Who Was a BETTER Grindelwald? Johnny Depp VS Mads Mikkelsen - Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 23 May 2022

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing the Fantastic Beasts films. Specifically- the performance of Grindelwald by actor's Johnny Depp and Mads Mikkelsen.

Now, when the Fantastic Beasts films first hit theatres, in spite of our awareness of Grindelwald's presence, we were all (at first) under the impression that the main antagonist was going to be Percival Graves, played by Colin Farrell. However, towards the end of the film it is revealed that Percival Graves was actually Gellert Grindelwald, played by Johnny Depp, in disguise. With that said, we only witness Depp's Grindelwald for a very brief period in this film. After the first film had ended and Grindelwald's true identity had been revealed, Depp ended up reprising his role as Grindelwald in 2018s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. In this film, we got much more of a look in to Depp's portrayal of the famous dark wizard, and I certainly wasn't disappointed.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:09.5	In today's video, we're going to be discussing the cast of the Fantastic Beast films.
0:15.5	More specifically, we're going to be discussing the direction of the Fantastic Beast films
0:20.2	and how they were impacted
0:21.4	by the substitution of Johnny Debb for Maz Mikkelson in the role of primary antagonist
0:27.5	Gelot Grindelwald. Now, when the Fantastic Beast films first hit theatres, in spite of
0:33.8	our awareness of Grindelwald's presence, we were all, at first, under the impression
0:38.8	that the main antagonist was going to be Percival Graves, played by Colin Farrell.
0:44.8	However, towards the end of the film, it has revealed that Percival Graves was actually
0:49.7	Gellet Grindowald, played by Johnny Depp, in disguise. With that said, we only witnessed Depp's
0:56.1	Grindalwald for a very brief period in this film. After the first film had ended and
1:01.6	Grindalwald's true identity had been revealed, Depp ended up reprising his role as Grindalwald
1:07.3	in 2018's Fantastic Beasts, The Crimes of Grindewald.
1:12.5	In this film, we got much more of a look into Depp's portrayal of the famous Dark Wizard,
1:17.9	and I certainly wasn't disappointed. But then, disaster struck.
1:22.6	After an ongoing legal battle involving Johnny Depp, Amber Hurd, the Sun newspaper, and some accusations
1:28.8	of libel, Johnny Depp was dropped by Warner Brothers, being asked to leave the franchise,
1:35.1	just as filming for the third installment had begun. Warner Brothers said the following.
1:40.6	Johnny Depp will leave the Fantastic Beast franchise. We thank him for his work on the film so far.
1:46.7	Fantastic Beast 3 is currently in production, and the role of Gellick Grindewald will be rescheduled.
1:52.7	The film will hit theatres in the summer of 2022.
1:56.7	In the end, Johnny ended up losing the libel case against the sun, but, convinced of his
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