{"id":4882,"date":"2025-06-16T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:45:53","slug":"harry-potter-stars-new-tv-show-with-trans-icon-is-coming-out-imminently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/harry-potter-stars-new-tv-show-with-trans-icon-is-coming-out-imminently\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter star\u2019s new TV show with trans icon is coming out imminently"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Transaction is coming to ITV (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nick Frost<\/a>, who was recently cast in the upcoming Harry Potter<\/a> reboot, is set to appear in a new hit sitcom with trans comedian and singer Jordan Gray.<\/p>\n

The 53-year-old actor, who will be playing Hogwarts groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid<\/a> in the HBO<\/a> revival, stars opposite Jordan in Transaction<\/strong>, which is set to launch on ITV.<\/p>\n

The Shaun of the Dead star and other adult actors cast in Harry Potter recently came under fire for joining the show<\/a>, due to JK Rowling’s comments about the trans community.<\/p>\n

Nick turned off the comments on his Instagram profile<\/a> following the backlash, and insisted in an interview that the author’s views did ‘not align’ with his own.<\/p>\n

In Transaction, his character \u2013 supermarket boss Simon \u2013 sparks backlash in the LGBTQ+ community after a marketing campaign goes badly wrong.<\/p>\n

He employs transgender woman Liv (Jordan) in a bid to turn things around, but he soon faces another struggle as she’s described in the synopsis as someone who ‘ticks the diversity box, but not much else’.<\/p>\n

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Nick Frost stars as supermarket boss Simon (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jordan Gray, who created and wrote original shorts which inspired the sitcom, stars as Liv (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ITV teases: ‘Despite a non-existent work ethic, it’s pretty much impossible for Liv to get the sack, encouraging her to wreak havoc on the supermarket night shift.’<\/p>\n

‘My one true goal with this show is to create something as timeless as my implants,’ Jordan shared when the show was announced.<\/p>\n

Executive producer Kenton Allen said at the time: ‘Transaction promises to be a very eye-catching contemporary comedy<\/a>, with Jordan Gray, Nick Frost and Thomas Gray forming an unlikely but electric three-some.<\/p>\n

‘Jordan’s razor-sharp writing and timing paired with Nick’s legendary comedic presence is comedy dynamite.’<\/p>\n

The comedy is based on her former six-part series of shorts of the same name for Comedy Central, which followed the same plot.<\/p>\n

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Liv causes chaos on the night shift (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She didn’t want to play another ‘tragic hero’ (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She told Gay Star News in 2020 that she wrote the piece as a way of creating a character who was a ‘regular tit-for-brains, not some tragic hero’.<\/p>\n

Jordan, 36, rose to fame as The Voice’s first transgender contestant in 2016, making it to the semi-finals before moving into comedy, appearing on the likes of The Russell Howard Hour and Friday Night Live.<\/p>\n

On the later in 2022, she performed her song Better Than You about life as a transgender woman, and stripped naked to play the piano with her penis.<\/p>\n

Nick was recently forced to respond to criticism facing the Harry Potter show<\/a> and wider franchise over its creator’s comments, which some have deemed as transphobic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nick will star in the Harry Potter revival (Picture: Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Shaun of the Dead star has distanced himself from J.K. Rowling’s views (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a recent interview with The Observer<\/a>, the Shaun of the Dead star insisted he does not share Rowling’s views.<\/p>\n

‘She\u2019s allowed her opinion<\/a> and I\u2019m allowed mine, they just don\u2019t align in any way, shape or form,’ he said.<\/p>\n

He also argued that the controversy and backlash might not be something people should want to ‘blow over’ for the sake of the wizarding franchise.<\/p>\n

Asked if it could ‘overshadow the series’, he replied: ‘I don\u2019t know. But maybe it shouldn\u2019t blow over? We shouldn\u2019t just hope it will go away, because it makes it easier. Maybe we should educate ourselves.’<\/p>\n

Nick will be following in the footsteps of late actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, and he’s not concerned with filling the character’s giant shoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He will play Rubeus Hagrid on the show (Picture: Warner Bros\/Murray Close)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nick doesn’t want to simply recreate Robbie Coltrane’s performances (Picture: Warner Bros)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘You get cast because you\u2019re going to bring something to that. While I\u2019m really aware of what went before me in terms of Robbie [Coltrane]\u2019s amazing performance, I\u2019m never going to try and be Robbie,’ he told Collider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m going to try and do something, not \u201cdifferent\u201d, I think you have to be respectful to the subject matter, but within that, there\u2019s scope for minutia.’<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018I always read Hagrid as he\u2019s like a lovely, lost, violent, funny, warm child. I think the beauty of being able to do a book a season means I get to explore that a lot more, and I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n

‘He\u2019s funny! I want it to be funny and cheeky and scared and protective and childlike. That\u2019s what I\u2019m planning on doing.\u2019<\/p>\n

Transaction launches on June 24 on ITVX, where all episodes will be available to stream.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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