“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

“The third one is just so great, I have to say. It’s just a wonderful film. Johnny Depp is no longer playing Grindelwald but this wonderful actor named Mads Mikkelsen is playing Grindelwald and he brings a whole different kind of weight to the thing.…

“On the latest film I’m working on, I’ve taken out three, four, five lovely scenes that we nurtured and cherished and shot and edited, put visual effects in, and you suddenly you reach that moment where you realise the story survives without it, and can…

“I think he is meant to direct them all. I think it’s very interesting. He’s worked very closely with J.K. Rowling for a long time and very few people have access to her because she’s quite insulated and so I can’t really imagine how it…

You mentioned that Dumbledore is a manipulator. One thing we find here is that Dumbledore sent Newt to America in the first place. Is there any possibility that Albus Dumbledore knew about Aurelius? David Yates: “That’s a very key question. The thing is, if he…

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.…

“There’s this new part that we haven’t really dug into before, which is this tragic, troubled, burnt side of Dumbledore coming out of the relationship with Grindelwald and having to deal with family tragedy. There’s something quite broken about him as a human being. That’s…

“Yes, I mean in the original, the very first draft of the screenplay, Hogwarts didn’t actually exist. It was very much grounded in Paris and in London and then, of course, over a period of about six months, eight months, there’s a lot of back…

“Grindelwald seduces. As much as we may hate certain politicians because they do not speak our language, we have to understand that they are answering the needs and vulnerabilities and insecurities of others. Grindelwald is doing that. That’s why Queenie goes over. He makes perfect…

“The Obscurus is a really wonderful idea that Jo came up with. When a child is prohibited from developing their magic in a healthy, normal, organic, regular way, this dark energy can develop, and can suddenly get out of control, wreaking havoc and being quite…