‘Heartstopper’ Actor Sebastian Croft Responds To Backlash Over ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Game Casting
deadline.comSebastian Croft, one of the actors of Heartstopper, is reacting to backlash over recent news he was cast in the Hogwarts Legacy video game.
The LGBTQ+ Netflix series has been embraced by the community as it gives representation to the group. Croft plays the role of Ben in the teen drama and when he was announced to be voicing a playable character on the Harry Potter-inspired game, some fans criticized the move.
All of the backlash Croft has received stems from author J.K. Rowling expressing opinions that have been deemed transphobic.
Fans of the series can’t fathom how Croft could be in a project with Rowling and he responded with a tweet addressing the criticism. “I was cast in this project over 3 years ago, back when all Harry Potter was to me, was the magical world I grew up with,” he explained on Twitter. “This was long before I was aware of JK Rowling’s views.
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