JK Rowling Visits Harry Potter Series' Set For The First Time Amid Anti-Trance Comments Controversy

Harry Potter is a cult classic, with its mega successful franchise of 8 movies, spinoffs, and even video games that, back then, minted money in Billions. Fans are super excited for the upcoming TV series,

but the makers and cast have been facing backlash over JK Rowling's thoughts on the transgender community. Now, the author visited the set of the new TV series HBO is filming based on her books.

JK Rowling Visits Harry Potter Sets

According to Variety, Rowling visited the sets of the HBO series Harry Potter, which went on floors in July this year. The shoot is taking place at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and elsewhere in the U.K. For the unversed, JK Rowling has been posting what many believe are transphobic comments on X, leaving netizens upset. She also uses social media to regularly troll her critics and openly take aim at public figures. As the series was announced, fans got worried if the author's views on trans people would affect the show and the HBO boss clarified that it would not.

More About HBO's Harry Potter Series

Harry Potter features British actors John Lithgow, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Janet McTeer as Professor Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrel, and Paul Whitehouse as caretaker Argus Filch. Earlier, HBO head had also stated that Rowling was "very involved in the process of selecting the writer and the director" for the reboot. He stressed that the author's anti-trans sentiments "haven’t affected the casting or hiring of writers or production staff." Several actors from Harry Potter, as well as Fantastic Beasts, a spinoff film series, including Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Eddie Redmayne, have voiced support for trans and non-binary people in response to Rowling’s jabs.