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Entertainment November 17, 2016
“Harry Potter” spinoff movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is on track for magical box office numbers when it opens on Friday – thereby guaranteeing even greater fame for its British leading man, Eddie Redmayne.
Previously best known for this Oscar winning role as scientist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” his role as shy hero Newt Scamander in this latest adventure from the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling looks set to make him a household name worldwide.
READ MORE: Watch the Final Trailer for J.K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ (VIDEO)
You can learn more about Eddie by watching this 33 minute interview he gave to ENTITY Managing Editor Sandro Monetti as part of the BAFTA Los Angeles Masterclass series where leading actors discuss their work.
Here are 5 revelations from the Eddie Redmayne interview.
“It was in a film called ‘The Good Shepherd’ and I’m pretty sure I was only cast as I have oversize big lips and I was playing the son of Angelina Jolie, who has amazing lips.”
“I started out on stage in the show ‘Oliver’ when I was 11 as workhouse boy number 43 I had one line. I can still remember it was, ‘Books you ordered from the bookseller, sir.’”
READ MORE: Eddie Redmayne Sticks Up for Hufflepuffs in a PSA (VIDEO)
“They told me they used their dad’s wheelchair as a go kart and they would put swear words into his voice machine and press play. This is a family living with great humor.”
“Craft services doesn’t exist in England. Here you have to drag me away. I’m going ‘My God, look at the bagel stand!’”
“It’s almost sensory overload and almost too much to take in. I’m trying to mentally photograph it all so I can look back and remember quite how lucky I was.”
READ MORE: Meet the Magical Women in J.K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’ (VIDEO)
