“Certainly one of my favorite scenes of the film is the arrival of the babies… I have a 15-month-old myself.” “I’m dead excited about the baby nifflers,” Redmayne told me as we chatted in his spotless trailer-a striking contrast to Miller’s. Yes, baby nifflers are making an appearance in The Crimes of Grindelwald. If you couldn’t get enough of Scamander’s naughty niffler-fluffy magical creatures that are attracted to shiny objects-in the first movie, then you’re in for a treat. There are more than 1,000 costumes, including more than 400 coats, according to costume director Colleen Atwood- who won an Oscar for her inventive designs for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The costumes are even more elaborate this time around The Boggart shape-shifts to reveal Newt’s worst fear: working in an office. The lengthier Crimes of Grindelwald trailer contains a short scene that takes place at Hogwarts, where a young Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) faces a Boggart during a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson taught by Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law). “Our characters and where they work start to bring in Hogwarts and that world.” “In this film we start to bring in a bit of Hogwarts, which I think will be great for the fans who missed not having so much of the Potter world in the first film,” producer Tim Lewis told me. Harry Potter lovers rejoice: There’s a lot more Hogwarts in The Crimes of Grindelwald than there was in the first Fantastic Beasts movie. It’s a very serious practice out here and I’ve fallen into step.” Back to school
“The addiction to tea is completely tied to my being a temporary resident of the U.K. “I’m addicted to tea-so thank you guys for that,” he told me as we chatted in his rather messy trailer on set. Miller, who stars in The Crimes of Grindelwald as the mysterious wizard orphan Credence Barebone, blames his lengthy stay in the United Kingdom for his newfound addiction to tea. In spite of the pains gone to by the both cast and crew to keep me in the dark, I still observed enough to compile this list of mostly spoiler-free insights from my day: Ezra Miller can’t stop drinking tea Both actors had been briefed on what they could and couldn’t discuss, and more than once I was sternly reminded to keep the secrets.