Christ-a-fucking-live. Just when you thought the Harry Potter spin-off film ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them‘ could be on any shakier ground to prove it’s worth being made, Johnny Depp gets cast in it.
Deadline reports that Depp will be playing a co-starring role in the David Yates-directed sequel, opposite Eddie Redmayne‘s Newt Scamander.
However, it also reports that Depp might even appear as a cameo role in the first film, out November 18.
Fan speculation is currently running rampant that he’ll be playing original evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald, making a nice change from the five roles he’s played since 1994. Also, WTF.
“Johnny Depp may be playing Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts sequel” [michael scott’s voice] NO GOD PLEASE NO
— milla ?? (@keirraknightley) November 2, 2016
In a featurette out earlier this month, J.K. Rowling dropped mad hints that Grindelwald is appearing in the upcoming film (though the character doesn’t appear on IMDb.)
“In Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’, you’re learning about a part of magical history that’s talked about in the Potter books, but you never see,” she says, as newspaper clippings about Grindelwald appear on screen. “I’m getting a chance to tell that now.”
Sources close to the production confirmed to Hypeable that footage of a wizard with a fuckboi haircut is indeed Grindelwald.
Is this the back of Johnny Depp’s head?
Harry Potter fans are beyond livid with the casting news.
I am going to be so bummed if Johnny Depp is playing Grindelwald. SO BUMMED. pic.twitter.com/uTfVX1PCIu
— Rachel Heine ?? (@RachelHeine) November 2, 2016
My Dumbledore/Grindelwald make out fantasies don’t want to put Johnny Depp in the picture.
— Andrew Sims (@sims) November 2, 2016
“Johnny Depp joins the cast of the Fantastic Beasts sequel.”
Me: pic.twitter.com/wvD6uj7wVQ— Denizcan James (@MrFilmkritik) November 1, 2016
Johnny Depp starring in the Fantastic Beasts sequel makes me approx 50% less interested in that franchise
— Lucy O’Brien (@Luceobrien) November 1, 2016
I’m livid about the Johnny Depp casting. It’s revealed that you attacked and abused your wife and then you get this? No. Absolutely not.
— Rosianna Halse Rojas (@papertimelady) November 2, 2016
oh man that whole domestic abuse thing really fucked him ay https://t.co/xeGcPGMQow
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) November 2, 2016
glad we’re all in agreeance that Warner Bros. grossly miscalculated public perception of Johnny Depp in 2016
— Brett Redacted (@BrettRedacted) November 2, 2016
Winona Ryder stole something once and her career plummeted. Johnny Depp abused his wife & he continues to get roles. i love double standards
— jj ?? (@amberhearrds) November 1, 2016
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— rob (@robnoon7) November 2, 2016
another bad thing about johnny depp is how hes forcing us to call a grown ass man “johnny”. your names john asshole
— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) November 2, 2016
J.K. Rowling hasn’t yet confirmed that she’s banished Depp from touching the franchise with a ten-foot broomstick, but she hasn’t not not confirmed this. Stay hopeful.
Photo: Getty / John Phillips.
