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Anne Hathaway’s The Witches faces criticism from the disabled community; WB ‘regret any offence caused’

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Warner Bros. is apologizing to the disability community over the depiction of characters in its new movie, The Witches. The studio issued an apology in a statement via CNN: "We the filmmakers and Warner Bros.

Pictures are deeply saddened to learn that our depiction of the fictional characters in The Witches could upset people with disabilities, and regret any offence caused." The statement continued: "In adapting the original story, we worked with designers and artists to come up with a new interpretation of the cat-like claws that are described in the book.

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Anne Hathaway has apologized for the "pain caused" by The Witches in a statement responding to criticism over the film's portrayal of limb difference.The 37-year-old actress plays the Grand High Witch in the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1983 novel of the same title. The film features the witches as having three elongated fingers on each hand, rather than the clawed hands described in the book.Some felt the visual portrayal was insensitive towards disabled people, prompting the hashtag #NotAWitch to trend on Twitter after the film's release.
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Also Read: 'The Witches' Sparks Backlash From Disability Community - and a Warner Bros. ApologyHathaway’s villainous character in the film is at times seen with three webbed fingers on each hand, something that can happen naturally and is often referred to as “split hand,” or clinically as ectrodactyly or symbrachydactyly.
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The Witches.The actress, who plays the Grand High Witch in Robert Zemeckis’ recent remake, took to Instagram following criticism about the film’s portrayal of limb difference, as her character is given three fingers on both hands – going against the depiction in Roald Dahl’s original book.“I have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially children, are in pain because of the portrayal of the Grand High Witch in The Witches,” Hathaway wrote on Instagram.
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blasted the new film remake for 'using disability to highlight a character as a baddie.'Melissa, a campaigner for disability on screen and stage, shared a photo of Anne in character with claws which can be identified by their three-finger taloned hands which they hide by wearing five-finger gloves.The Last Leg's Alex Brooker also slammed the movie for its 'sad portrayal' of disability.He told the Daily Star: "As someone with missing fingers, it.s made me so sad to see how this is portrayed as something to be scared of."The story is that the witches wear gloves to hide what’s underneath."But now Anne has responded to the criticism, joining studio Warner Bros in issuing an apology and said "now that I know better I promise I'll do better".She
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Anne Hathaway is issuing an apology for her character’s hands in HBO Max’s The Witches revival. If you don’t know, the witches appear in the new adaptation with three-fingered hands, similar to the limb abnormality ectrodactyly, otherwise known as “split hand.” However, the witches in Roald Dahl’s original book are described as having “claws instead of fingernails.” An illustration on the first edition cover also shows them having all five fingers. “I have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially children, are in pain because of the portrayal of the Grand High Witch in The Witches,” Anne posted on Instagram.
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apology from Warner Bros studio, the Academy Award-winning actress promised to ‘do better’ in a statement on Instagram and said ‘I owe you all an apology for the pain caused’.The recent adaptation of the 1983 Roald Dahl book stars Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch.In the film, the GHW is portrayed with three fingers on each hand, with many people with disabilities saying that she appears to have Ectrodactyly, a limb abnormality that’s commonly referred to as ‘split hand.’British Para swimmer Amy Marren was among those criticising the adaption, asking on Twitter ‘was there much thought given as to how this representation of limb differences would effect the limb difference community?!’The official account for the Paralympic Games also
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