{"id":188199,"date":"2018-11-04T01:40:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T05:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=188199"},"modified":"2018-11-04T01:40:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T05:40:29","slug":"fantastic-beasts-stars-grindelwald-isnt-trump-exactly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/04\/fantastic-beasts-stars-grindelwald-isnt-trump-exactly\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Fantastic Beasts’ stars: Grindelwald isn’t Trump, exactly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEvery bad guy is more nuanced and subtle than Trump. He is like the most overt bad guy of all time.\u201d (File Photo By Jonas 528\/Wikimedia commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Johnny Depp’s charismatic leader at the centre of the new \u201cFantastic Beasts\u201d sequel isn’t modeled on President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

But the stars of \u201cFantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald,\u201d the film written by J.K. Rowling about a dark wizard who becomes a divisive leader in the magical world, tell The Associated Press that there are some similarities.<\/p>\n

The film is set in the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d universe and finds Depp’s character, Gellert Grindelwald, seeking to gain power and divide \u201cpureblood\u201d wizards from humans in 1920s Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s shining a light, isn’t it, on things that have happened before as well,\u201d said Callum Turner, who plays Theseus, the older brother to Eddie Redmayne’s hero main character in the film. \u201cAnd how seductive and easy things can take a turn for the worse. And not just be specific to any one moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s the question. Why are we \u2014 people being seduced in that way? What is it in the moment, in the zeitgeist, what is that? And that’s what is interesting about that \u2014 that’s the similarity. Not the person. The message.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katherine Waterston, who plays a magical law enforcement agent, says the villain crafted by the politically outspoken Rowling is more \u201csubtle\u201d than the real-life president.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery bad guy is more nuanced and subtle than Trump. He is like the most overt bad guy of all time,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it’s amazing because she was actually writing this long before the election happened \u2014 this chapter of the story. So yeah, it’s interesting actually with brilliant people, if they’re paying attention to the way the world is going, they actually tend to predict the future. Yeah, but it really is I think from paying close attention. And she’s so politically active.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ezra Miller plays a mysterious character named Credence Barebone, whose powers include a destructive magical parasite. He says Grindelwald shares similarities to many leaders throughout history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s approaching universal themes that sure, can you look at all of the autocrats in all of history and be like, ‘Yup, they are all kind of that guy, sure,\u201d’ Miller said. \u201cThere’s a period where they just convince everyone that they are on their team and they’re going to get them good jobs and it’s going to be awesome.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that’s like how tyranny works. Like at first they convince you that they have the right to rule you. And then they arm up and get it on. It’s a universal story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,\u201d the second of five planned movies in the franchise, hits theatres in the U.S. and U.K. on November 16.<\/p>\n

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