FANTASTIC BEASTS. “Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets” is released in France this Wednesday, April 13, 2022. At a press conference, Jude Law returned to the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald in the film.
[Mis à jour le 11 avril 2022 à 10h30] The clash between Dumbledore and Grindelwald is brewing in Fantastic Beasts 3. The film, entitled “The Secrets of Dumbledore”, is released this Wednesday, April 13, 2022 in French cinemas. The public will be able to dive into the family history of the headmaster of Hogwarts played by Jude Lawand learn more about her past romance with the dangerous wizard, who is played by Mads Mikkelsen in this new installment replacing Johnny Depp.
During a press conference on March 28, Jude Law and Mads Mikkelsen said a little more about how they worked on the relationship between the two characters, which fans of Harry Potter eagerly awaiting discovery. “For me, it was important to think about who Albus was before meeting Gellert, remembers Jude Law. I always thought that being Dumbledore, that is to say brilliant and remarkable from his youth, he felt very alone. Suddenly, he meets Gellert, who is someone as brilliant as him, who is his equal and who inspires him. This connection is very powerful, especially when you are young. It was important to have in mind that they were able to spend very special moments together. Until this terrible moment, when they realize that they are no longer in phase and that they are moving away from each other, which does not doesn’t extinguish the chemistry that there was between them at the start. On the contrary, it makes everything more difficult.”
In preparation for Fantastic Beasts 3Jude Law talked a lot with Mads Mikkelsen about the relationship between their two characters and their past. “Mads’ opinion sometimes differed from mine elsewhere,” adds the British actor. For the Danish comedian, the important thing was to “make it sound true and real”, despite the magical environment that surrounds their characters. “We really wanted this relationship to be realistic and real: they are real people, in real situations, who have experienced real disappointment with each other. […] Sometimes, we even forgot that the magic was present in certain scenes.”
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Synopsis – Albus Dumbledore enlists the help of Newt Scamander and a team of wizards and witches to prevent Gellert Grinderlwald from taking over the wizarding world. This is the third installment of the Harry Potter spin-off.
The release of Fantastic Beasts 3 has had some turbulence. Originally scheduled for release on November 20, 2020, the release of the film is finally postponed because the film requires more preparation and work, announces actor Dan Fogler in an interview. The Pottermore site announced in April 2019 that this third episode should finally be released in November 2021. But the announcement of the withdrawal of Johnny Depp from the cast led to a new change in the release date of Fantastic Beasts 3 in July 2022. According to the latest announcements shared on social media, Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets is set to release on April 13, 2022. In France, the precise date has not yet been communicated by Warner Bros.
Interpreter of Gellert Grindelwald, the main antagonist, in the first two episodes of Fantastic Animals, Johnny Depp was initially to appear in the casting of the third film. But the presence of the cast of the actor accused of violence against his ex-wife Amber Heard tarnishes the reputation of the studio. So much so that Warner considered in April 2019 to dismiss it for the sequel to Fantastic Beasts. According to the site Page Six, “high-placed women in the studio are very worried about working with Depp and the message it sends to the public”.
On November 6, 2020, the actor finally announced that he was stepping down from the role after Warner Bros asked him to step down. The move comes days after Johnny Depp lost his libel suit against the Sun, which accused him of being a “violent husband” to his ex-wife Amber Heard. He is replaced in the casting by Mads Mikkelsen.
Mads Mikkelsen will take over the role of Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3. Warner Bros has announced that the Danish actor, seen recently in Drunk, will replace Johnny Depp after his ousting. He was also one of the first choices of David Yates, director of the film, when it was necessary to find a replacement for the original interpreter. It is not yet known how the change of actor will be justified in the third episode of the saga. As a reminder, in the first episode, the character was played (secretly) by Colin Farrell, before the character of Grindelwald reveals his true face thanks to a spell, that of Johnny Depp. Perhaps the production will use the same stratagem to justify the change of actor during the plot.