‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Casts Alison Sudol
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themhas closed in on another lead.Alison Sudolis set to play Queenie in the Harry Potter spinoff, joiningEddie Redmayne,Katherine Waterston, andEzra Miller. More details on the Fantastic Beasts Alison Sudol casting after the jump.Varietyreported the news.David Yatesis directingFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themfrom a script byJ.K. Rowling(in her screenwriting debut). She andDavid Heymanwill produce along withSteve KlovesandLionel Wigram.
Set roughly 70 years before the events of the Harry Potter series,Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themfollows British “magizoologist” Newt Scamander (Redmayne) as he travels to New York in pursuit of magical creatures to study and document. Word is a U.S. school of witchcraft and wizardry may be involved as well.
Scamander did not play a role in the Harry Potter series, was known to Harry and friends as the author of their Hogwarts textbookFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Sudol’s Queenie is the younger sister of Tina (Waterston), and both of them are witches. They encounter Newt during his travels through New York City. Kredan (Miller) is another magical character who crosses paths with Newt on his way. Aside from Scamander, all of the key characters are Americans.
The last major role remaining to be cast is that of Jacob, Newt’s main rival.Josh GadandJohn Krasinskiare said to be in contention for the latter. Aprevious reportalso named Michael Cera as a possibility, but he’s not mentioned here. A decision will be made in the coming days regarding Jacob.
Sudol is a singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name A Fine Frenzy. Lately she’s been boning up her acting resume, appearing in USA’sDigand Amazon’sTransparent.Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themmarks her feature film debut. She beat outseveral other contendersfor the role includingSaoirse Ronan,Dakota Fanning, andLili Simmons.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themopens in theatersNovember 18, 2016.
