Eddie Red-maybe

[birdsofshore]

So, what do we think about Eddie Redmayne apparently being confirmed in the role of Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts film?



If you're not sure who he is, he's a British actor who recently won a lot of awards for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

Personally, I think I'm fairly happy about it.

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Is there a different actor you hoped would star in the film? Let me know all of your thoughts in the comments, please!

Comments

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

I sort of imagine Matt Smith as having that weird, quirkiness required to play Newt. He wouldn't be a perfect fit if he played him as schizo as the Doctor--that's pretty over-the-top, but he comes closest right now to what I imagine.

[birdsofshore]

I've seen Matt Smith suggested before! I think that would have been a lot of fun. But I've never seen him on the big screen... do you rate him as a film actor?

[vaysh]

Way too intellectually-looking. ;)

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

LOL! I don't think of Matt as intellectual looking at all. But then...I would think that Newt should be rather intellectual, right? But I don't know if he could command a film audience.

[vaysh]

I think Matt totally looks like an intellectual. Even more so with glasses. ;) As for Newt, I imagined him more the adventurous explorer type, Indiana jones-like, a hands-on guy with lots of experience rather than lots of indoor studying. It's going to be interesting how Rowling/the movies characterise him.

[birdsofshore]

I imagined Newt a bit more of the action/adventurer type, so I'm interested to see Redmayne's casting as probably bringing more to the role than that.