Miriam Margolyes praised for honesty over Harry Potter comments: ‘So effortlessly unfiltered’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Miriam Margolyes has admitted that her beloved role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise “wasn’t important” to her. She told Vogue in the interview: “For me, Harry Potter wasn’t important. “It’s a very humbling thing actually,” Margolyes told the BBC’s Imagine programme last year, “to realise that the part for which I will be most known and most remembered is one scene really.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free She continued: “I’m just an infinitesimal part of a franchise.” Since appearing in the Potter movies, Margolyes has defended the series’ controversial author JK Rowling, claiming that anger at the author’s views on trans people has been “misplaced”.