J.K. Rowling Confirms more Characters for “Fantastic Beasts”

Last week, Hypable posted speculative reports from Variety and The Wrap about other characters that would surround the protagonist, Newt Scamander, in the “Fantastic Beast” films–Queenie, Tina, and Jacob. With little to nothing known about this movie series, speculations are tense, and Eddie Redmayne being confirmed as Newt was the first confirmation from those acutally working on the project. J.K. Rowling, through her ever-event filled Twitter feed, confirmed two more characters. From Hypable, The Wrap, and Variety, this is what we knew last week:

– Tina: Described as “grounded.” Testing for this role are Saoirse Ronan (pictured above center), Dakota Fanning (above right), Allison Sudol, and Lili Simmons.

– Queenie: Tina’s older sister and described as a “bombshell.” Testing for this role are Kate Upton (above left), Katherine Waterston and Elizabeth Debicki

– Jacob: Described as Newt’s “rival,” testing for this role are Steve Zisis, Zack Pearlman and Dan Fogler.

All three of the roles are leads opposite Newt. Yes, these details are very basic. They’re worth sharing, however, because we currently have no idea what this story is going to be about or who the characters are. It’s a start!

J.K. Rowling became more open about the two female characters, to play opposite Newt, on her Twitter. We now can confirm Queenie and Tina (Porpentina) as characters, and that Queenie is the younger sister (not older).

According to Hypable, Tina is important because she is Newt Scamander’s wife, and we now know that she will be playing a large role in the films (though I can find no official source to confirm this…but the Harry Potter Wiki, which sites Ms. Rowling’s tweets).