{"id":2270039,"date":"2024-06-17T19:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/90-actresses-reject-roles-in-play-attacking-j-k-rowlings-transgender-stance\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T20:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:02:05","slug":"90-actresses-reject-roles-in-play-attacking-j-k-rowlings-transgender-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/90-actresses-reject-roles-in-play-attacking-j-k-rowlings-transgender-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"90 Actresses Decline Parts in Play Criticizing J.K. Rowling&#8217;s Views on Transgender Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F90-actresses-reject-roles-in-play-attacking-j-k-rowlings-transgender-stance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A play titled &#8220;TERF,&#8221; which addresses J.K. Rowling&#8217;s controversial views on\u200d transgender issues, is facing significant difficulties in casting female roles. Producers have reported that \u200dabout 90 \u200bactresses \u200bhave declined\u2062 roles\u2063 in the \u2063play, despite the offer of a well-paid gig. The \u200cplay, expected to debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, includes fictional scenes where &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint stage an intervention to change\u200c Rowling\u2019s views. The difficulty in\u2062 casting highlights \u2063the controversy and mixed \u2064opinions surrounding Rowling\u2019s statements on transgender rights, particularly her\u200c emphasis on biological gender distinctions. This has clearly influenced \u2062actresses\u2019 decisions \u2063to participate in the play.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Producers are having trouble filling female roles in a play that attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famed-atheist-richard-dawkins-has-humanist-of-the-year-award-revoked-for-questioning-transgenderism\/\" title=\"Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins Has \u2018Humanist Of The Year\u2019 Award Revoked For Questioning Transgenderism\">famed author<\/a> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/j-k-rowling\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">J.K. Rowling\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  transgender stance, with some 90 actresses turning down the offer so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creators of a play called \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TERF\u201d \u2014 which stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist \u2014 said their play is a \u201cwell-paid gig meeting industry standards and the script is terrific,\u201d but still nearly 100 aspiring actresses have said no thanks, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/margaret-clark\/2024\/06\/16\/90-actresses-pass-on-role-as-jk-rowling-in-play-critical-of-her-gender-beliefs-because-women-agree-n2175571?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1oAd36Y9J3hXtM3VvjmDVpdFVQ9DT87EqkqSwEBT9VzBv3eygi7uIc_qo_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Red State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis project has met some kind of resistance every step of the way, though I\u2019ve been generally surprised by how difficult it has been for us to recruit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-hits-angry-cuomo-who-offers-lame-apology-for-nursing-home-deaths\/\" title=\"\u2018SNL\u2019 Hits \u2018Angry\u2019 Cuomo, Who Offers \u2018Lame\u2019 Apology For Nursing Home Deaths\">female cast<\/a> in particular,\u201d creative producer Barry Church-Woods told the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/06\/13\/scores-actresses-turn-down-roles-play-critical-jk-rowling\/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telegraph<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say that a few things are coming into play in casting,\u201d he added. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfad A play that criticises JK Rowling\u2019s views on gender is struggling to cast women with 90 actresses so far rejecting parts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iwmz1gaH4h\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iwmz1gaH4h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9MyPhj5ZZm\">pic.twitter.com\/9MyPhj5ZZm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Telegraph (@Telegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Telegraph\/status\/1801329197828206989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The production has cast the male roles but 90 actresses have turned down the parts of Rowling and Watson amid concerns over the play\u2019s criticism of the famed author, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/06\/13\/scores-actresses-turn-down-roles-play-critical-jk-rowling\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telegraph<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  suggested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fictional play includes an intervention by \u201cHarry Potter\u201d stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint against Rowling to get her to change her views. All three of the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d stars have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harry-potter-stars-emma-watson-rupert-grint-defy-j-k-rowling-trans-women-are-women-trans-men-are-men\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">publicly slammed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  the author over <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">her support of biological women over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-data-emerges-of-1100-adolescent-gender-affirming-mastectomies\/\" title=\"New Data Emerges Of 1,100+ Adolescent \u2018Gender Affirming\u2019 Mastectomies\">trans-identifying males<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The play is expected to debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. A description of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.edfringe.com\/whats-on\/terf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">production<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  read, \u201cJo led a blessed life. Literary phenomenon. Cultural icon. And beloved. Completely beloved \u2026 until everything went to hell in a broombasket. Now, Jo\u2019s surrogate children \u2013 Daniel, Rupert, and Emma \u2013 have had enough. It\u2019s time for an intervention.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cExcept Jo isn\u2019t in the mood for an intervention, especially not one organized by three A-list Judases,\u201d it added. \u201cBut the battle lines have already been drawn. She might not have started this war, but she\u2019ll end it \u2013 with a smile. When she learns the cost of victory, though, it could be too high for even her to pay\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2020, Radcliffe wrote an essay for The Trevor Project and apologized for \u201cthe pain\u201d Rowling\u2019s comments may have caused transgenders, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harry-potter-actor-daniel-radcliffe-insists-trans-youth-can-tell-us-who-they-are\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTransgender women are women,\u201d\u00a0 the actor said at the time in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/blog\/daniel-radcliffe-responds-to-j-k-rowlings-tweets-on-gender-identity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">essay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cAny statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional healthcare associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or [me].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a series of posts on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmmaWatson\/status\/1270826851070619649?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Watson wrote, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren\u2019t who they say they are. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grint previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harry-potter-stars-emma-watson-rupert-grint-defy-j-k-rowling-trans-women-are-women-trans-men-are-men\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Producers struggle to cast female roles in &#8220;TERF,&#8221; a play critiquing J.K. Rowling&#8217;s views on transgender issues. Despite offering industry-standard pay, around 90 actresses have declined roles. 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