Tag: Grindelwald

Alison Sudol

“[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…

Alison Sudol

“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…

Mads Mikkelsen

“Oh, Grindelwald doesn’t trust [Queenie] at all. But there’s something about Queenie – she can read other people’s minds, but she’s also a very bad liar at the same time. So, Grindelwald has a hunch he can trust her to the degree that she can’t…

Mads Mikkelsen

“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…

Mads Mikkelsen

“[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…

Mads Mikkelsen

“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,…

Mads Mikkelsen

“Stepping into the shoes of one of the Wizarding World’s greatest wizards… Well, as an actor, I assume that Grindelwald has taken it for granted since he was quite young. Obviously, he is at the same level as Dumbledore – equal powers, equal goals of…

Mads Mikkelsen

“We’ve wrapped it up. Obviously I have only been part of it for half the time that the rest of the gang has. It was a lovely experience. I think they had a really great script; a great, solid story. So if that is anything…

Mads Mikkelsen

“I think the universe first and foremost is very interesting. It’s on the cool meter. It’s pretty cool for my kids even though they might be not Harry Potter people anymore they still love the franchise and so that’s cool. And this is like an…

Mads Mikkelsen

“..this is the tricky part. We’re still working it out. There has to be a bridge between what Johnny did and what I’m going to do. And at the same time, I also have to make it my own. But also we have to find…