The actress felt that the writer was “haunted” because of her comments about the LGBTQ+ community
In an interview with the British newspaper Sunday hours🇧🇷 Helena Bonham Carter came out again in defense of his friend and actor, Johnny Depp And JK Rowlingwith whom he worked on the saga Harry Potterplaying the witch Bellatrix Lestrange🇧🇷 The actress said that justice has been done to Depp and, for her, people should respect the opinion of the writer.
“He’s fine now. Absolutely fine,” Carter said of Johnny Depp’s victory in the defamation lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, Amber Heard🇧🇷
Carter and Depp’s relationship goes back a long way, with them having worked together on several films, such as The Corpse Bride🇧🇷 The Fantastic Chocolate Factory🇧🇷 Sweeney Todd: The Evil Barber of Fleet Street And Alice in Wonderland🇧🇷 the star of Pirates of the Caribbean he is also the godfather of the actress’s two children with the director Tim burton🇧🇷
Bonham Carter defends JK Rowling
The actress also said she “hates cancel culture” and said JK Rowling “has been dogged” for comments that have been widely interpreted as transphobic.
“Do you ban a genius for his sexual practices? There would be millions of people who, if you looked closely enough at his personal life, would disqualify them. You can’t ban people. I hate cancel culture. He’s gotten quite hysterical and there are kind of a witch hunt and lack of understanding,” he said.
“It’s awful, a bunch of bullshit. I think she’s been persecuted. People’s judgment has been taken to an extreme. She’s allowed her opinion, especially if she’s been abused,” she said, referring to the domestic abuse and sexual assaults that the writer revealed in 2020.
“Everyone brings their own history of trauma and forms their own opinions from that trauma and you have to respect where people and their pain are coming from,” she said.
“You don’t have to agree on everything — that would be crazy and boring. He doesn’t mean it aggressively, he’s just saying something from his own experience.”
When asked whether actors in the saga who have criticized Rowling’s position (including Emma Watson🇧🇷 Daniel Radcliffe And rupert Grit) were “ungrateful”, Bonham Carter said they did it to “protect their fan base”.
“I won’t say. Personally, I think they should let her have her own opinions, but I think they’re very conscious of protecting their fan base and their generation. It’s tough. One thing with the fame game is there’s a ‘etiquette that goes with it. I don’t agree with talking about other famous people,” she said.
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