Eddie Redmayne says online ‘vitriol’ aimed at J.K. Rowling is ‘absolutely disgusting’

Laveta Brigham

Eddie Redmayne says he’s alarmed by the online backlash surrounding J.K. Rowling. The actor – who stars as Newt Scamander in the “Fantastic Beasts” film series, a prequel to Rowling’s “Harry Potter” franchise – made it clear that he doesn’t agree with the author’s controversial remarks on transgender rights that have been widely condemned as transphobic. Redmayne told the Daily Mail […]