It's probably worth noting that the play that Lithgow appeared in (and will continue to appear in later this year) is very much an exploration of Roald Dahl's antisemitism. The play was a multiple award winner at the recent Olivier Awards (Britain's version of the Tony's) with Lithgow taking away Best Actor.
I'm not sure the comparison with this play makes much sense, any more than saying an actor shouldn't play any kind of bad person. Adam On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Lithgow tells the *Times* of London there was plenty of pushback from > fans to taking the role... not that he's concerned... he noted that when he > got the role of Roald Dahl, known antisemite, in the West End, folks took > it well... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-lithgow-harry-potter-jk-rowling-anti-trans-comments-1236201956/ > (link) > B > > Diner, to moi, April 16th: > > 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. > > -- > 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/9840beb2-aa0f-45a0-a58a-6a232c24e072n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9840beb2-aa0f-45a0-a58a-6a232c24e072n%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/CAD_sJGBuc62XyFqr%2BW%3DCtezs7p%2BYag1QVTb5Bgn4OpwJC2Ln3g%40mail.gmail.com.
