J.K. Rowling introduces her new hero in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them featurette

J.K. Rowling introduces her new hero in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them featurette

 

J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world is packed with heroes of all shapes and sizes, from Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Neville, Luna, and Dobby. But with her upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,Rowling is ready to explore a new era in wizarding history — and to introduce a new magical hero.

In this new featurette, Rowling introduces Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), a former Hogwarts Hufflepuff who’s traveled the globe as a magizoologist, studying the world’s strangest creatures and collecting them in his mysterious case (which is bigger on the inside).

“My heroes are always people who feel themselves to be set apart, stigmatized, or others,” says Rowling, who wrote and producedFantastic Beasts. “That’s at the heart of most of what I write, and it’s certainly at the heart of this movie.”