In response to criticism of his decision to take a role in Hogwarts Legacy, voice actor Sebastian Croft has affirmed his support for trans rights in a statement posted on Twitter.
Croft was announced last week as the actor providing one of the player character voices in Hogwarts Legacy. As with all things related to Harry Potter, it’s a fairly high-profile role, but author JK Rowling’s increasingly strident transphobia has blanketed the game in controversy, and the actor faced criticism from a number of people on social media for taking part in the game.
“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,” Croft tweeted in response to one callout. “This was long before I was aware of JK Rowling’s vie…
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