J.K. Rowling Forced To Weigh In After Harry Potter Play Casts Actress Who Is Black To Play Hermione

Some people are freaking out after a London production of a Harry Potter play casts an actress who is Black to play Hermione.

You might think that, given it’s nearly 2016, and Harry Potter is an entirely fictional story about magic and wizards that the color of an actor’s skin would be irrelevant, or at least, not something to freak out over. Apparently, some are furious that a London production of a Harry Potter play, “Harry Potter And The Cursed Child,” has cast Noma Dumezweni to play Hermione.

In the Harry Potter films, Hermione is played by Emma Watson, who is white. Noma Dumezweni (above) is Black.

J.K. Rowling, who created Harry Potter, wrote all the Harry Potter books and was intimately involved in the Harry Potter films, Monday morning was forced to tweet that she’s A-OK with Hermione being Black:

Some fans even with Rowling supporting the change couldn’t seem to let it go:

Fortunately, the vast majority now seem to support the production’s choice of Dumezweni, and of Rowling’s blessing on the subject:

And, as Mashable discovered, one offered the perfect smack down:

 

Image by Harry Potter Play via Twitter