Jude Law reacts to Johnny Depp's departure from Fantastic Beasts 3

Jude Law in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald
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Earlier this month, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Johnny Depp resigned from the Fantastic Beasts franchise after he lost a court battle against a UK newspaper. He played villain Grindewald in the Harry Potter prequel series and was due to reprise the role in the upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fantastic Beasts 3 before Warner Bros. asked him to resign. 

Jude Law reacted to this decision in a recent interview with while promoting his new movie The Nest. “It’s an enormous film,” he said of 🌺Fantastic Beasts, “and there are many, many layers to it. It’s probably one of the biggest productions I’ve ever worked on. And in a situation like this, you defer to the studio. That’s all♎ you can do. Because you have to turn up and play your part.”

He added: “It was unusual for me because, in fact, on this particular 📖role, Johnny had actually only done a day’s filming, I think, on his ow🦩n.”

Law joined the franchise for 2018’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald, playing a younger incarnation of Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts headmaster ♒played by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon 🌊in the original Harry Potter series. 

“In a franchise like this, it’s the studio and the company that make the big decisions,” he emphasised. “And you have to go along wไith those, because we’re just a member of the team.&rdqꦕuo;

Fantastic Beasts 3 was originally scheduled for release in November 2021, but was pushed back to summer 2022 after the news of Depp’s resignation. While we wait, you can check out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix movies to watch right now. 

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