“Well, Credence is this unspoiled, unpolished diamond, whose powers we probably never have seen before. It’s kind of uncontrollable, but if I want to get to Dumbledore, I need him – first of all, because of his power; secondly, because I have a special relationship…

“We touch upon it in this film. It does seem as if they started out as very, very talented wizards who united at a young age because they knew that they were more talented than anyone else. I also have a line in the film,…

“[Myself and Jude] did have quite a few conversations. One of the first scenes I had was one of the first scenes in the film, where we see Dumbledore and Grindelwald in a restaurant, and where we touch upon their past. There is a mutual…

“All I can say is the biggest secret of the Wizarding World, Dumbledore’s mystery, will be revealed and you’ll need to watch the movie to find out what it is.” Source: YouTube

“It’s a big responsibility. He’s so precious and respected by so many; people love this character. And complicated. He’s a complicated character and it’s been a really, I think quite rare experience to go back and play someone in their youth to try and put…

“I just love this man [Albus Dumbledore]. You have to learn to understand the characters you play and you learn, I think, to find yourself in them, and them in you. And it’s always refreshing to learn to not judge and to fully appreciate a…

“What Jo Rowling did was really fill in the past of Albus Dumbledore and, I mean, an awful lot of his past is hinted at and referenced in the books of Harry Potter; she filled in a lot of gaps that weren’t mentioned in the…

“There is a little bit more fun, absolutely, yeah, absolutely. And I think what they do very well is they always manage to find throughout, I think, this balance between drama and themes that are timely, timeless, but always quite familiar in that they’re big…

“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…