Zoe Kravitz reveals the truth about Newt & Leta's bond in 'Fantastic Beasts' series
The special San Diego Comic-Con issue of Entertainment Weekly released a new interview with Zoe Kravitz about her character Leta Lestrange in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (along with a new photo of Leta, seen below, in an office).
Kravitz cleared up a few stories regarding Lestrange's character, and noted that she and Newt Scamander were never romantically linked, and that it was more a one-sided infatuation on Newt's end. The actress also revealed some insightful details about Leta's background and personality; all of that can be read below. Those at SDCC came pick up the free copy of EW featuring Kravitz's interview (the issue featured here). Quote: So what can you tell us about Leta?
Zoe Kravitz: [Newt and Leta are] friends from childhood when they went to Hogwarts.They have quite a special bond and she was always looked at as an outcast, just as Newt was. Now he’s come back into town and learns she’s become engaged to his brother, Theseus, so that’s an awkward situation. Why awkward? Were Newt and Leta romantically involved?
Kravitz: I don’t think it ever went to that place, but Newt has so few friends and connections in his childhood, maybe in his mind it might have gone there? I don’t think it was ever acted upon. But it still feels like a betrayal.
Quote: And from what I hear, she’s got an undeserved reputation?
Kravitz: Yeah, when she walks into a party people do a double take. She’s always felt like an outcast, and she’s very edgy because she’s used to being judged, and has created a bubble of protection around herself. In the first film, Queenie (Alison Sudol) disses Leta as a “taker,” not a “giver.” Is that really fair?
Kravitz: I think that’s a bit of a harsh judgment! Maybe Newt doesn’t vocalize what he feels and it looks like he’s getting walked on? Leta is a compassionate person, especially towards Newt. But she’s also a powerful person, a force, and that could become a problem between them.
The article also mentions that Leta may be related to Credence Barebone (as half-siblings on the Lestrange side) though that has not been confirmed. Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” is the second of five all new adventures in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World™.
At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
The film features an ensemble cast led by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Poppy Corby-Tuech, with Jude Law and Johnny Depp.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” is directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling. The film is produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram. Tim Lewis, Neil Blair, Rick Senat and Danny Cohen serve as executive producers.
The film reunites the behind-the-scenes creative team from the first “Fantastic Beasts” film, including Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It”), three-time Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig (“The English Patient,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Gandhi,” the “Harry Potter” films), four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”), and Yates’ longtime editor Mark Day (the last four “Harry Potter” films). The music is by eight-time Oscar nominee James Newton Howard (“Defiance,” “Michael Clayton,” “The Hunger Games” films).
Slated for release on November 16, 2018, the film will be distributed worldwide in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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