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EDDIE REDMAYNE WANTS TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC AGAIN

Newt (Redmayne) and No-Maj Jacob (Dan Fogler) observe a Bowtruckle

EDDIE REDMAYNE IS STANDING WITH his toes pointed out and his heels together. He picks up his right foot and very gingerly sets it down in front of him at the same awkward angle as it started, without creating any sound. “When you track a creature,” he explains, “if there are twigs and leaves and you don’t want to make a noise, you have to put one foot down as slowly as you can.”

Newt Scamander was described to him as a character who walks his own walk. Redmayne plays the eccentric magizoologist—screenwriter

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