noire, branding his stance 'plain hollow'.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14667225/JK-Rowling-HBO-new-Harry-Potter-open-defiance.

Oh dear, what a shock - almost like nothing is ever enough for these people

"Jo won’t care at all', MailOnline's source said when asked about Paapa’s decision to sign the letter.
‘She knows how powerful Harry Potter is and it’s bigger than its cast. She knows she’s going to come against criticism but she is now uncancelable.
‘For her it’s business as usual’, which is to ‘continue to build the Harry Potter brand’ while supporting women’s rights, the insider added.

A favourite bit

It came as trans activists turned on Paapa, accusing him of virtue-signalling because he has not quit the show inspired by the books of their bête noire, branding his stance 'plain hollow'.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14667225/JK-Rowling-HBO-new-Harry-Potter-open-defiance.html

Was there anyone among the crowd who when the call came, refused to step forward? It would be interesting if that happened, and what the rest of them did about it. Like the blackleg miner, maybe.

Another straight woman muscling in on a community that's nothing to do with her. Quite a lot of straight and non-trans people who cross the line from 'ally' into 'speaking for".

Gendered terms came roaring back when trans became a thing.

Hang on, I thought the correct title for someone acting is an actor? I thought the title actress was outdated? 🤯 Slight derail, sorry, but it seems gendered terms are ok when describing one's occupation.

This sprang irresistibly to mind.

…And yet, and yet, my actors stood
Waiting in serried ranks.
Thank God, I thought, that actors are
As thick as two short planks.

Alan Coren, The Rime of the Ancient Film-maker

The level of stupidity involved in the backlash against this judgement has been breathtaking, and this is just the latest example. My god it's exhausting. Its just so STUPID. Every one of these people should have 'I am a sheep' on a sign hung around their necks

Joining Kathleen Stock in the FUCKING SICK AND TIRED OF IT club

Yes, there are about five people on the list who anyone has heard of.

Thought the same. They couldn’t do that could they, what with N and R being so far down an alphabetical list..

The worst thing about that list is that it’s not in alphabetical order. Or indeed, any kind of order. Makes it very hard to read.

It’s amazing what private school, Oxbridge, being white and male can do for a person. It would be more of a story if they hadn’t ‘done well’..

James Norton and Eddie Redmayne haven’t done very well? Bit of a stretch.

The comment section on the daily Mail website is funny unanimous that they are pointless luvvies who haven’t got a clue. Whatever you may think of that paper its the view of the majority

The choice of wording in the letter itself is quite revealing - “this is our opportunity to be on the right side of history” 🙄

Yeah they hate her soooo much but they are still quite happy to allow her to pay their bills for them.

Of course they may all have chosen to give up any revenue that comes off the back of featuring in HP and made a donation equivalent to their original fee to a (presumably trans) charity of their choice, but I'm pretty sure we'd have heard about that by now.

Much like their grasp of biology, their principles are looking pretty sketchy too.

I agree; this is the root of the problem. Too many people assume that what’s on Facebook, Twitter, instagram and so on then it is all true. It’s no different from people assuming that if it’s written down in a newspaper, it must be fact.
I find it disrespectful to women and interesting, all at the same time, just how quiet the government is being. They’ve got the ruling so now they need to support it.

Don't they just. They learn lines and get dressed up and suddenly they're Malala Yousafzai.

Just makes it easier to avoid their work a nd any not buy any media they are in.

I think it was a joke