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David Yates Talks About What Attracted Him Back To The Wizarding World With Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Published Sat, 01 Oct 2016 18:41:00 -0500

David Yates did more than his fair share building the Harry Potter films into the franchise that they are. While he didn't hop on until the Order Of The Pheonix, the director was responsible for shaping the entire ending of the series.

However, in a recent interview with Collider, the director talked about why he came back to the franchise with Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. It turns out, it is because it allows him to do what he didn't with the original set of films.

Well, they sent me the script and I wasn't certain 'cause I'd spent six years here on those four Potter films, and they sent me the script and I was really nervous 'cause I had to really fall in love with it to come back. And I didn't know if I could come back. And then, it was just the most delightful read. It was charming, moving, tender. It felt fresh and it was with a bunch of people that I really love working with so, it was a bit of a no-brainer.

He added:

Do you know what was lovely for me, is with Potter the train had already left the station when I jumped on it. You know it was half way along the tracks and I got to do my thing with it but all the pieces were already on the table. Whereas, with this movie I built it from the ground up effectively. So, for a filmmaker and the storyteller that is always the most exciting thing—to sort of cast it, to create it, to build it. I loved Jo's concept of just dropping it into New York in 1926.. Taking her universe but putting it through that paradigm was really exciting. And works.

Yates clearly jives with this series, so while it would have been nie to see a new take from someone else, we know we are in pretty safe hands here. I've been really impressed by what I've seen so far, so it all seems to be working out.

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