Could We See Familiar Harry Potter Characters in Fantastic Beasts?

Since the release of the newest, full-length Fantastic Beasts trailer, the Fantastic Beasts cast and Warner Bros have started their journey on the promotional trail for the film. Recently, WB attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas, accompanied by actors and actresses from the various films they presented and intend on releasing in the next year or two.

Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Alyson Sudol, and Dan Fogler took the stage to present Fantastic Beasts with WB. Though the event is closed, and the behind the scenes material shown has not been released to the public, red carpet interviews with the cast are giving fans a little more insight. This recent interview of Dan Fogler (towards the end of the video) is more intriguing than most:

Dan Fogler seems to be implying that we will see (and possibly meet?) the younger versions of familiar Harry Potter characters. As most know, Fogler can be a bit of a jokester. Is he messing with Harry Potter fans or is his excitement real? His co-star, Alyson Sudol seem reassured that the world of Fantastic Beasts was pretty independent of that of Harry’s time at Hogwarts. But Dan Fogler’s excitement just seems too real! He pleads the 5th! Why?

UPDATED: Dan also revealed that Newt’s case was accidentally opened when Newt and Jacob’s cases get switched when they bump into one another. He also answered the question why Newt was in New York in the first place (after all, J.K. Rowling’s cryptic tweet from October 2014 said that Newt only meant to stay in New York a few hours…until the beasts escaped). Newt was buying a gift. Now the question is, for who?

We can’t wait to find out. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits theaters November 18, 2016.

UPDATED: Sitting down with Yahoo for a few minutes, Dan Fogler talked about getting his role in the Harry Potter franchise. Discussing his role with creator J.K. Rowling, Fogler also notes that Jo has Newt’s world thought out just as thoroughly as Harry’s. He also noted that his favorite aspect of his role was working with Hell Boy Ron Perlman, whose role we haven’t seen yet in any of the released footage. Yahoo reports:

“I won the lottery, in case you didn’t notice,” Fogler, a self-proclaimed “huge Potterhead,” told Yahoo Movies with a laugh. “I just feel like I’m part of this franchise, this mega-monster, and I couldn’t be prouder. It’s the best-case scenario. For any [actor], it’s the best-case scenario.”

.K. Rowling, who penned her first original screenplay for the film and was actively involved on set. “She told us about our characters, and the futures of our characters, and she really was great,” Fogler said. “She’s so passionate about it. She was really excited to share with us. She’s excited to share it with the world.”

The most memorable moments of his Fantastic experience, though, involved a couple of his veteran costars. “I got to work with Ron Perlman. I’ve been a fan of his forever, since he was Vincent on Beauty and the Beast,” said Fogler.

“And I didn’t get to work with him, but I got to hang out with Jon Voight. He was on set a lot… He was walking around like, ‘Holy smokes, this is the biggest thing I’ve ever been a part of.’ Him saying that just puts everything in perspective.”