Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler and Eddie Redmayne indeed got so much into their
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film characters that they amused themselves by creating ridiculous spells, as noted by their comments to SciFi Now magazine, the latest issue of which is available for purchase.
Waterston and Redmayne, who play wizards in
Fantastic Beasts, had their comedian and No-Maj costar Fogler to thank of the clever spells - if they only actually worked in real life.
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“Dan [Fogler] was great at inventing spells,” says Waterston, as she tries to come up with one to banish Donald Trump. “I wonder what it would be like? ‘Moonup Trumperus’ or something. You know, like to send him to the moon. There were wonderful ones about, ‘Katherine Ha-Perincus’ was to act better.”
“And if we were feeling a bit lazy and I needed some better, you know, I needed a bit of energy, he’d be like, ‘Leonardo Di-Caffeinate!’ And you’d start acting well,” adds Redmayne.
Waterston, along with costars Alison Sudol and Colin Farrell, discussed with Scifi Now magazine their connection to the Wizarding World and how much joy they had playing their characters. Sudol, now in her early 30s, admitted she was an avid
Harry Potter book reader when the series was released by J.K. Rowling ten years back, while Farrell confessed getting emotional when hearing John Williams' iconic 'Hedwig's Theme.'
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Alison Sudol: “Even though I was in my 20s, I was sitting in my bunk at night, and everybody else was sort of hanging out and doing the band thing, and couldn’t have been happier, and was so sad when it finished. All of us thought that was the end of this world.
“And then now, we get this gift of having another story from [Rowling’s] mind. But it’s new, so it’s not trying to recreate what we already loved, because you can’t duplicate that. That was perfect in itself. And so this is the same sensibility, but it’s America and it’s in the Twenties, and it’s new characters and it’s a different storyline. It’s kind of everything, as a fan, I would have hoped for, and then I’m about to live in it as well, which is just crazy.”
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Katherine Waterston: “I just did a film with a girl who was 11 when Harry was 11, and what that whole world means to her because she really grew up with him, to get to have something, to give more to that generation who are now adults is [amazing]. It’s a nice journey to give them as well. They may want to see some adults in this world now too.”
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Colin Farrell: “I’d always kind of had a bit of a desire to be part of that world, or any world that’s as beautifully drawn and is so inherently about escapism, but also pays due respect to human emotions and relationships between characters as the Potter films do.
And so when the call came in and I was told that J. K. Rowling had written her first original screenplay, and asked would I get on the phone with David Yates? Myself and David had a conversation, and he’s just so bright and so enthusiastic and so lovely and engaging. And that was it really. I read the script, and was delighted to be a part of it.
“I would be a liar if I said that being in a trailer when that score kicks in doesn’t make me [get emotional]. I mean, I’m 40 and I shouldn’t say such things! But a little bit…”
Various print publications are currently releasing
Fantastic Beasts-related cover features, as shown by the display below. Empire magazine in particular will have an exclusive on-set video that will tie in with their November issue. All of the magazines photographed below are available for purchase (save Empire which comes out later this week) for those interested.
Read SnitchSeeker's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set visit reports right here, including about the great things the cast said about Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, and how 1926-era New York City came to life.
'Fantastic Beasts' cast joke about creating spells to act better, remove politicians 
