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Daily Record
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Star-studded crime series with Harry Potter actor hailed 'unexpectedly great'
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint and Harlan Coben actor Marc Warren are among the cast of Guy Ritchie's Snatch - which crime fans have raved about. The star-studded television adaptation of Guy Ritchie's Snatch is now up for grabs. The 2017 crime series, featuring Marc Warren known from the Harlan Coben adaptations Missing You and Safe. It also features Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, Emily in Paris star Lucien Laviscount, and Skins actor Luke Pasqualino. It has now landed on ITVX. Both instalments of the show are available after making their earlier appearance on Netflix this year. Created by Alex De Rakoff and inspired by Ritchie's 2000 gangster film, Snatch delves into the escapades of a band of young hustlers, portrayed by Pasqualino, Grint, and Laviscount, who stumble upon a lorry full of purloined gold bars and get wrapped up in the murky underworld of London. The cast also includes Bridgerton 's Phoebe Dynevor, Stephanie Leonidas, and Dougray Scott, with Money Heist's Úrsula Corbero making a guest appearance in the second season. Audience reactions on IMDb to the crime series have been varied, with one viewer describing it as "unexpectedly great". Despite acknowledging its imperfections, this reviewer awarded it a perfect score of 10/10, finding it "was very fun to watch". "I was left thinking about it for days after and wanting more," they added. Another viewer offered a more lukewarm take, labelling it a "light" version of Snatch, rating it 6/10 for being a "heavily diluted" take on the original film. Meanwhile, someone else commended the series' promising beginning but lamented that it failed to live up to its initial potential. "It just kept going downhill. Very disappointing considering how good the movie was," they remarked. Elsewhere, other fans of the original expressed their admiration with how the TV adaptation turned out, particularly praising the cast, script, and its divergence from the film. "Each episode is as exciting and riveting as the last. Great cast, brilliantly written, acting is on point," a viewer expressed delighted with the outcome. "If you're looking for a throwback to the original Guy Ritchie masterpiece, this show is not what you are looking for," penned another, complimenting Snatch as "an enjoyable show with likeable characters and pretty solid dialogue and writing".
Khaleej Times
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
JK Rowling praises upcoming 'Harry Potter' series, says she worked closely with writers
Author JK Rowling, who penned the best-selling Harry Potter books, said she has read some of the scripts for the upcoming adaptation and has given them her stamp of approval. "I read the first two episodes of the forthcoming HBO Harry Potter series and they are SO, SO, SO GOOD!" Rowling, 59, said in an X post. When a fan asked whether she is "doing the writing" for the series — which is set to film this year and air in 2026 — she clarified the nature of her involvement in a reply, reported People. "No," Rowling wrote, "but I've worked closely with the extremely talented writers". In April, the head of HBO said the network's choice to work with Rowling "is not new". In 2024, JK Rowling, the renowned author of the beloved Harry Potter series, lashed out at the double standards exhibited by colleagues who publicly criticised her views, while privately seeking to maintain their friendship. The acclaimed writer shared her sentiments in an extract from the forthcoming book, The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht, published by The Times of London. While the author did not divulge specific names, her disagreements with some individuals involved in the Harry Potter film franchise have been well-documented in recent years. Her remarks reignited a public exchange with former co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Several stars in the original Harry Potter franchise — including Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson — made it clear they had different views. HBO announced last month that the roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley had been cast in the forthcoming series, with Dominic McLaughlin playing Harry, Arabella Stanton portraying Hermione and Alastair Stout starring as Ron. Gardiner and Mylod said in a press release that they were "delighted to announce we have found our Harry, Hermione, and Ron" following an "extraordinary search" for the iconic roles, reported People. "The talent of these three unique actors is wonderful to behold, and we cannot wait for the world to witness their magic together onscreen," the duo continued of McLaughlin, Stanton and Stout. "We would like to thank all the tens of thousands of children who auditioned. It's been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there." An official release date for HBO's Harry Potter series has yet to be announced, reported People.
Telegraph
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
JK Rowling denies having friendship with Fry after transphobia claim
JK Rowling has denied ever being friends with Sir Stephen Fry after he claimed she had been ' radicalised by terfs '. The comedian, writer and television presenter – who narrated all seven Harry Potter audiobooks – distanced himself from the author last week when he described her as a 'lost cause'. In his first public criticism of Rowling, Fry alleged that she had 'kicked up a hornets' nest of transphobia'. However, on Sunday night she hit back at the criticism, writing on X: 'It is a great mistake to assume that everyone who claims to have been a friend of mine was ever considered a friend by me.' Rowling made the comment alongside a screenshot of a social media post by Jolyon Maugham, a British barrister, in which he said: 'Really creditable this, from Stephen Fry. 'I've spoken to so many of JKR's once friends who now despair at her privately but won't do so publicly, which is very much the British way and why nothing ever changes for the better. So, well done Stephen.' Rowling has become a leading voice in the transgender debate. She publicly celebrated the Supreme Court's signficant ruling that transgender women are not legally women, posting a picture of herself enjoying a drink and a cigar. Fry became the latest high-profile figure to criticise her after well-documented fall-outs with original Harry Potter cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. On the Show People podcast, Fry said: ' She has been radicalised, I fear, and it may be she has been radicalised by terfs but also by the vitriol that is thrown at her. It is unhelpful and only hardens her and will only continue to harden her, I am afraid. 'I am not saying that she [should] not be called out when she says things that are really cruel, wrong and mocking. She seems to be a lost cause for us.' He claimed Rowling was 'mocking' LGBT+ people and vowed his support for the community, adding: 'She started to make these peculiar statements and had very strong, difficult views. I disagree profoundly with her on this subject.' Fry said he was 'very happy' to go on the record and say he was 'really angry' about Rowling's 'crowing' over the Supreme Court ruling, but added that he had always enjoyed her company and previously found her 'charming, funny and interesting'. In her most recent addition to the trans debate, Rowling praised a BBC newsreader for appearing to reject a gender-neutral phrase during a live broadcast. She said Martine Croxall was now her 'new favourite' newsreader after she used the term 'pregnant people', before adding 'women' with emphasis and slightly rolling her eyes.
Telegraph
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Stephen Fry embodies everything wrong with our cultural elite
Another day, another celebrity dunks on JK Rowling. Stephen Fry has joined the long list of Harry Potter beneficiaries like Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Ratcliffe to turn on Rowling for her views on biological sex. During a podcast recording for The Show People, Fry told the audience that Rowling 'seems to be a lost cause for us' because she 'says things that are inflammatory and contemptuous, mocking and add to a terribly distressing time for trans people'. He also claimed that Rowling had 'been radicalised by terfs'. If she can be bothered to read about Fry's sniping, Rowling won't be surprised. Back in 2022, Fry made headlines for complaining on a different podcast that he had 'trans friends and intersex friends who are deeply upset by her', but insisted she was still a friend. During that recording, Fry asked Rowling to 'retreat', along with trans activists, to 'consider that it is possible for trans people to live full, accepted lives, according to their terms, in society, and for women to have all the rights and dignities that they demand'. The gender wars are not some dinner party discomfort: Fry's misunderstanding of the fundamental differences in this political battle shows that you can be good at television quizzes but have no sense at all. Rowling seems to live rent-free in the heads of many celebrities who have leeched off her writing talent. Perhaps Fry's decision to come clean with his bitchiness this time was prompted by the Supreme Court ruling that insisted the definition of woman be biological rather than fantastical. Perhaps it was Rowling's celebration of the ruling with champagne and cigars that ticked off Fry – some men find it very hard to watch women enjoy a victory. On the one hand, who cares what Stephen Fry thinks? His desire for Rowling to shut up rather than cause discomfort to his friendship circle is laughable in its bourgeois pomposity. He should also know better than to criticise someone for voicing an unpopular opinion – he himself was almost done by the cancel culture mob for allegedly making about jokes about women shagging and Muslim terrorists at the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2023. Perhaps, like many celebrities, Fry just likes being popular with the woke kids. He's certainly pretty cowardly for someone who fancies himself as the twenty-first-century Oscar Wilde. But, on the other hand, Fry's denunciation of Rowling as someone who 'wakes up' to 'kick a hornet's nest of transphobia' needs contesting. Speaking to The Show People Podcast, Fry said 'to scream 'transphobe' at anybody who does not buy into every single aspect of that particular person's trans views is so self harming. It does not get the thing done. You have to let people love you'. This is the transphobia Fry thinks Rowling is guilty of – not showing 'love'. She's not polite enough. This is what so much of trans activists' complaints boil down to – a demand for love and attention. This from a side who fail to show anything like love for the women they oppose. It's OK if Fry and his acolytes don't like women with opinions of their own – we don't want their 'love'. We demand our freedom, respect and dignity when defending and organising our own spaces, resources and identity. Hate us for it if you like. Rowling, perhaps more than most, is used to men objecting to her speaking her mind. Thankfully, though, it won't stop her.
The Guardian
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Tom Felton expresses support for JK Rowling despite controversy over her views on trans issues
Tom Felton has expressed support for the Harry Potter author JK Rowling, saying he is 'not really attuned' to the controversy over Rowling's gender-critical views. Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the successful series of Harry Potter films, was asked directly about his position on the controversy by Variety at the Tony awards ceremony on Sunday. Felton said: 'I can't say it [impacts me], I'm not really that attuned to it.' He added: 'I have not seen anything bring the world together more than Potter. She's responsible for that, so I'm incredibly grateful.' This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Felton, who will play Malfoy in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has previously made similar statements supportive of Rowling, telling the Times in 2022 that 'no one has single-handedly done more for bringing joy to so many different generations'. His attitude appears to be in contrast to those of his Potter franchise co-stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them star Eddie Redmayne, each of whom have made critical statements distancing themselves from Rowling since controversy erupted in 2020 after Rowling posted an online statement detailing her experience of sexual assault and criticising proposed changes to gender recognition laws. Pedro Pascal recently called Rowling a 'heinous loser' while Paapa Essiedu, who has been cast as Severus Snape in a forthcoming Harry Potter TV series, was among the 1,500 entertainment industry figures who signed an open letter opposing the UK supreme court's April ruling on the Equality Act.
