Actress Bel Powley, who stars in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter streaming series, is now on the attack against Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling over the Rowlings views about transgenderism, and says she “strongly disagrees” with Rowling’s statements. But her comments have made her a target of the radical transgender lobby, and as a result she has been repeatedly disavowed by many of the actors associated with the movies and TV shows associated with the Harry Potter world she created. She then added, “But I love ‘Harry Potter.’ In 2025 she cut “Hermione Granger” portrayer Emma Watson down to size after Watson delivered a snide swipe at Rowling. Unlike Emma Watson, Rowling explains, “I wasn’t a multimillionaire at fourteen.