{"id":81708,"date":"2015-11-06T10:04:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T10:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=81708"},"modified":"2015-11-06T10:05:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T10:05:14","slug":"fantastic-beasts-movie-meet-the-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/fantastic-beasts-movie-meet-the-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them: meet the cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s certainly a great time to be a Harry Potter<\/strong><\/em> fan. Not only is a stage-based sequel due out next year in the form of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child<\/a><\/em>; we are now getting more details about upcoming movie prequel Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them<\/strong><\/em>, centring around the adventures of ‘magizoologist’ Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne).<\/p>\n

Having got our first glimpse of Redmayne in character<\/a>, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, we now also have both a synopsis, and information about some of the main characters.<\/p>\n

Firstly, the story itself will concern Scamander travelling to the US, carrying a case containing a whole bunch of creatures he’s collecting from around the world (by the sounds of it it’ll make the TARDIS look like a bedsit). However, accidents happen, and a whole bunch of his creatures escape – which is especially a problem in the US, where the wizards face much from danger from muggles, who are known as ‘No-Maj’ to them.\u00a0\u00a0\"fantastic-beasts-01_0_0\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As regards the principle cast, here’s a quick breakdown:<\/p>\n

1)Porpentina ‘Tina’ Goldstein<\/p>\n

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\nPlayed by Katherine Waterson, She is described in EW as “An ambitious worker at the Magical Congress of the United States of America [aka MACUSA, the US version of the Ministry of Magic] who meets Newt. Tina is relegated to an office well below her abilities after she stood up for the wrong person. She longs to fight for what\u2019s right.” We’re getting a definite Hermione vibe from her, and by the sounds of it she’s being primed for a close working relationship with Newt – and perhaps something more.<\/p>\n

2) Queenie Goldstein<\/p>\n

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\nDescribed as “Tina\u2019s younger sister and roommate, a big-hearted free-spirit ‘legilimens’ who can read minds”, Alison Sudol’s character possesses the same ability as wizards like Dumbledore and Snape, hinting at a powerful magical ability. As far as the old cast goes, she sounds like a bit of a cross between Ginny and Luna to us.<\/p>\n

3) Jacob Kowalski<\/p>\n

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\nPlayed by Dan Fogler, he’s the first main muggle character in the story, who becomes involved in the magical world when he meets Newt. Other than that, not a huge amount about his character has been revealed – although considering Fogler’s past roles, we can see his contribution being geared more towards comic relief.<\/p>\n

4) Graves\"Fantastic<\/a>
\nA powerful auror (dark wizard hunter, like Moody, Kingsley and Tonks), he’s being played by Colin Farrell (not a goblin, as was previously rumoured). He’s the right-hand man of the US wizarding president, although that doesn’t guarantee that he’s a good guy – remember how Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge became an antagonist in Order Of The Phoenix<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

5) Mary Lou\"Fantastic<\/a>
\nDescribed as “The narrow-minded leader of the fanatical Second Salemers, a group looking to expose and destroy wizards and witches”, Samantha Morton’s character looks like she’ll be the primary antagonist. Nice to see a nod to real-life magic-related events in the form of the Salem Witch Trials too.<\/p>\n

6) Credence\"Fantastic<\/a>
\nPlayed by future Flash Ezra Miller and described as Mary Lou’s “troubled son”, we’re taking ‘troubled’ to be shorthand for ‘wizard’. Well, that’s our theory in any case.<\/p>\n

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them<\/em> will be released in cinemas on 18 November 2016. You can download Harry Potter: The Complete Manual <\/a>from GreatDigitalMags.com now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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