Pedro Pascal is blasting 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling for her latest anti-trans tweets calling her a heinous loser. 'The Last of Us' star was responding to an Instagram post which criticized the author for celebrating the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom's landmark ruling last week that trans women should not be recognized as women and that "sex" should legally mean biological sex.
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00:00Pedro Pascal is blasting Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling for her latest tweets regarding the trans
00:05community, calling her a heinous loser. The Last of Us star was responding to an Instagram post
00:11which criticized the author for celebrating the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom's landmark
00:16ruling last week that trans women should not be recognized as women and that sex should legally
00:22mean biological sex. Rowling had posted, I love it when a plan comes together, along with noting
00:28to a critic, I get the same royalties whether you read my books or burn them. Enjoy your marshmallows.
00:34Pascal wrote in the comment section of the Instagram post, awful disgusting is exactly right,
00:40heinous loser behavior. The post also called for a boycott of HBO's Harry Potter TV reboot,
00:46urging his followers to make sure that every single thing that's Harry Potter related fails.
00:51That means posting in every single Harry Potter TV show update that comes out,
00:55in every single article, posting in the comments that trans rights are human rights,
01:00that trans women are women. As the Emmy-nominated co-lead of what is arguably HBO's biggest series,
01:06Pascal is being seen as co-signing the anti-Harry Potter series sentiment by leaving a comment agreeing
01:12with the post, but the actor did not mention Harry Potter himself. HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot
01:17series will adapt all seven Potter novels into separate TV seasons. For more details on the story,
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