‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Spoilers: Why Jude Law Was Chosen To Play Dumbledore

A lot of people still have difficulty imagining Jude Law as the young Albus Dumbledore, but if “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” producer David Heyman is to be asked, casting him made perfect sense.

"One of the reasons we chose Jude is he has many of the qualities we find in Dumbeldore in the Potter films,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “He’s got authority, he’s got a twinkle in his eye, he’s sometimes a bit elliptical. So you have that but also have this youthful energy and jubilance.”

“So he brings that twinkle, mischief, authority, and power, but at the same time brings far more youthful energy to the film. You understand why he would be your favorite teacher and be someone you believe is an extraordinary wizard,” he continued.

On the other hand, casting Johnny Depp as Dumbledore’s former best friend turned nemesis Gellert Grindelwald made no sense at all to “Harry Potter” fans. When people discovered that Depp will continue with the role, given the domestic abuse claims made against him by ex-wife Amber Heard, people took to social media to voice their displeasure.

It was already teased earlier that Dumbledore and Grindelwald will go into battle in the upcoming film. The two friends had a falling out after they disagreed with the purpose of the Deathly Hallows.

But in order to defeat Grindelwald, Dumbledore will have to rely on Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne).

His role was teased in the synopsis earlier shared by Collider: “J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world.”

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” will be released on Nov. 16, 2018.