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1. Why Brazil Was Changed to Bhutan: Statement by David Yates

2. Why Brazil Was Changed to Bhutan and Dumbledore's Costume: Statements by Eddie Redmayne & Jude Law

3. Filming For About Three Months in Portugal: Statement by Victoria Yeates

4. Newt & Bunty's Scene in a Hotel: Statement by Victoria Yeates

5. Concept Art of Nagini by Thomas Du Crest

6. Concept Art of Brazil by Dermot Power (1) (2)

7. Concept Art of Election in Brazil: Production Design Presentation

Eddie on what Newt has learned from Dumbledore over the years: “I feel like sort of Dumbledore’s caught Newt out of his shell a little bit. Newt’s someone that is most happy in his own company or the company of creatures. He’s an introvert ...Gentle nudges and occasionally a shove...Dumbledore’s kind of made him engage and entrusted him with stuff, so he sort of I think in this film he sort of asks Newt to step up to being a leader, and what I love is that Newt does it but in like most Newty ways possible. Since he’s not quite sure how to be a leader but just sort of vomited his way through it.”

Law met with J.K. Rowling, whom he still regards fondly, in 2017, and she filled him in on the complete arc of the story she’d hatched for these new films. “I had a pretty clear sense of where it was going to go,” Law says, recalling that Rowling gave him many notes, including one that Dumbledore saw himself as a monster.

“And that’s why he liked Newt,” Law says of the character played by Eddie Redmayne in the films, “because Newt took care of monsters.”

Though not a gift from Dumbledore, Yusuf Kama secretly carries a brooch containing a picture of his half-sister, Leta Lestrange, which actor William Nadylam used as an inspiration throughout filming. The brooch was inspire by a Victorian piece found by Colleen Atwood. 'You don't see it that much,' sys Atwood. 'but for him it's a memento from his life.'

Fantastic Beasts －The Secrets of Dumbledore: Movie Magic

William Nadylam: He's going to help defend the world from Grindelwald's action, and eventually, obviously, he doesn't forget. That's another subject there. He doesn't forget.

Alien Covenant, The Agency, Inherent Vice, Fantastic Beasts. Throughout your career, you’ve played characters who are fighting for control and respect in a world that doesn’t really want to give you that…

“Well, I’ve only played women. I’m always looking for roles that are complex enough that I can suspend my disbelief though. I need to be able to fall into the fantasy and it’s often those characters that are frustrated, fighting against something or experiencing tension that do it for me.”

It seems like everyone involved in the Fantastic Beasts films has a different take on whether the series will ever get finished – what’s yours?

“The last two films probably won’t get made, but that’s only based on a gut feeling. I know nothing and I’d probably be one of the last to know if something was happening because with films of that size, people aren’t calling up the performers to keep them updated. Do contracts expire? I’ve never thought about that before, but they probably do at some point, right? At the moment we are bound to them but I think that ship has sailed.”

Did it ever feel like a risk to share your views on feminism and trans rights at a time where people like J.K. Rowling were preaching the opposite?

“I didn’t think of it as a risk at all. And if it had, I would have done it anyway.”

Some people have suggested that’s why Tina’s role was cut down in the third Fantastic Beasts film…

“With these huge films, you never know why anything happens. We are just so divorced from the leadership.”

A lot of Harry Potter fans feel conflicted about watching the films or reading the books now. Where do you stand on that?

“Fantastic Beasts was such a big break for me. Those films changed my life and I learned a lot from working on something of that scale. There’s so much that I’m grateful for and I want to be really clear about that. I do think about the fans a lot though. Harry Potter is a beautiful trans allegory and what a pity for young people [not to feel comfortable] engaging with that.

Secrets of Dumbledore Concept Art by Dermot Power

Jude Law: "The fact that everything didn't go precisely to plan, was precisely the plan." Ah. Oh, you know what? I've got a good story about this line. That's Dumbledore. I wrote this line. I just thought it was very Dumbledore. "The fact that everything didn't go precisely to plan, was precisely the plan," yeah.