“Courageous Coughlan: Star Refuses Harry Potter Role Post Legal Showdown”
The 38-year-old criticized Rowling’s public celebration of the proceeding last Friday (April 18) via an Instagram Story, hinting that she would not be watching the author’s forthcoming Harry Potter HBO television series.
“Keep your new Harry Potter lads,” Coughlan wrote. “Wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole.”
The ruling is the result of a years-long legal battle that began in 2018 and concluded by legally defining “women” by referring to biological s*x.
Actress Nicola Coughlan criticized JK Rowling and HBO after UK ruling legally defining women as linked to biological s*x
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Rowling took to X to applaud the outcome last Wednesday (April 16). Crediting “three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women with an army behind them” for their role in the legal challenge.
The author proceeded to post an image of two glasses of champagne with the caption, “Think I might be having a cigar later,” in celebration of the ruling.
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Coughlan, on the other hand, described herself as “completely horrified” by the Court’s decision, stating, “to see an already marginalized community be further attacked—and attacked in law—is really stomach-turning and disgusting.”
“And to see people celebrate it is more stomach-turning and disgusting,” she continued.
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As Bored Pandapreviously reported, Coughlan is not alone in connecting Rowling’s political views with HBO’s Harry Potter project. Upon announcing the first six cast members for the show last Monday (April 14), Rowling’s detractors flooded some of the actors’ social media with personal insults.
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