When Harry, Ron and Hermione meet Dumbledore’s brother, Aberforth, in “The Missing Mirror” chapter of The Deathly Hallows, he tells them that Dumbledore befriended Grindelwald while living in Godric’s Hollow after graduating from Hogwarts. To figure out how this narrative may unfold, let’s take a look at Dumbledore’s backstory. And as Rowling herself offered a cryptic hint about this particular line on Twitter back in April - “Albus Dumbledore is fond of Newt Scamander for the same reasons that I am fond of Newt Scamander” - it seems likely that Dumbledore’s attachment to his former student will have a greater meaning. This means any insignificant detail has the potential to turn into something major later on. While this may sound like a simple name drop, fans know that Rowling - who wrote the film’s screenplay - is particularly good at planting clues in her work. “What makes Albus Dumbledore so fond of you?”
In fact, the sole mention of Dumbledore occurs when Percival Graves (Colin Farrell) - who is later shown to be dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) in disguise - reveals he was the only teacher who argued against Newt’s expulsion from Hogwarts.
He’s part earnest conservationist in the David Attenborough mould, part hapless innocent in the vein of Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve, and Newt has barely arrived in America before he finds himself in trouble with the Magical Congress (Macusa).When Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in America at the beginning of the first film, it’s December 1926, meaning Dumbledore is not yet the headmaster of Hogwarts, but working as the school’s Transfiguration professor. He delivers much of his dialogue staring at people’s shoes or elbows, only risking the shyest of self-effacing glances to meet their eyes. All pigeon-toed angles and stuttering rushes of enthusiasm, his great gift to the character is a crippling diffidence.
As the book’s author, Newt Scamander, Eddie Redmayne gives an endearingly gauche turn. A prequel of sorts, the film takes as its starting point the origins of the wizarding school textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The main injection of fresh blood is into the cast. Bustling 1920s New York is gorgeously realised by a judicious teaming of regular Potter designer Stuart Craig and urban dystopia specialist James Hambridge ( Hellboy, The Dark Knight), while four-time Potter director David Yates transitions effortlessly from Hogwarts to the wider world, thanks in part to a deft screenplay by JK Rowling.
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