Eddie Redmayne went into a bit more detail about the
day he met and spoke to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who wrote the script for
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The actor, who will play lead Newt Scamander in the series, said he only met Rowling once a few months ago, and got to chat with her for about an hour about his famous wizard character.
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Eddie Redmayne on meeting J.K Rowling for the first (and only time so far): “We only had an hour before she was going away and we just talked character quite intensively. Her knowledge of my character’s backstory and the intricacies of it all were really inspiring.”
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“Ooooooooh, Beasts. I want to disclose everything but I literally cannot tell you anything. All I can say is that I’m having the most wonderful time and J.K Rowling has written something utterly wonderful.”
“I had been to see Les Mis when I was a kid and I wanted to be Gavroche, and my parents were like, ‘You must have had so much fun making Les Mis!’ You know what, when you care about something so much when you’re doing it, you’re always trying to do it better. You’ve only got that day and when the camera’s rolling, and that scene’s done. So your mind’s always going: ‘How do I do it better, how do I do it better…’ And as a consequence, enjoyment is another question. I’m definitely having fun, but the thing with J.K. Rowling is I loved those books and I loved those films, and now there’s the sense of I don’t want to be the guy who lets everybody down.”