Tom Burke on JK Rowling: "I do wrestle with all these things."

[theoverlymean]

‘I did a lot of yelling’: Tom Burke on socks, controversy and Mad Max https://t.co/w9ogRUrdWk
- Guardian culture (@guardianculture) May 17, 2024

When asked about what he would say to someone who might not watch Strike because of their feelings for JKR: "If you want to watch it, watch it. If you don't then don't... I feel complicated about the idea

Comments

[steffi_333]

Lot of words to basically not say anything

"And we're [JKR] still friends."

[just444]

she spends hours every day tweeting and liking transphobia, i doubt it's much different talking to her irl. this is all she thinks about

[sarahvma]

I feel like UK stars in particular love to gesture at how “unfair” cancel culture is. As if this woman doesn’t do daily irreparable harm to people’s lives while counting her gold in a castle.

[naturesluzzer]

I feel like it says something about the state of the industry (being filled with old rich people, posh people, and nepo babies).

It's interesting to me that a lot of Doctor Who actors haven't been like that, and in fact are more outspoken politically than most. They've tended to come from more working class and middle class backgrounds.

[iznanassi]

upper class white people love to waste time saying meandering things about "decorum" and "tolerating intolerance" and it just goes to show how little theyre at risk since they clearly come into 0 contact with people outside their own circle.

[anthknee]

Nope.

[slinkydinks]

We love a fence-sitting king! /s

Like, of course, you're gonna want to empathize with a person you're close with. But being able to criticize them (fairly, I might add) shouldn't be off the table. Like, how hard is it to say, "I've worked closely with them and consider us friends, but they have a terrible take/have done terrible things"?