
And then, whoosh, Farrell is gone and the controversial Johnny Depp is in his place. He was disguised as an Auror named Graves, played by Colin Farrell. By its end, it transformed into a narrative about the rise of a historical magical villain, Gellert Grindelwald. The first prequel to the Harry Potter saga, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, began, ostensibly, as a tale of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), an oddball wizard with an affinity for creatures.


The Fantastic Beasts franchise has been full of red herrings. This post contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
