Last month, HBO announced that Nick Frost, John Lithgow and Paapa Essiedu have all been cast in the new adaptation. The forthcoming series has divided fans and stars of the wizarding world franchise due to Rowling’s rhetoric, which many have accused of being transphobic.

A source close to JK Rowling says the author won't be bothered that the actor playing Severus Snape in the new Harry Potter series has signed a letter demanding industry action on trans rights

Several Harry Potter stars including Eddie Redmayne appear to have taken a swipe at JK Rowling by signing an open letter expressing “solidarity” with transgender people.It comes after the children’s author backed a controversial Supreme Court ruling earlier this month which declared that trans females are not women.