After
some speculation, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its sequel director
David Yates has officially confirmed that Johnny Depp is playing Albus
Dumbledore's former friend and crush Gellert Grindelwald, who reportedly plays
a major role in the new franchise.
Yates
confirmed the casting to The Leaky Cauldron, and revealed why they opted for
Depp.
"The whole
principal of casting the movie was go with the best actor. Go for the most
inspired, interesting, right fit for that character. And as we approached
Grindelwald we thought, ‘Who’s going to take this in an interesting direction?’
In this business, it’s a weird old business. You’re brilliant one week, people
are saying odd things the next, you go up and down. But no one takes away your
pure talent. Johnny Depp is a real artist. He’s created several characters who
have really resonated in our popular culture. He’s a really brilliant,
brilliant actor. We were excited about seeing what he would do with this guy,
the character. He’s fearless; he’s imaginative; he’s ambitious. We thought he
would do something fun and special. So we went for him, purely on that selfish
basis. We don’t care if he’s famous or not famous. We just know he’s
interesting."
As for the casting of
a younger Dumbledore, Yates and the casting department are tight-lipped about
their choice(s).
During the interview,
Yates also revealed that the sequel will return to the U.K., as well as travel
to another European destination.
"We do go back
to the U.K. in the second film as well–it’s U.K. and Paris. I’m not sure where
Jo is setting the rest of the movies, but they’ll be European-centric. I think
it will be difficult to ignore America, but the next one is predominately
Europe."
Finally, the
filmmaker teased that Ezra Miller's Credence character will be pivotal in the
sequel.
"Credence, we follow
Credence further. He becomes quite pivotal actually, Credence is quite
crucial."
The
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel is expected to enter production
early next year for a November 16, 2018 release.
Source - The Leaky Cauldron
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