John Lithgow Tells Cancel Culture Mob to Stuff It
“Oh, heavens no!”
John Lithgow’s reaction to journalists pressuring him to reconsider his part in the new “Harry Potter” series says it all.
This isn’t 2020 anymore.
The actor will play Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming Max series, one of the most talked-about projects in Hollywood. The role originally played by Richard Harris and, later, Michael Gambon represents a key figure in the Potterverse.
Most actors of a certain age would jump at the chance. Lithgow, 79, did just that.
Now, select media outlets are trying to either cancel him or force him to resign. Why?
The series is part of author J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” universe, and the scribe is playing a sizable role behind the scenes. Rowling’s critiques of select elements of the trans community made her Public Enemy no. 1 to the far-Left and many journalists.
But we repeat ourselves.
Had this casting news dropped in 2020, the height of woke mania, Lithgow may have been forced to decline the role.
“Of course, it was a big decision because it’s probably the last major role I’ll play … It’s an eight-year commitment so I was just thinking about mortality and that this is a very good winding-down role.”
“I thought, ‘Why is this a factor at all?’ I wonder how J.K. Rowling has absorbed it. I suppose at a certain point I’ll meet her, and I’m curious to talk to her.”
And, when pressed about reconsidering his decision, he answered, “Oh, heavens no.”
Curses, cried the far-Left Deadline.com. The site framed the story as an attack on Lithgow right from the jump. Consider this epic-length lede meant to inflict damage on the star.
Despite the ire toward and denouncement of J.K. Rowling from such colleagues like Nicola Coughlan, Pedro Pascal and David Tennant, and amid the rise of anti-trans rhetoric from the presidential administration, John Lithgow is befuddled at how the author’s sentiments factor into his decision to step into the role of Albus Dumbledore in HBO‘s forthcoming Harry Potter serialized adaptation.
And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for woke’s sudden, glorious decline.
Lithgow appears unaware of Cancel Culture, witness recent comments tied to free speech in the arts. He’s getting a crash course now, but to his credit he isn’t folding like others in the recent past.
Lithgow has Rowling’s back, and she has the public on her side. You wouldn’t know that if you read the media coverage pressuring Lithgow to reconsider the role. That might have worked a short time ago.
It’s unlikely to change Lithgow’s mind now.
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