Funny Private Eye, funny Radcliffe periodic table song.
I don’t dislike any of these performers for their views, I simply disagree with their views on biology and the back-handed way they failed to understand—or even their lack of trying to understand—JKR’s position. She’s been very clear, they’ve hidden behind slogans.
I do think Radcliffe in particular has proven himself a bit with other projects (Warhorse on stage, for example). Watson went on to attend the Ivy League Brown University, and Grint attended a grammar school and has participated in some projects that have led to a more diverse CV in the industry. I’m not even sure he wants to pursue acting, but he seems a low-key, regular guy.
Would any of them have had such massive platforms from which to spout their opinions without JKR’s talent and work? Highly doubtful. None seems extraordinary, but all could have been jobbing actors.
Would they have ended up working in fast food? Highly doubtful. The three had enough advantages and education to avoid that job by their 30s (it’s honest work, by the way).
Their biggest mistake, from my point of view, was not listening, not thinking any opinion other than their own was worth consideration, and helping their mentor to twist in the wind by speaking out about myriad issues they don’t they fully understand.