Does anyone give less of a fuck than an old British Dame? At this point in her career, Miriam Margolyes has nothing left to prove, so she doesn’t have to kowtow to anyone, let alone adult Harry Potter fans, whom she professes to “worry” about. “They should be over that by now,” she says in an interview with New Zealand’s 1News. “You know, I mean, it was 25 years ago, and it’s for children. I think it’s for children. But they get stuck in it.
“I was very glad I got the part and I enjoyed being in it and meeting all the people, but it’s not Charles Dickens.” You can debate the quality of prose and relative cultural impact of J.K. Rowling vs Dickens in the comments if you want. But Margolyes has a point that touches at a larger cultural phenomenon, which is much of the entertainment for being made for adult audiences is repackaging what they liked as kids.