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

[snowgall]

My first exposure to him was as Marius in Les Mis, and he was actually very very good. I usually find Marius a bit dull, but he made him work.

Don't really have any opinions on this movie or this casting though, since there really isn't much canon to go off of. It'll be interesting to see what they do!

[birdsofshore]

Yes, JKR had a lot of free rein when she started writing this. I'm guessing that's partly what appealed to her about the project.

I'm definitely excited. Starting to feel like it is coming together nicely if they have people of the calibre of Eddie Redmayne on board.