“In the last film, the hair and makeup team and I discussed what would’ve happened to her visually when she went through the fire. And there was this sense when she went through it, that something of her had been burned out of her, that…

“[Mads Mikkelsen] brought a wonderful energy to Grindelwald. Wonderful maybe is not the right word, because it’s terrifying, but wonderful to watch as an actor. He brought a kind of menace to Grindelwald which is subtle, but scary, and he imbued the scenes with a…

“They both [Queenie & Credence] are newcomers in this world and they both have come in with broken hearts so there is a kinship. But with Credence, he’s in so much pain that he is like a wild animal. And as in pain as Queenie…

“I don’t know that a love like theirs [Queenie & Jacob] can ever just go away, but there’s a chasm between them at the moment. On both sides, choices have been made that have pulled them apart. Not at their foundation, not because they don’t…

“Well, Grindelwald told her what she wanted to hear, didn’t he? I mean, anyone with a little power of observation could see that she was desperate to be with Jacob legitimately, which was a much bigger deal at that time than it is today. She…

“Queenie made a choice to take marrying Jacob into her own hands in the second film, which set off a chain reaction of unfortunate events that ultimately left her vulnerable and alone. Ultimately, she made a choice to cross over to Grindelwald’s side. It was…

“I feel like in some ways she’s too there and that’s part of the problem. She’s tapping into all human beings at all times and that’s a lot for one person to hold and everybody closest to her is always going, ‘Don’t read my mind.’ So she…

“All she really wants is what everyone else gets to have, a normal life. And to love, and get married, and have children. That’s what she wants. And in that desire is sort of a negating of this huge gift that she has, which unfortunately…

“I was told certain things way, way, way before the script got to us, so I was prepared in a certain way for the arc, but I couldn’t wrap my head around why at all. And even when I read the script I still couldn’t…

“At the end of the first film she’s breaking the rules by coming back to Jacob. Because she’s been seeing into people’s heads for so long, she’s never fallen in love the way that she falls in love with Jacob, and I think she’s a…