Anne Hathaway has issued an apology after criticism about the depiction of her character's hands in The Witches film. There has been a huge backlash towards the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1983 book which stars Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, who has three elongated fingers on each hand.
Both the novel and the 1990 film starring Anjelica Huston portrayed the witches as having five fingers and the new film's producers have been accused of being insensitive towards disabled people.
British Para swimmer Amy Marren was among those criticising director Robert Zemeckis' version, saying its depiction of the witches' hands could be harmful to people - especially children - with limb impairments.
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