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Johnny Depp On ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Recasting: “They Wanted Me To Retire”
Johnny Depp is recalling the moment he was asked to step down from his role in the Harry Potter prequel series Fantastic Beasts amid personal turmoil.
Johnny DeppTristan Fewings / Getty Images / Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. / Courtesy Everett Collection “It literally stopped in a millisecond, like, while I was doing the movie,” Depp said in an interview with The Telegraph. Depp appeared at the very end of 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, playing Grindelwald, who had been masquerading as Percival Graves throughout the first film, being portrayed by Colin Farrell. (Top to bottom) Johnny Depp in 2018’s ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ and Mads Mikkelsen in 2022’s ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
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