A play that’s set to debut at Edinburgh Fringe Festival which critises JK Rowling’s views on gender is struggling to get off the ground because they can’t seem to convince any women to join the cast – with 90 actresses so far rejecting parts.
‘TERF’ is set to run at Edinburgh Fringe from August 2 – 25, with the concept involving a fictionalised intervention for JK Rowling by the three stars of Harry Potter – Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. However the producers have yet to cast any women in the film, because female actresses don’t seem to want to be involved.
The Telegraph reported that 30 women have turned down the chance to play JK Rowling herself, while another 60 have refused to play Watson. The play, written by Hollywood scriptwriter Joshua Kaplan, has cast the male leads, however.
Creative producer Barry Church-Woods told the newspaper:
‘This project has met some kind of resistance every step of the way, though I’ve been generally surprised by how difficult it has been for us to recruit the female cast in particular.
‘It’s a well-paid gig meeting industry standards and the script is terrific.’
‘I think it’s fair to say that a few things are coming into play in casting.’
Church-Woods claimed that agents were reluctant to put actresses’ names forward for the play, as they ‘do not want to damage their clients chances of landing roles on the new Potter TV series.’ Which I guess is pretty fair reason to not want to p*ss off JK Rowling, although it could also be that women in the industry are realising that JK Rowling may be on the right side of the gender debate after all.
We also can’t discount the possibility that the script is utterly sh1te, despite the producer saying it’s “terrific”. Still, at least the male parts are all sorted, eh?
Have they tried having a word with India Willoughby for the role of JK Rowling/Emma Watson? Oh wait…
For Daniel Radcliffe’s response to JK Rowling telling him to ‘save his apologies’ after he threw her under the bus over her views on gender, click HERE.
