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'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore': Jude Law continues on 'regression' journey from 'Harry Potter' - Yahoo Sports

For over 20 years, Albus Dumbledore has been one of the most beloved characters in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” world but actor Jude Law, who continues to play the character in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, reveals that Dumbledore is going through “a process of regression” from the older Harry Potter stories to the new movie (in theatres Friday, April 15 in North America).

“One of the joys that David [Yates] really allowed me to investigate was, rather than feeling the weight of the brilliant performances by Michael Gambon and Richard Harris, was to really go back and understand that he's not the fully formed Dumbledore of the Harry Potter books and films,” Law told reporters ahead of the movie’s release. “He's a man still finding his way, still confronting and resolving his demons, and that's what I mean by regression.”

“In this film, in particular, he's facing the past, he's facing himself and his own guilt. But if there were a quality that links him, I would say it's his mischievousness, his humour, and his belief in people. He sees the positive. You think of how Dumbledore believed in Draco, he believed even in Tom Riddle, he sees the good, or the potential good, and I think that's something that he's always had.”

(L-R) JESSICA WILLIAMS as Eulalie “Lally” Hicks, CALLUM TURNER as Theseus Scamander, JUDE LAW as Albus Dumbledore, FIONNA GLASCOTT as Minerva McGonagall, DAN FOGLER as Jacob Kowalski and EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure
(L-R) JESSICA WILLIAMS as Eulalie “Lally” Hicks, CALLUM TURNER as Theseus Scamander, JUDE LAW as Albus Dumbledore, FIONNA GLASCOTT as Minerva McGonagall, DAN FOGLER as Jacob Kowalski and EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Jaap Buitendijk)

In Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, professor Dumbledore is aware that Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is working to seize control of the wizarding world, which results in him having Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) lead a group of wizards, witches and one Muggle baker on a mission to save not just the wizarding world, but the world without magic as well, while the number of Grindelwald followers grows.

For Law, playing Dumbledore, again but even originally, was a “no brainer” for the actor.

“I felt like I'd been in preparation, subconsciously, from the minute I started reading the books to my children and gosh, there's just so much in the character to mine and to investigate as an actor,” Law said.

(L-R) Pickett the Bowtruckle and EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander in a scene from Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
(L-R) JUDE LAW as Albus Dumbledore and EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

While movies were exceptionally successful, it’s no secret that the films have been riddled with controversy, including J.K. Rowling going from being a literary icon to being called out for her .

While there had also been pushback from fans that Albus Dumbledore’s sexuality was never mentioned in the franchise, and his romantic relationship with Grindelwald. It was reported this week that Warner Bros. , which refer to the romance between the two characters.

“It was quite chaotic,”

EZRA MILLER as Credence in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

But the controversy did not stop there. Just a month ago, a day before the premiere, Ezra Miller, who plays Credence Barebone, was in Hawaii. This came after criticism in 2020 when a video surfaced of Miller .



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