In his first major film role, John Lithgow received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for playing a trans woman (in "The World According to Garp").
And now he's set to star in a show that will enrich the coffers of one of the world's most pre-eminent anti-trans activists. > On Apr 16, 2025, at 2:16 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, he studied in England as a Rhodes Scholar, so he can do a pretty good > English accent. (He did play Churchill, after all.) > > But I'm reminded of the story that Rosie O'Donnell was considered for the > role of Mrs. Dursley in the first Potter movie until director Chris Columbus > decided that the movie would seem more authentic if they used real Brits > rather than Americans doing accents. Still seems like the right idea to me. > > > On Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 3:43:35 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: >> The adult cast has been revealed, led by... John Lithgow?? >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-cast-hbo-1236189812/ >> (link) >> B >> >> Moi, April 13th 2023: >> It'll take ten years to tell all the stories from Rowling's books, and stuff >> that was in the books but left out of the movies will likely be included... >> the budget will be on par with GoT and ...Dragon, WBD said... >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-tv-series-officially-happening-at-max-1235371717/ >> (link) >> Buuuut there's still the belief that with ten years of Potter on telly, >> comes more anti-trans b*tchin' from JKR... >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-tv-series-controversy-jk-rowling-1235372796/ >> (link) > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/30096efd-47cd-4919-afe1-43a282fa7bb1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/30096efd-47cd-4919-afe1-43a282fa7bb1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/10FF1DAF-CC26-4B1A-8B1A-7829453874D5%40ellwanger.tv.
