Where Depp was unreadable behind his wild eye and cartoonish steampunk style – “like he’s been dipped in flour,” one reviewer put it – Mikkelsen’s villain is steady and implacable in his fascistic pursuit of power, and believably bruised as Albus Dumbledore’s first love. “Obviously there was a situation that had to be solved overnight…They were just panicking.” Smartly dressed in layers of black, his six-foot-then-some bulk inclined and at ease despite his little chair, Mikkelsen says it like someone who has never panicked in his life.Įarly reviews for The Secrets of Dumbledore have agreed that it is an improvement on the earlier Fantastic Beasts films, with many singling out Mikkelsen’s performance as Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard agitating for war against non-magical Muggles. He was approached days after Depp lost his libel trial (against The Sun newspaper, for calling him a “wife beater”) and was pushed by Warner Brothers to resign. It is easy to see why Mikkelsen was reportedly Fantastic Beasts director David Yates’ first choice. Although Albus’ main aim in following Grindelwald is to stop him from stealing the Wizarding World election, his other hope is to help Aberforth find his son and bring him home to live his final days in peace.įantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is in theaters now.Even Depp’s supporters rallying online about Depp's ousting from the project (after allegations that Depp had physically and verbally abused his ex-wife Amber Heard) rallying online often clarify: no hard feelings, Mads. Like Albus and Abelforth’s deceased sister, Ariana, Aurelius’ being an Obscurial has led to poor health, and he doesn’t have that much longer to live. Some fans had speculated this might be the case, especially since Aurelius being the much younger son of Percival Dumbledore (Albus’ father) didn’t make sense in the timeline since Percival would have already been locked away in Azkaban when Aurelius was conceived and born.īut the real surprise is why the phoenix keeps hanging around Aurelius in the films: He’s gravely ill. Instead, he’s Albus’ nephew and Abelforth’s son, born out of wedlock. But Fantastic Beasts 3 finally explained that although he is a Dumbledore, he’s not the brother of Aberforth and Albus, as the second film claimed. In the film, Ezra Miller, who plays Credence, aka Aurelius Dumbledore, insisted his character’s identity was legit. Biggest of all was the introduction of Aurelius Dumbledore in the second film, which fans disliked and whose story didn’t line up with everything fans knew about the Dumbledore family. For a much bigger example, the movies are titled Fantastic Beasts, but they mostly focus on Dumbledore and Grindelwald, not Newt and his animals. For a small example, Minerva McGonagall is in the films, even though ( according to the Wizarding World’s own lore) she wasn’t born yet. (There are many beloved problematic authors in the world, with fans who still love the stories.) But the Fantastic Beasts films have also been controversial onscreen. If these controversies were limited to just offscreen issues and the movies were spectacular, it would be one thing. The third film’s release date ended up getting pushed back significantly, and in the meantime, plenty of fans walked away from the franchise. Rowling’s hurtful opinions about trans people. The Fantastic Beasts movies have seen their share of controversy, from behind-the-scenes drama over cast members Johnny Depp and Ezra Miller to J.K. Warning: Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore follow. Now, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore finally cleared up Aurelius Dumbledore’s identity, even as it suggested he wasn’t long for the franchise. Then, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald introduced a young Dumbledore, only to end in a twist by bringing in an even younger Dumbledore, Albus’ supposed long-lost brother. The first movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, purported to be the beginning of a trilogy about a Hufflepuff magizoologist and his animal friends, but then ended with a twist that revealed the real antagonist was Grindelwald. The Fantastic Beasts films have been one unexpected twist after another.
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