If you happen to’ve been holding out hope for a magical reunion of the Harry Potter solid, it’s time to surrender on these goals. Chris Columbus, the director who introduced the primary two movies of the wizarding world to life, has revealed {that a} comeback with Daniel Radcliffe (36), Rupert Grint (37), and Emma Watson (35) is formally off the desk.
“It’s by no means going to occur,” Columbus instructed The Instances U.Ok.. “It’s gotten so difficult with all of the political stuff. Everybody within the solid has their very own opinion, which is totally different from her opinion, which makes it unattainable.”
The “her” he’s referring to is, in fact, creator J.Ok. Rowling (60). Over the previous few years, Rowling has courted widespread backlash for her transphobic views, usually utilizing social media to argue in opposition to trans rights. Earlier this yr, she even celebrated a controversial U.Ok. Supreme Courtroom ruling that declared trans girls shouldn’t be recognised as girls underneath the regulation and that “intercourse” ought to legally imply organic intercourse.
Columbus, who directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques (2002), had as soon as championed the thought of adapting Harry Potter and the Cursed Youngster for the display with the unique trio. However he admitted the challenge has collapsed underneath the burden of Rowling’s views and the fractured relationships they’ve created. “It’s by no means going to occur,” he reiterated.
The director has additionally made it clear he doesn’t share Rowling’s stance. “I haven’t spoken to Miss Rowling in a decade or so, so I do not know what’s occurring together with her,” he mentioned, making his distance from the controversy clear.
Nonetheless, his bond with the actors who grew up on set stays sturdy. “I maintain very shut contact with Daniel Radcliffe and I simply spoke to him just a few days in the past,” Columbus shared. “I nonetheless have a terrific relationship with all the youngsters within the solid.”
For followers, the information might sting — particularly given how formative the movies had been for a whole era. However with Rowling doubling down on her rhetoric and the solid largely united of their rejection of her views, it appears the dream of a Hogwarts reunion will stay firmly within the realm of fantasy.