John Lithgow has been cast as Professor Dumbledore in the new HBO Harry Potter show, but the series has been highly controversial due to the anti-transgender activism of author JK Rowling. Lithgow is aware of the controversy,

It seems like HBO’s new Harry Potter TV show is unable to catch a break from backlash. After widespread criticism to casting Paapa Essiedu, a Black man, as Severus Snape, outraged netizens have now set their sights on the rest of the cast: Hot Fuzz actor Nick Frost,