With Pedro Pascal having a trans sister, it was only normal for him to be against one of the most dominant voices against trans inclusion—that being one Potter author by the name of J.K. Rowling. A few months ago Pascal even made headlines by calling what Rowling does ‘heinous loser behavior’; and it looks like his views haven’t changed.
In a recent talk with Vanity Fair, Pascal was asked to look back at his shot fired at Rowling, and he talks about how he felt like he got in trouble at school. He then says:
“The one thing that I would say I agonized over a little bit was just, ‘Am I helping? Am I fucking helping?’… It’s a situation that deserves the utmost elegance so that something can actually happen, and people will actually be protected. Listen, I want to protect the people I love. But it goes beyond that. Bullies make me fucking sick.”
For now, it does look like Rowling is standing by her decision to be a major voice in transphobia, and she very much has her backers in that community. While there are celebrities like Pascal who have called her a ‘lost cause,’ there are also some that see nothing wrong with her stances—particularly older Potter actors.
As for Pascal, he’s been having a stellar run recently. Besides The Last of Us, Fantastic Four, and Materialists, he’s also going to be in the next Ari Aster project, Eddington, alongside Joaquin Phoenix.
Watch out for Pascal in Fantastic Four: First Steps when it comes to cinemas on July 25.
