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David Yates confirmes that Johnny Depp will play Gellert Grindelwald !

During an interview for The Leaky Cauldron, Fantastic Beasts' director confirmed the recent rumor : Johnny Depp will play the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald !

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During an interview for The Leaky Cauldron, Fantastic Beasts' director confirmed the recent rumor : Johnny Depp will play the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald !

Sometimes it's really good to see that fans' craziest theories become reality, and once more, it happens with Fantastic Beasts' sequel. After announcing Johnny Depp's role, David Yates explained why he chose him for Grindelwald :

“The whole principal of casting the movie was go with the best actor. Go for the most inspired, interesting, right fit for that character. And as we approached Grindelwald we thought, ‘who’s going to take this in an interesting direction?’ In this business, it’s a weird old business. You’re brilliant one week, people are saying odd things the next, you go up and down. But no one takes away your pure talent.

Johnny Depp is a real artist. He’s created several characters who have really resonated in our popular culture. He’s a really brilliant, brilliant actor. We were excited about seeing what he would do with this guy, the character. He’s fearless; he’s imaginative; he’s ambitious. We thought he would do something fun and special. So we went for him, purely on that selfish basis. We don’t care if he’s famous or not famous. We just know he’s interesting.”

Grindelwald dans le film Harry Potter 7

Then, Harry Potter's director David Heyman talked about Johnny Depp's cast.

“Grindelwald is an iconic character, so it was important to have someone who had that weight. There’s a reason why he has that weight. It’s because, you know, he’s a fine actor who makes unexpected choices.”

Yates added that the sequel will take place in Europe, as the story takes principally place in U.K. and Paris. He also precised that Fantastic Beasts' plot will give way to Grindelwald's one.

“Currently the beasts feature slightly less in the second film, and Grindelwald takes more of a foreground. Currently. But we love the beasts so much. There’s an amazing beast in the second movie – a Chinese beast, actually – that is featured. We’re exploring how we can get a couple more beasts into the second film, with Jo [J.K. Rowling, who is writing the screenplays for the Fantastic Beasts films].”

Ezra Miller dans le rôle de Credence Barebone, Les Animaux Fantastiques

At the end, Yates said that actor Ezra Miller will return in Fantastic Beasts' second film as Credence Barebone, and that he will have a more important place in the story, maybe a pivotal place.

Fantastic Beasts' second film will open in theaters in 2018. Now the biggest question is : who will play Albus Dumbledore, and be by Johnny Depp's side ?


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