“The first two movies were like being in a Western, but I didn’t get a gun. But despite that, Jacob is right in the middle of it, and it’s very brave of him to jump in there without a weapon. So when I got my wand, it was suddenly like a step up. I felt like I graduated somehow. And it was so cool that it was bestowed to Jacob specifically from Dumbledore. It’s just incredible. I cherished that wand. And if you see some of the clips from the trailer, there’s a moment when Newt just gives me the wand. And I don’t really have any training, so I hold it like how a soldier would hold it; I just thought that was interesting because Jacob was a soldier. I really enjoyed having that wand.”
Source: Bearpost