“I’m pretty obsessed with Eddie Redmayne as it stands. He’s the nicest, sweetest, loveliest person. Everything about him is just lovely. He’s really delightful.”
“Dan Fogler is just amazing. So talented and so fun.”
“Calum Turner, I also love. He gives me shit in the best way and I give him shit too. He’s also really fun.”
“I didn’t shoot a lot with Mads or Alison. I got to do a lot of my press with Mads. He is so funny. He makes me laugh. He’s so mischievous [and] keeps me on my toes. I really enjoyed doing a huge majority of my press tour with Mads.”
Eddie Redmayne said he had hoped — and pestered director David Yates — to get Newt Scamander into the wild. He finally gets his Indiana Jones turn in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. And we get a fascinating featurette about creation of the sets, the elaborate puppetry animating the Qilins, large and small, and Eddie’s physically demanding role. (My screengrabs/edits)
Newt and Theseus share a touching (but deleted) scene (Newt’s House) from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore involving a secret + a song.
Reminiscent of the Goldstein sisters’ sweet deleted Ilvermorny school song scene in the original Fantastic Beasts, this once again proves the filmmakers have no sense of what the true appeal of this franchise is: Human relationships that need no special effects to shine. (My screenshots/edits)
This fascinating article (complete with video), tells the role Eddie Redmayne played in creating the Manticore dance for his Newt Scamander character in Secrets of Dumbledore, and that of Callum Turner, playing his brother, Theseus. The view is from the perspective of the masterful technicians who make the magic happen in the final film. Excerpts from interview with visual effects supervisor Christian Manz:
“…obviously the biggest thing from the script was the limbic mimicry. That is, Newt’s posed walk, which would make the creatures benign. For that, we’d come up with some walks, and then show those to Eddie Redmayne in pre-production and he was like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re cool.’
“Then he went away, worked with his movement coach, Alex Reynolds, looking at what we had done. And then I got back lots of little videos of things. He’d say, ‘What do you think of these?’ And then we were like, ‘Oh, well maybe this one works,’ and then we’d animate. And then he went back and did some more and then brought Callum Turner as Theseus in, too.
“…It was a process, there were some very ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ moments. Some were like, ‘Is it too bonkers?’ In the end, the characters had to work together and we wanted it to be funny. You could always hear David chuckling in the tent when Eddie suddenly throws a pose and holds it. The reason why it works as well is Eddie is incredibly committed to making that work. He cares about the character, cares about what we are doing and making it work together. And that makes it all believable. The final animation, led by Animation Supervisor Aulo Licinio in Framestore’s Montreal studio, was incredibly intricate and nuanced, which was the real icing on the cake.”
Of course, Eddie revealed at his traditional ”fan interview” about Secrets of Dumbledore that the dance had its real origins in his efforts to make his children laugh during their bathtime.
“…where does the manticore dance come from? My kids, when they have a bath, I stand outside the bathroom door and I just walk back-and-forth across the door doing weird dances because there’s nothing quite like a 3- and a 4-year-old cackle — like a proper belly laugh.
“There’d be that ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’ thing, and that’s basically where the manticore dance came from. That’s the one they found actually the funniest.”
A reminder that Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore streams on HBOMax starting one week from today (May 30 launch). My edits from still frames.
Eddie’s back to touting the camera on the OPPO FindX5 Pro. The camera’s good, but it doesn’t hurt to have such a dazzling subject.
Repost @oppo with #ShotonOPPO by Eddie Redmayne: 1️⃣ “Endless coffee needed to get through press days on the London leg of our press tour.” 2️⃣ “Having a drink and catching up with family while on Tokyo leg of the press tour. Another city with staggering views. My suit was about 5 different shades of grey so it made sense to attempt to capture it in black and white.”
Victoria Yeates shares personal photos to her Instagram from a late-night Secrets of Dumbledore shoot. Repost @victoriayeates1: “This was a very late long rainy shoot but it was always fun working with these gorgeous people…and they all made the time fly! #eddieredmayne #callumturner #jessicawilliams #secretsofdumbledore #harrypotter #handwarmers #hotwaterbottles #buntygirl”
New image from wizardingworld.com of Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. (Will be on the lookout for an HQ version.)
Eddie Redmayne enjoying a beverage at Hog’s Head as a stylish Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore reminded us of two of Eddie’s most memorable modeling gigs.
Middle—for Omega watches (our longtime profile photo), and bottom—for Mr. Porter.
Eddie Redmayne + Callum Turner with their stunt doubles on the set of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Repost @liamcootestunts on Instagram: “Fantastic beasts 3 ♂️ great job with some great friends”
Thanks for capturing Newt standing still during these scenes where we finally get to see him at work in the wild. There was a very Indiana Jones vibe to his movements!
Nobuhiro Hosoki with Cinema Daily US brings us these delightful photos + excerpts from the NYC premiere event of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The film is in its opening weekend in North America.
Back before they actually cast the role in Crimes of Grindelwald, this was how I imagined a Hogwarts-aged Newt Scamander, using a youthful photo of Eddie Redmayne with an inset of grownup Newt. A Friday Flashback.
