John Lithgow Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment John Lithgow spoke out against what he called the current "war on empathy" and addressed the controversy around his casting as Albus Dumbledore in the new HBO Max Harry Potter series amid J.K. Rowling's anti-trans stance.