Recently, John Lithgow was confirmed to play Albus Dumbledore in the next Harry Potter.
Now he struck President Donald Trump’s second term, calling him “pure disaster” for the arts in the United States after winning the Olivier Award for his role as Roald Dahl in the play Giant.
During his acceptance speech, he said: “Our administration has done shocking and destructive things, but the one that makes me the most that plants is to take control of the Kennedy Center.”
He continued: “Deborah Rutter was dismissed from his post as president – even if she had already resigned and had [several] months to go. He’s a very good friend to me. “”
“We have co -chaired a commission on the arts and spent three years discovering the state of the arts in America [was] in crisis. Well, it’s really in crisis now. First there was coronavirus, now there is this, “noted the actor.
John also said that the arts situation in the United States at the moment is a “pure disaster – really discouraging”.
But he also included a tone of optimism. “It gives us all something to beat and I think that the arts are animated by this. At the moment, everyone is in shock,” he concluded, adding: “The bad moments create good art.”
