The Twinkle in Jude Law's Eye Landed Him The Role of Young Dumbledore in FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD

Last week we got our first look at the cast of Director David Yates' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. That included our first look at Jude Law as a young Albus Dumbeldore. I thought casting Law in that role was perfect. He's going to be great in the film.

When talking about why Jude Law ended up being cast in the role, producer David Heyman told Entertainment Weekly it was because of the twinkle in his eye:

"One of the reasons we chose Jude is he has many of the qualities we find in Dumbeldore in the Potter films...He’s got authority, he’s got a twinkle in his eye, he’s sometimes a bit elliptical. So you have that but also have this youthful energy and jubilance. So he brings that twinkle, mischief, authority, and power, but at the same time brings far more youthful energy to the film. You understand why he would be your favorite teacher and be someone you believe is an extraordinary wizard."

Those are all great reasons as to why Law was cast in the film and I can't wait to see him bring the character to life. In the story, Dumbledore recruits Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to help him track down and catch Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). Here are the details on the additional characters in the film.

Ezra Miller makes a return as the enigmatic Credence, whose fate was unknown at the end of the first film; Claudia Kim appears as a Maledictus, the carrier of a blood curse that destines her ultimately to transform into a beast; Zoe Kravitz plays Leta Lestrange, who had once been close to Newt Scamander but is now engaged to his brother; Callum Turner joins the cast as Newt’s older brother, Theseus Scamander, a celebrated war hero and the Head of the Auror Office at the British Ministry of Magic; Katherine Waterstonreturns as Tina Goldstein, who has been reinstated as an Auror for MACUSA; Dan Fogler reprises the role of the only No-Maj in the group, Jacob Kowalski; Alison Sudol reprises the part of Tina’s free-spirited sister, Queenie Goldstein, a Legilimens who can read minds.

The screenplay for the film comes from J.K. Rowling, and it's set to open in theaters on November 16, 2018.

Do you like the fact that Jude Law is playing Dumbledore in these Fantastic Beasts films?