Ralph Fiennes Says He 'Can't Understand the Vitriol' Over J.K. Rowling's Anti-Transgender Comments

Actor Ralph Fiennes, who played Voldemort in the film adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series, said he supported the author after she faced backlash for remarks criticizing transgender people. In a Wednesday interview with The Telegraph promoting his new touring theatrical adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s “The Four Quartets,” Fiennes commented on the backlash Rowling has faced in the last year after sharing controversial and sometimes outright transphobic thoughts about biologi...