Anne Hathaway responds to disability controversy over The Witches

Anne Hathaway has apologised for any offence caused following a backlash against the depiction of her character in The Witches (PA/Warner Bros)

Anne Hathaway has apologised after the depiction of her character’s hands in The Witches film was accused of being insensitive towards disabled people.

The latest adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 book stars Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, who has three elongated fingers on each hand.