Harry Potter author JK Rowling has once again waded into the trans rights debate, this time taking aim at stars of the film series and the upcoming HBO reboot.

J.K. Rowling has penned an essay about "back-stabbing colleagues ever ready to report wrongthink" after Harry Potter stars turned on her and signed a pro-trans open letter.

J.K. Rowling does not share the same views on trans rights as actor Paapa Essiedu, who will play Severus Snape in HBO's Harry Potter reboot, but she said that won't affect his employment. "I don't have the power to sack an actor from the series and I wouldn't exercise it if I did,