By
Emily Leibert,
a staff writer for The Cut.
She specializes in coverage at the intersection of gender and sports, the arts, and our relationship to our bodies.
With HBO’s 2027 Harry Potter adaptation on the horizon, the many actors cast in the project are navigating being the public faces of a series executive-produced by J.K. Rowling. The involvement of the original books’ author, who is now a billionaire and an “activist” intent on stripping trans women of their rights, has prompted widespread criticism. But Bel Powley, who’s playing Petunia Dursley, wants you to know she doesn’t agree with Rowling’s political ambitions — she just really loves the story.
