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Michael Cera Says He Turned Down a Role in ‘Harry Potter’ Spinoff ‘Fantastic Beasts’: ‘I Had a Big Fear’ That ‘I Would Get Too Famous’
Michael Cera was once in talks to be part of the "Harry Potter" spinoff "Fantastic Beasts," but turned it down out of "fear" of getting "too famous."
In a new interview with Louis Theroux on his eponymous podcast, the “Superbad” and “Scott Pilgrim” star said he was once in talks to be part of the “ Harry Potter ” spinoff franchise “ Fantastic Beasts,” but turned it down out of “fear” of getting “too famous.” A prequel to the “Harry Potter” films, “Fantastic Beasts” and its two sequels center on Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), an expert on magical creatures who is recruited by a young Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to help defeat the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (portrayed by Johnny Depp in the first two films and Mads Mikkelsen in the third). However, Cera — who just starred in his first Wes Anderson film, “The Phoenician Scheme” — said that his thoughts on fame have “changed a little” and he’d be more open to taking part in a franchise today.
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