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Warner Bros apologises after The Witches sparks backlash over 'sad' portrayal of disability

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The Witches film. The film, based on the Roald Dahl classic, features evil characters who have distinct hand and feet abnormalities.

A number of celebrities have spoken out about the film, with some the saying it could add to the 'fear' and 'stigma' around disability.

Since the release of the film last month, countless people with limb differences shared photographs of themselves on social media, using the hashtag #NotAWitch.Comedian Alex Brooker, who has hand and arm impairments, spoke up saying that the images "jarred quite a lot".The Last Leg star said that he is ‘sad’ that Anne Hathaway’s character, the Grand High Witch, has long fingers with two digits missing - and found fault that it was not a feature of Roald Dah’s original.

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