“It’s [Fantastic Beasts 3] progressive. It’s very Jo. It’s taking the story on in a way that’s expansive. I think it’s good, it’s still confident, like the previous film was. It got a little bit of flack, I think, for being very much of a…

“At the start he [Yusuf] was a character who transformed into an animal. There was a lot more prosthetic work, so it amused me a lot. I already saw myself transforming into a bird, etc. And when I was told that we were removing this part, I was…

“He [Dumbledore] was very close to going round the world and conquering the world with Gellert Grindelwald and suddenly it was like he caught himself, so I think he’s always pulling back and, in a way, what we’re seeing in this younger version, is a…

Has he fully given up hope that Grindelwald can come back to his side? “I don’t think he gives up on people, no, I think he still believes that there might be a possibility of turning him. The reason I stick to that isn’t anything…

“I think they [Leta and Newt] were probably still quite close even when Newt goes to America, which is why I think it’s such a jarring thing to come home and find I’m engaged to Theseus. We’ve all known each other for a really long…

“In the movie [Crimes of Grindelwald] I included a Chinese creature. I’ve been immersed in a bestiary from China – mythical creatures and so on with their various properties. So, I can’t say too much now, but I’m using something from China in the next…

“I didn’t consider it jealousy [of Leta]. Tina was very sad and wounded. She thought she had a very good relationship with Newt but it was different, so she felt angry and sad. It’s a fun feeling to watch two people in a movie together,…

“There are many things that haven’t been explored yet in this film, but I’m very interested in what big changes Queenie will make in the next film. For Tina, I think there is a price she has to pay for not being able to protect…

(Note, this interview was originally published in Chinese. This is a translated version by the Source link below) “I think that [JK] Rowling designed this plot segment so well, explaining how the old days of Grindelwald and Dumbledore’s love-hate relationship was established. In my opinion,…

How does Aurelius fit into the Dumbledore family tree? There are so many possibilities between Aberforth, Ariana, etc. David Yates: “It was always pretty much of how the script started. It was always the big climax of the script right from the very first draft.…