Katherine Waterston reportedly comes aboard 'Fantastic Beasts' movie
Waterston previously starred in the 2014 movie 'American Vice.' It was reported earlier that actor Eddie Redmayne will be taking the lead role of Newt Scamander in the upcoming movie 'Fantastic.'
Katherine Waterston arrives at the 2014 AFI Fest.
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Another actor has been cast in the upcoming movie 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.鈥�
鈥淔antastic鈥� is based on the book of the same name by 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� writer J.K. Rowling and the movie (which is being written by Rowling herself) centers on Newt Scamander, an expert on magical creatures. News had previously broken that actor Eddie Redmayne of 鈥淭he Theory of Everything鈥� will play Newt.
And now, according to , the film has another actor on board. Actress Katherine Waterston, who starred in the 2014 film 鈥淚nherent Vice,鈥� will portray a character named Porpentina, or Tina for short. According to Variety, this witch is American and meets Newt in New York.
Other main characters in the film will include, according to Variety, Tina鈥檚 younger sister Queenie and a man named Jacob who is a 鈥渞ival鈥� of Newt鈥檚.
鈥淧otter鈥� fans know that in Harry鈥檚 world, Scamander鈥檚 book 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them鈥� is a textbook often assigned to Hogwarts students. Rowling later published a book version of 鈥淔antastic鈥� in 2001 and funds from the book鈥檚 sales went to Comic Relief, a charity.聽
鈥淧otter鈥� fans have been intrigued about the setting of 鈥淔antastic鈥� since the city of New York was first brought up. The 鈥淧otter鈥� series takes place in Britain and during the series, Harry and his friends meet students from other international magical schools like Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. But recently on Twitter, Rowling herself dropped some hints about a magic school in America after a fan asked her about it.
If Tina is an American witch as Variety reports, then perhaps the character has some ties with this American school.
According to Reuters, David Yates will be directing 鈥淔antastic.鈥� Yates helmed the last several films in the 鈥淧otter鈥� series, including the two-part finale, 鈥淗arry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.鈥�