In relief to defend JK Rowling and Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter could have abstained

We won’t fall off the dresser when we hear the news, but still, it made us laugh a bit. Helena Bonham Carter, British actress admired and respected for her impeccable filmography, spoke about the controversy over JK Rowling, but also over Johnny Depp, whom she does not hesitate to rehabilitate.

In the long interview he gave to Timesclaims the actor has been cleared. “I think he’s fine now. » And when the journalist asks her if the Depp/Heard affair and its outcome are a sign of a backlash from #MeToo, it is Amber Heard who becomes the embodiment of drift in her eyes: “That’s the problem: people follow because it’s the trend and to be the headliner. »

We have certainly not witnessed the process itself, nor its consequences on the reputation and career of Amber Heard, who far from having gained anything since she testified that she was a victim of domestic violence, has only taken a full face.

Pity for Helena Bonham Carter to be so close to the plate, while her thoughts on aging as an actress are much more relevant such as her analysis of a trial involving the godfather of her two children, recurring playmate and muse to her ex-husband Tim Burton.

Helena Bonham Carter defends JK Rowling

As for the successful Harry Potter author, who has distinguished herself in recent years with transphobic releases and a rapprochement with the British genre critic movement, Helena Bonham Carter believes the writer has been “afterwards” and who speaks only on the basis of her own experience when she tries to proclaim her concern at seeing the word woman disappear or that transactivism represents a danger (remember that nobody wants to make the word woman disappear, and the terms of “transactivism” you hate “trans lobby” are concepts introduced by the anti-trans movements).

And then it’s Twitter’s fault, damn it! Why yes, Helena Bonham Carter does not hesitate to bring out the card of jealousy and cancel culture to defend the author. “If it hadn’t been so phenomenally successful, the reactions wouldn’t have been so great. I believe that there is above all a lot of jealousy unfortunately and the need to shoot people who motivate this censorship. And also Schadenfreude [la joie malsaine d’assister au malheur d’autrui, ndlr] »

An opinion contrary to that of the colleagues with whom he shared the poster of the Harry Potter saga. He says he doesn’t find them ungrateful, a criticism sometimes leveled at Daniel Radcliffe or Emma Watson when they shared their disagreements with JKRowling.

“Personally, I think they should let her think what she thinks, but I think they are very interested in protecting their fan base and their generation. It’s hard. One thing about fame is there’s a label that comes with it; I agree to talk about other famous people. »

A generational thing, the fight against transphobia and for respect for all, regardless of their gender identity? We would have liked to see Helena Bonham Carter a little more inspiredrather than implying that many actors and actresses’ support for the trans community is purely selfish.

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