All fans of Potter with bated breath were waiting in 2016 for three important events: theatrical production and the play play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and, of course, the film “Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live”. The actors of this film, by tradition, mainly? of British descent, but there are exceptions. The plot of the long-awaited film and the cast we will consider in detail in this article.
History of the film
The film "Fantastic creatures and where they live", whose actors have already managed to fall in love with the audience on other projects, was shot based on the literary work of the same name by Joan Rowling, published in 2001. This is a non-existent textbook that is part of the Hogwarts Compulsory Education Program. In general, the book is rather thin, but as the Harry Potter universe grows and develops, Joan Rowling decided to supplement it with the history of the appearance of the famous textbook. It is worth noting that its first Russian name sounded like "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live," and fans liked it much more.
Plot of the film
The film takes place in 1927 in New York and is dedicated to the adventures of Newt Salamander, a magician-zoologist and writer. Like many young wizards, he studied at Hogwarts, and later became a teacher in transfiguration, but was fired for his love of various dangerous creatures. The story, by the way, is similar to the story of Hagrid. Now Newt wanders around the world in search of various unusual animals: hippogriffs, dragons, huge spiders and other magical creatures. He collects all the specimens found in a magical bag, expanded using the 5th dimension, but after Newt moves to New York, everything gets out of control. Beasts break free, the city plunges into complete chaos. Actors of "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live" are known throughout Hollywood, among them Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell, which makes the film even more fun.
Newt Salamander Biography
Newt Salamander inherited his love for magical creatures from his mother. After being expelled from Hogwarts, Newt got a job in a house resettlement bureau, but, considering this case boring, he did everything to get into the fantastic beasts sector, where he soon received a promotion. It was thanks to his work that the register of werewolves was created, and in 1979 he was even awarded the Order of Merlin for his merits in magozoology. Well, he’s on the Chocolate Frog card too, so Newt’s career has been very successful.
Actors and roles of "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live"
The role of Newt Salamander was played by the owner of the Oscar for the "Stephen Hawking Universe" Eddie Redmayne. In addition to him, the film starred Katherine Waterston as a friend of Newt, who works in the US Magic Congress. Her sister Queenie is able to read thoughts with the help of a special spell, as Snape and Lord Voldemort did at one time - Alison Sudol played her role.
Actors of "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live" impress with their talent and success. The president of the magical community of the USA, Serafina, performed by Carmen Ejogo, looks brilliant. Muggle Jacob Kowalski performed by Dan Fogler immediately fell in love with the viewer for his good nature and charm. The film also features the Arabs Graves, played by the magnificent Colin Farrell. According to fans, it was he who was not enough in this movie universe!
By the way, the Russian translation of the film was made very high quality. Actors of the dubbing “Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live” include Ilya Bledny (Newt), who took part in the voice acting of Avengers and the Ice Age, Vadim Medvedev (Graves), who played in the TV series Hotel Eleon, as well as Polina Shcherbakova (Tina), known for her work in Spider-Man 2017.
Minor Characters
The actors and roles of the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live" are so diverse that it is difficult to divide them into main and secondary. Each character plays an important role in the development of the plot. Newt's main enemy, contrary to general expectation, was not fantastic animals at all. There were plenty of enemies with magicians in those years, especially in America. The main problem of American wizards is magical discrimination. Mages carefully hide their abilities, fearing to cause trouble, because in the USA there is a group called "Second Salems", which arranged a real hunt for witches and sorcerers. At the head of the organization is Mary Lou, whose role was played by Samantha Morgan. This team will bring a lot of trouble to Salamander and his friends. Mary Lou has an adopted son, who will also play an important role in history. Heather Miller, who once played Flash, was chosen for his role.
History reference
The world of magicians in America is somewhat different from the British. Muggles are here, too, but they are called “know magic,” which is understandable, given the meaning of the expression. There is also its own school of magic, which is called Ilvermoni, but in the first part of the trilogy we were not shown to her, apparently saving for the next films.
1926 - a real storehouse of various characters from the Potter. The film takes place before the first magical war, so here we will see Professor Dumbledore, who, by the way, was opposed to the expulsion of Newt from Hogwarts, his close friend and part-time most powerful dark wizard before the appearance of Lord Voldemort - Gellert Grindelwald. This is the same wizard who stole the elderberry wand from Grigorovich and did the troubles no less than Voldemort in his years. Only Dumbledore could defeat him in a magical duel that occurred in 1945. Grindelwald was subsequently imprisoned in his own prison called Nuremberg.
Fantastic animals and where they live: actors, photo 2 parts
Fortunately for all fans of the Harry Potter universe, Rowling has prepared 4 more films about Newt Salamander, which means that every 1.5-2 years we will receive a fresh sip of Felix Felicis, if you understand what we are talking about! What awaits us in the second part of the franchise?
Filming began in the summer of 2017, and the release of the film is expected in November 2018. Actors of "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live" will be all the same beloved Eddie Redmayne, Catherine Waterson and Alison Sudol. The director will remain David Yates, who took part in the filming of Harry Potter films. The scene will be Europe - France and the United Kingdom 2 years after the history of 1 part. The brave four, led by Newt, will come together again to confront a new evil. The film will also show the brilliant villain Grindelwald, played by the brilliant Johnny Depp, as well as Albus Dumbledore. A pinhole from 1 part, it turns out, has survived, and will also please us with its presence. They will also reveal to us the secret of the reason for the expulsion of Salamander from Hogwarts.
Movie Love Storyline
Most interesting - Rowling will reveal some very personal secrets of Salamander, revealing the mysterious lady Lestrange. The one whose photo carries Newt, a relative of the famous villain Bellatrix. What connected Newt and Let and what caused the gap? Was she not a minion of Grindelwald, and why did Bellatrix once join Voldemort? According to Zoe Kravitz, who will play the mysterious lady, the relationship of Leta and Newt is complicated and confusing, and this storyline will be given special attention in the film. Summer is a very controversial character, she will be extremely surprised that after so many years Newt is still in love with her. She has a special power over the Salamander, however, all the details we will see only after a year ...