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- “I never felt invalidated or questioned or doubted in my identity or in my transness by him.
- I consistently felt that he was a very loving and a very guiding co-star.” Related Stories News John Lithgow Says J. K.
- Rowling’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric Didn’t Dissuade Him From Taking On ‘Harry Potter’ Series Role: “Why Is This A Factor At All?” Casting ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Officially Casts John Lithgow, Nick Frost, Janet McTeer & Paapa Essiedu Among 6 Mason-Hyde added, “And so there’s an element of this that feels vaguely hurtful.
- But also I think that he’s making this decision after we had made the film and after we had premiered the film, can’t take away from what we had and the time that we spent together and the beautiful work that he does in this movie and actually how incredibly authentically he played the role.” Watch on Deadline Last April, Lithgow was cast as Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter, which comes from writer/showrunner Francesca Gardiner, an executive producer alongside Mark Mylod, who will direct multiple episodes for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros Television.
- Aud Mason-Hyde in ‘Jimpa’ (2025) (Kino Lorber/Courtesy Everett Collection) “It was definitely a difficult moment in time,” said Mason-Hyde.
