JK Rowling's reaction as new Harry Potter series actor signs trans rights letter

JK Rowling is not bothered by the actor who is starring in HBO's new Harry Potter series signing aletter which calls on industry action on trans rights.

A source close to the anti-trans advcate said she ''won't care at all'' that Severus Snape star Paapa Essied has signed the letter that demands that industry institutions such as Bafta, BBC, BFI and Channel 4 commit to protecting those from the  LGBT+ communityincluding trans people,

The letter was started by Motive Pictures producer Sid Strickland and script editor Jack Casey in response to a decision last month by Britain's Supreme Court ruling that ruled a person can only be considered a woman if it is their biological sex.

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The insider with working knowledge of the Harry Potter series said Ms Rowling would also not dream dream of intervening to get him sacked, despite her being heavily involved in the project

They said: ''Jo won’t care at all.

''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.''

Paapa signing the letter comes after trans activists accusing him of virtue-signalling because he refused to quit the show inspired by Rowling's book and said his stance on the issue was ''plain hollow''.

Although the series has not yet started filming many have said they will not watch it over Rowling's stance on the trans community and her supporting the ruling which said terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the UK's Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

Essiedu takes on the role of the Hogwarts teacher previously played by the late Alan Rickman in the film series.

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Depite many folk calling for Rowling to have nothing to boy wizard franchise HBO have stood by her and allowed her to continue as its executive producer.

Also starring in the series will be Emmy winner John Lithgow will play Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, and Janet McTeer who stars as Professor Minerva McGonagall, while Nick Frost portrays Rubeus Hagrid.

Moments after the court's decision, Rowling wrote on X: “I love it when a plan comes together #SupremeCourt #WomensRights,” alongside a snap of her on a yacht, smoking a cigar and holding a cocktail.''

The author has said she is not transphobic, but said she would rather go to jail than describe a trans person by their preferred pronouns.