The cast of "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" including Jude Law (Albus Dumbledore), Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander), Mads Mikkelsen (Gellert Grindelwald), Jessica Williams (Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks), Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) and Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein) chat about their favorite fantastic beasts from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in this interview with CinemaBlend.
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00:00 But can I just tell you that Mads, Mads still like,
00:02 "What's the name of that one, that muffler?"
00:04 The muffler, I'm like, "It's the Niffler, Mads!"
00:07 Come on, do your research, buddy.
00:09 (upbeat music)
00:12 Otherwise, it's just a load of wizards.
00:21 - What?
00:22 (eerie music)
00:24 - What is the big one in our film, magical?
00:29 - I would say the manticores from this.
00:31 (thunder rumbling)
00:32 (woman screaming)
00:34 - A manticore?
00:35 - Oh.
00:36 - Don't.
00:37 - That big one.
00:38 - Yeah, definitely.
00:39 - Do not adopt that one.
00:40 - Yeah, don't, don't.
00:41 - Somebody can adopt it, but not my neighbor.
00:43 - Yeah. (laughs)
00:44 - You need a tunnel.
00:45 I mean, who's got a tunnel?
00:46 - And that's gonna bother the whole neighborhood as well.
00:48 I couldn't imagine 2, 3 a.m. with that thing.
00:50 - I can imagine.
00:51 - The manticores who are in this movie--
00:52 - They're not just for Christmas.
00:53 - They're not just for Christmas.
00:54 And kind of what you were saying,
00:55 you know, there are some sweet ones
00:57 and there are some vicious ones.
00:58 And the manticore somehow, you know,
01:00 disguises itself, masquerades as being of the sweet
01:03 and cuddly and chirpy type.
01:05 - Swivel, but delicately.
01:06 - But actually they are vicious and terrifying.
01:10 And you don't wanna run into a mummy manticore
01:13 in a dark alley.
01:13 (dramatic music)
01:16 (man screaming)
01:17 - I think the niffler, it just steals a bunch of stuff.
01:20 - That's okay.
01:21 - And that's kind of concerning.
01:23 It's like, I can't just as a black person
01:26 walk around with a niffler
01:27 'cause they're just gonna go around stealing stuff.
01:30 (dramatic music)
01:32 - They went that way, officer.
01:33 - That is true.
01:34 But I mean, there are also creatures that just kills a lot.
01:38 - Right, yeah, yeah.
01:39 - And you think that's better?
01:40 - Yeah, I know, right?
01:41 I would rather have just like a murderous creature
01:43 rather than a niffler.
01:45 - Bruh.
01:46 - I don't know, I just feel like it would just get me
01:47 into a lot of drama.
01:49 - But I mean, look, on the bright side,
01:50 if he steals enough, you can always get money to bail out.
01:53 - That's right, definitely.
01:54 So then I would get the niffler to go get the--
01:56 - Yeah, get past that point and you're good.
01:59 - Really?
02:00 - I would, I mean, I've told you before,
02:01 I would really like to have a niffler.
02:03 I think it just comes in handy.
02:05 - But can I just tell you that Mads,
02:07 Mads still like, what's the name of that one,
02:09 that muffler, the muffler?
02:10 I'm like, it's the niffler, Mads.
02:12 Come on, do your research, buddy.
02:14 - Did he say that?
02:15 - He got it today.
02:16 But I actually prefer the name, the muffler.
02:18 I think it's kind of great.
02:20 - It's something you put on your car, isn't it?
02:21 - Teddy the muffler, exactly.
02:22 - Oh, bloody hell.
02:23 - I have a theory that the niffler is the most dangerous
02:26 because who knows where that marsupial pouch goes.
02:30 It could be going to like a whole other dark dimension.
02:33 - True, and also you cannot control,
02:35 there's no disciplining a niffler.
02:36 - No disciplining.
02:37 - No.
02:38 - Can you imagine just like a pack of nifflers,
02:40 just like one on your watch and another on your bracelet
02:44 and another on an ankle bracelet?
02:46 You'd be, you'd be crazy.
02:49 Nifflers rule the world.
02:52 [dramatic music]
02:55 - Boatruckle, for me,
02:59 I've been a big fan of Pickett's from the get go.
03:03 - You've been a loyal Pickett.
03:04 - I have, haven't I?
03:05 - You have, since day one.
03:06 - I really like it.
03:06 - And he's been asked which his favorite is several times
03:08 and some actors will shift their allegiance, not Jude.
03:12 He's a Pickett fan through and through.
03:14 I adore Pickett, but Pickett is a beast.
03:16 - Exactly.
03:17 - I want Pickett.
03:18 - I would rather chop off my hand than get rid of you
03:19 after everything that you've done for me, now come on.
03:21 - Pickett needs a lot.
03:23 He's wonderful, but he really--
03:24 - He's neurotic.
03:25 - He's really neurotic, so you really need to,
03:27 you can't just like go, okay, you know,
03:29 like I'm gonna take you for a walk and--
03:31 - And you can't just eat a salad around Pickett, you know?
03:33 Looks at you like, side, out of the side of his eyes,
03:37 just like, how dare you?
03:38 - That's my cousin.
03:39 [laughing]
03:40 He's got a good, he's got a good stink eye.
03:42 - Pickett's a bit needy.
03:43 - Yeah.
03:44 - That's the only thing I'd say.
03:45 I mean, from, I like--
03:46 - Yeah, you have the hands-on experience.
03:47 - Yeah, I do have, and I adore Pickett
03:50 and definitely Pickett of all of the Boatruckles
03:53 has a very specific place in Newt's heart,
03:55 but occasionally, I actually love the Pickett-Niffler,
03:58 not muffler, combo.
03:59 I think they make, they're both fighting
04:02 for Newt's love and attention.
04:03 They're the ones that he carries with him a lot.
04:06 But in this movie, they kind of team up
04:07 and you see a bit of affection between the two of them.
04:10 [dramatic music]
04:12 [laughing]
04:16 - Oh, you need a lock, you need someone
04:19 who can pick a lock and you need a thief.
04:20 - You do, you do.
04:22 The two of them together are ideal.
04:23 - The thief and the criminal, basically.
04:25 - It's another whole, that's an HBO Max series right there.
04:28 - It is.
04:29 - The Niffler and Pickett.
04:29 [dramatic music]
04:30 - The chilling?
04:31 - Oh yeah, but, so you're like constantly
04:35 being judged and measured, right?
04:37 So if it's not bowing all the time,
04:38 you know you've done something wrong.
04:40 Okay, sorry about that.
04:41 - Yeah, am I not worthy?
04:43 Am I like feeding you and I'm not worthy?
04:45 I get that. - It's a lot of pressure.
04:46 - Absolutely.
04:47 - Am I the one paying the rent around here
04:49 and I'm not worthy?
04:50 It's like a cat, almost.
04:51 - Oh yeah, it's a cat.
04:52 - Totally, it's like cat vibe.
04:53 [laughing]
04:55 - Yeah, Mooncalf is, they're lovely and they--
04:57 - They're just happy to see you.
04:58 You got some floaty pellets.
05:00 - So joyful and chill.
05:02 I feel like they're like a good starter pet.
05:05 - I'm an owl person.
05:06 I do just like a classic, you know, magical owl.
05:10 I've always wanted like a snowy white owl
05:11 or maybe just like, I mean, they just,
05:13 they deliver the post, they all have different personalities.
05:16 There's just lots to like.
05:18 - I love that the wyvern in this, you know,
05:20 which is the creature that comes out at the beginning
05:22 and that picks Newt up from the case
05:26 and kind of blows herself up
05:28 into this gigantic sort of balloon.
05:30 I kind of love that creature too.
05:32 And again, the fact that the creatures are working,
05:35 working not only with Newt,
05:37 but actually save Newt in this is kind of,
05:41 I found that very emotional at the beginning of the movie.
05:44 - You never met a monster you couldn't love.
05:46 - I keep coming back to the Niffler.
05:48 I just like it.
05:48 - Yeah, it's just cute.
05:49 It is cute.
05:50 - If you find a way to train it, you know,
05:53 that it will hand over.
05:55 - What do we make today?
05:57 - Someone responsible, someone patient.
06:07 - Yeah.
06:08 - I often, I mean, I do find many similarities
06:11 between these creatures and I have two young children.
06:13 My little boy is just at the moment,
06:14 just like desperately trying to like sort of hit things
06:17 and sort of, and you have to be very sort of patient
06:19 with it whilst also encouraging him to let out his.
06:22 - Yeah.
06:23 - But the different creatures have different,
06:24 you know, different wants and needs
06:26 and you have to slightly shape shift your parenting
06:28 depending on which creature you're looking after.
06:31 - A Niffler is easy, right?
06:32 That's low hanging fruit, right?
06:33 - Yeah.
06:34 - That'd be any politician in the world.
06:35 - Oh, nice.
06:37 Roasted.
06:38 (crowd cheering)
06:38 Love that.
06:39 - I think an owl, definitely not too small of a child.
06:44 I feel like there's like a,
06:47 that seems like they would be irresponsible with it.
06:50 - But they also come across as quite independent.
06:52 So even if a child can't take care of them,
06:55 it might teach the child certain things.
06:57 - That's right, that's true.
06:58 Yeah.
06:59 But that's like, I feel like that's like
07:00 just being a good dad.
07:01 Like you see him like you've got good dad energy.
07:04 - I think you should really like be qualified
07:06 to adopt a fantastic beast.
07:09 - Yeah.
07:10 - It takes a lot of care
07:14 and you have to have the right sort of skills
07:17 and qualifications to look after them.
07:19 - It's a big responsibility.
07:21 - Yeah.
07:22 - Very dangerous.
07:22 - We got to do the fourth movie
07:24 has got to be fantastic beast and how to care for them.
07:27 - Care guide.
07:27 - Yes.
07:28 - Oh, I like that.
07:30 (dramatic music)
07:32 - Robbie.
07:36 - Robbie the Mooncalf.
07:37 - Robbie would be better for a bow chuckle though
07:39 'cause he can be Robert Plant, you know.
07:41 - Whoa.
07:42 - So picture a bow chuckle who's got a little flower.
07:45 - Oh sweet.
07:46 - Or her, so I'd call it bud.
07:48 - Bud, I love what you did there.
07:50 Or could I even have a bud coming out of--
07:52 - Have a little flower growing out of his head or something.
07:55 - Yeah.
07:55 - Do they flower or do they just leaf?
07:57 - I don't know.
07:58 (laughing)
08:00 - Manny the Mooncalf.
08:01 - Manny the Mooncalf.
08:02 - Murray, Murray.
08:04 - Murray the Mooncalf.
08:06 - I will name it Messi, like any football player, Messi.
08:10 - Yeah.
08:10 - Lionel Messi.
08:11 My dog is called Messi and everything has to be called Messi.
08:14 - Cool, I love it.
08:15 - The entire time he keeps playing.
08:16 - Yeah, cool.
08:17 - I would probably do just like Aaliyah, like the pop singer
08:21 because I was obsessed with her as a kid
08:23 and that's just, it's like, come here Aaliyah,
08:25 like that, like just put my finger up.
08:28 Like there's just something so nice about it.
08:30 It's timeless.
08:31 - It's got a great sound to it.
08:32 - Yeah, Aaliyah, like that just seems really nice to me.
08:35 - It's working on me right now.
08:36 - I don't know what I would call my, oh, I'll tell you
08:41 what I did actually in the first movie.
08:44 There was a moment when I had to improvise summoning
08:46 loads of bowtruckles on the tree.
08:48 - Yeah.
08:49 - Titus, Finn, Poppy, Marlow, Tom.
08:52 - David, the director was like, can you just list a name?
08:55 But I had to keep repeating names, so I listed,
08:57 I had, at the time, had four godchildren.
09:01 - Oh, you get them all in.
09:02 - And so I listed all my, which I thought,
09:03 to get their names in, yeah.
09:05 - That's great.
09:06 - So that was good.
09:07 I'd probably keep doing that.
09:10 'Cause you get bonus godparent points.
09:11 - Correct, three points to Hufflepuff.
09:13 (eerie music)
09:16 (eerie music)
09:18 (chimes)