His chief goal with work, he says, is to travel as a foursome. Upon completion of The Aeronauts, he's circling an upcoming Aaron Sorkin project, The Trial of the Chicago 7. Offscreen, Redmayne's priorities are clearer than ever. Today, Redmayne says that "what happened between them, they spoke about publicly, they resolved between themselves and I'm just choosing to respect their words". USA Today film critic Brian Truitt noted in his review that Depp's "very appearance in these movies has been questioned by fans because of the actor's offscreen controversies", and specifically his messy split from wife Amber Heard, though he found Depp "proves a worthy bad guy with his Grindelwald, a silver-tongued, entrancing leader". Redmayne, as gracious a movie star as they come, is now confronting a new conundrum: It's unavoidable that Crimes of Grindelwald must also contend with a cloud of bad publicity that has settled over Depp, the sequel's title character. "But it's wonderful to know with these films, if they continue to happen, that there's a kind of consistency where very couple of years there will be a period where our roots will be. "My wife is much more free-spirited in that way, so she was all up for travelling," Redmayne says. "I'm quite an ordered, methodical person." Fantastic Beasts has afforded chunks of time when his brood can live at home (the franchise shoots outside of London, where Redmayne is based). Frankly, "that's not how I would like to live my life", says Redmayne. Actors often lead nomadic lives, jumping from set to set around the world. Still, he's "incredibly happy" these days. "Because on the penultimate day, I walked on a crash mat, tripped and ruptured the tendons in my foot." haven't commented on the matter, and no charges were filed.In fact, Redmayne just wrapped The Aeronauts with his Theory of Everything co-star Felicity Jones – "well, almost finished the film", he says ruefully, glancing down at his ankle, which is encased in a brace. On April 6, lead "Fantastic Beasts" actor Ezra Miller (whose character Credence was revealed to be Dumbledore's long-lost brother) also became a point of controversy when a video surfaced online of him appearing to choke a woman. It should be noted he's not the only controversial cast member currently in the film. "Based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies," Rowling said in her statement. all issued statements defending Depp's casting. As a result of fan backlash, Rowling, Yates, producer Heyman, and film studio Warner Bros. Things worsened when it was revealed that Depp would play the "Fantastic Beast" films' main villain, Grindelwald, in the four planned, subsequent films - despite the fact that the character, who was played by actor Colin Farrell for most of the first movie, can shape-shift and could've easily been replaced by someone else. Many fans were concerned that an actor whose ex-wife had recently said he was physically and verbally abusive would be part of a new "Potter" franchise (although Depp denied that he ever abused his ex-wife, the two remain in an ongoing legal conflict based on Heard's allegations). "I, like so many other trans people, found a home at Hogwarts and she is now making this home a hostile environment." " has invalidated the struggles of trans people to her followers at a time when trans people are experiencing particular violence," Karla Beauty Marx, a 24-year-old fan from Johannesburg, South Africa, previously told Insider. Meanwhile, many "Potter" fans (especially trans fans and other members of the LGBTQ community) have expressed heartbreak over the author's statements, since the series and fandom were important parts of their childhood. Trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary identities are valid." Rowling and members of the trans community, I wanted to make it absolutely clear where I stand," he said. "As someone who has worked with both J.K. Rowling's tweets about trans identity, which was published by The Trevor Project.Įddie Redmayne, who plays the lead role in the "Fantastic Beasts" movies, released a statement to Variety pushing back against Rowling's statements. "Harry Potter" star wrote a response to J.K. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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