Jude Law, who enamored audiences with his young Dumbledore in the ‘Fantastic Beasts‘ film franchise, is likely done portraying the wizarding attire. Speaking to Variety lately, Law reflected upon his time as Hogwarts Headmaster.
The actor asserted that the chapter of the show was probably over anyway since Warner Bros. started focusing on the new television series of Harry Potter now. Moreover, he said something that may come as a shock to many.
Jude Law Believes There’s Not Much Left For The ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise
Speaking during a Variety interview recently, Jude Law got candid about working as young Dumbledore in ‘Fantastic Beasts‘, and his departure from the role highly impressed many fans. “I know it’s definitely on hold,” Law said of the ‘Fantastic Beasts‘ series. “My guess would be that, now that they’re doing ‘Harry Potter’ as a TV show, they’ll probably put their energy into that,” the ‘Captain Marvel‘ star said.
The ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise, which launched in 2016 with ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’, began as a magical cash cow but has fizzled out with mixed reviews for the two sequels, 2018’s ‘The Crimes of Grindelwald‘ and 2022’s ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore‘ Each of these two have dropped in box office return.
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So the last two movies which starred Law as Dumbledore did not quite re-create the magic, and the third film brought in only $407 million worldwide — not nearly half the box office the first movie pulled in at $814 million.
Jude Law Reveals What J.K. Rowling Told Him About Dumbledore’s Character
Three-time Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, who starred as magizoologist Newt Scamander in the film, may also be starting to feel that the series is going to top author J.K. Rowling’s desired five films.
“I think they probably have [seen the last of Newt],” Redmayne recently told ComicBook.com. “That was a very frank answer, but yeah. And that’s as far as I know. I mean, you’d have to speak to the people at Warner Bros. and J.K Rowling, but as far as I know, that’s it,” he said.
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Speaking more about the project with Variety about his early 2017 meetings with Rowling to discuss the character of Dumbledore, Law said the author described Dumbledore’s whole arc throughout the ‘Fantastic Beasts‘ movies. He said Rowling told him that Dumbledore believed himself to be a “monster” for being in love with Grindelwald, which ultimately proved disastrous and led to his sister’s death.
“I think he always felt guilty that he had been misled because he was in love,” Law explained. While Law seems ready to trade in the world of wands and wizards for good, he does cherish the memory of playing the character to which he’s so dearly attached, saying, “I liked his heart, and I liked playing him because of that. I always enjoyed stepping in his shoes.”
