Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has once again spoken out against the series' author J.K. Rowling for transphobic rhetoric.

Radcliffe and other cast members like Emma Watson, Evanna Lynch, Eddie Redmayne of Fantastic Beasts and Bonnie Wright have not been shy about distancing themselves from Rowling after her extensive comments against trans people over the last number of years, and he has just shared his latest opinion in an interview with Indiewire.

The 33 year old first made his stance clear in 2020, when he wrote an open letter which served to support the LGBTQ+ fans and allies who "now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished."

The letter was published to the LBGTQ+ organisation The Trevor Project, not as "in-fighting between J.K. Rowling" and himself, but as an honest statement from "someone who has been honoured to work with and continues to contribute to The Trevor Project." In response to Rowling invalidating the identity of transgender people, he clearly stated, "transgender women are women".

Now, two years later, Radcliffe looked back on this letter in an interview with Indiewire. "The reason I felt very, very much as though I needed to say something when I did was because, particularly since finishing Potter, I’ve met so many queer and trans kids and young people who had a huge amount of identification with Potter on that. And so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way. And that was really important," he stated.

The English actor is the first to admit that Rowling changed the course of his life and is responsible for much of his success, but he still could not let the author's harmful rhetoric slide. He went on, "I don't think I would've been able to look myself in the mirror had I not said anything."