Harry Potter creator JK Rowling announced earlier this year that she would match donations up to £1 million after her Lumos Foundation launched an emergency appeal to aid children trapped in orphanages in Ukraine.
Due to these efforts, the prospect of talking to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky did not seem unlikely. However, the author fell victim to pranksters who have also targeted many other celebrities.The 12-minute prank has been posted on YouTube and shows Rowling seemingly believing she was talking to Zelensky.In the video, it can be seen that Rowling was unaware she was being recorded as she was being interviewed by Russian imposters Vovan and Lexus.During the awkward call the Zelensky impersonators asked Rowling about imposing sanctions on Russian actor Aleksandr Kuznetsov, who appeared in the most recent Fantastic Beasts movie as Helmut.While taking notes, Rowling replied: "Fantastic Beasts has been a very interesting experience.
I’ll certainly talk to people and see what we can do."The duo went even further, claiming that Harry Potter's lightning scar resembles the symbol used by the Russians on their military vehicles and asked whether it should be changed to the Ukrainian trident instead.Rowling replied: "I will look at that.
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