Eddie Redmayne has condemned what he calls the "absolutely disgusting vitriol" directed at J.K. Rowling over her transphobic views despite previously distancing himself from those views.The star of Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them told The Daily Mail he thinks the "torrent of abuse toward trans people online" is "hideous", but added that he was alarmed by the "vitriol" towards Rowling, which he described as "absolutely disgusting."He said: "Similarly, there continues to be a hideous torrent of abuse towards trans people online and out in the world that is devastating."Newsweek subscription offers >Earlier this year, the author—who also writes under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith—came under fire for tweeting an.