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

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, totally agree about the descriptor and its connotations. I would've assumed Mediterranean before black from "swarthy," but would've been still been more okay with that, and would find that more interesting in the context - 1920s NYC, loads of immigration happening - than a posh white British guy. And could've seen it as a really interesting way to go, even, because, as you rightly point out, "white" is a much more complicated category than white or not white, and in that time and place "swarthy" didn't really count as white. So many interesting things to explore! Or, in this case...not.