JK Rowling just spoke again. She's fighting back

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[–]Finnegan7921 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This is how I know JK is a far better person than I am. What I would do is step back, write a new HP trilogy of when they're all older and running the school, being adult wizards, etc. When it becomes a massive bestseller and a studio wants to turn it into a movie series, I'd say "Fine, but you're only getting the rights to it on one condition : you will not cast any of those three ungrateful little shits", and I would say it publicly. They hit her on twitter, I'd hit them where it hurts, the wallet.

[–]wrongthink 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The HP gang are already obscenely wealthy.

[–]Finnegan7921 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

True, but these people seem to always want more. RDJ wasn't doing Iron Man for free even though after a few films he didn't need the money. Tom Cruise doesn't need the money but he still gets paid. Same goes for plenty of them. Excluding them from a new trilogy may not break or even really hurt them financially, but it would be a stinging rebuke and missing out on the biggest payday any of them would ever see again.

[–]wrongthink 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Daniel Radcliffe's career after HP was him doing weird little movies because he could. After a certain point I think it's just attention seeking and personal boredom that drives these people. Note RDJ could keep making more money on the Iron Man shit but he wanted the character ended and was relieved at the end of his contract. What does he do after? Some dumb talking animal movie that sucked and bombed. Maybe that's more money seeking behavior on his part but he didn't need to put in anywhere near the same amount of effort for that shlock compared to what his Disney contract was demanding.

If these people can get their feel good kicks from dogpiling on social media I think they will be perfectly happy with not receiving more roles in the old universe. If anything they can wear that as a badge of honor to be bandied out for their simping fans. I agree with you that they shouldn't be given these roles from now on, I just don't think it will hurt them any.