: Actors including Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston were given the opportunity to help design their characters' wands.
: Producer Lionel Wigram initially suggested the movie be a mockumentary-style documentary following Newt Scamander. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
: A scene showing a shirtless Newt covered in scars from years of wrangling beasts was filmed to show his dedication, but it was ultimately cut. : Actors including Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film (2016) serves as a significant expansion of the Wizarding World, set 65 years before the original Harry Potter series. Unlike its predecessors, the film is not based on a novel but on a fictional textbook J.K. Rowling originally wrote for charity in 2001. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them