{"id":2086374,"date":"2025-10-12T20:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086374"},"modified":"2025-10-12T20:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:41:13","slug":"keira-knightley-was-not-aware-of-j-k-rowling-boycott-before-joining-harry-potter-the-full-cast-audio-editions-i-hope-that-we-can-all-find-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/keira-knightley-was-not-aware-of-j-k-rowling-boycott-before-joining-harry-potter-the-full-cast-audio-editions-i-hope-that-we-can-all-find-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Keira Knightley Was \u2018Not Aware\u2019 of J.K. Rowling Boycott Before Joining \u2018Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions\u2019: \u2018I Hope That We Can All Find Respect\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">In a recent interview with Decider, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0461136\/\">Keira Knightley<\/a> said that prior to joining the voice cast of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0541779\/\">Audible<\/a>\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions\u201d as Professor Umbridge, she was \u201cnot aware\u201d of the fan boycott of all things \u201cHarry Potter\u201d over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0746830\/\">J.K. Rowling<\/a>\u2019s statements about the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I think we\u2019re all living in a period of time right now where we\u2019re all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren\u2019t we?\u201d Knightley said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve all got very different opinions. I hope that we can all find respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Backlash toward Rowling started in 2020 after the author posted several tweets and a 3,600-word essay that many interpreted as transphobic. In the weeks following, \u201cHarry Potter\u201d stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0914612\/\">Emma Watson<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0705356\/\">Daniel Radcliffe<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0342488\/\">Rupert Grint<\/a> all posted statements on social media in defense of the trans community.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10376460\/\">Watson<\/a> further elaborated&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with Decider, Keira Knightley said that prior to joining the voice cast of Audible\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions\u201d as Professor Umbridge, she was \u201cnot aware\u201d of the fan boycott of all things \u201cHarry Potter\u201d over J.K. 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