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'We already knew that, bro': 'Fantastic Beasts 3' finally addresses Dumbledore's sexuality onscreen
Spoiler alert: The following upload discusses plot details from the new "Harry Potter" spinoff movie "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
Nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling revealed Dumbledore is gay, "Harry Potter" fans finally saw that backstory play out onscreen in the third prequel spinoff "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
"Harry Potter" Professor Albus Dumbledore (played by a bearded Jude Law) had an intense meeting over tea in the movie's opening scene with his former love-turned-archfoe Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, who took the roleover from Johnny Depp). Later, the two face off in a long-teased wand battle.
The social media reaction from fans still on the "Fantastic Beasts" train was varied. "What's the secret?? That he's gay??? We already knew that, bro," wrote Twitter user @animeberet.
"I care so much how they're handling Dumbledore being queer Hope we see more," wrote @PotterxFlash.
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Dumbledore's gay relationship may remain a private in China.
Warner Bros. has removed dialogue from the latest Harry Potter prequel film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, that references a gay affair for the movie's release in China, Variety reports. The edit was reportedly made at China's request.
"A six-second trim was requested and Warner Bros. acknowledged those changes to comply with local requirements but the spirit of the film remains intact," Warner Bros. told Variety. "We desire audiences everywhere in the world to see and relax this film, and it's important to us that Chinese audiences have the opportunity to encounter it as adequately, even with these minor edits."
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Fantastic Beasts movie: Dumbledore and Grindelwald's gay relationship edited out for Chinese market
References to a same-sex attracted relationship have been edited out of a new Fantastic Beasts movie for the Chinese market, Warner Bros. has confirmed.
Six seconds of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore have been removed following a request from the communist country, the studio said.
It aims to dispatch films worldwide "as released by their creators" but "historically" has faced "small edits made in local markets", it added.
Dialogue taken out refers to a romantic past between male characters Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen), Variety reported.
Author JK Rowling revealed Dumbledore was gay in after being asked by a young fan whether he ever finds love.
Rowling did not express whether Grindelwald had returned his affections, however.
Despite the change made to the new Fantastic Beasts movie, its "spirit remains intact", a Warner Bros. spokesperson said.
They commented: "We want audiences everywhere in the world to spot and enjoy this film,
J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts Flirts With Gay Allegory. Its Sequels Should Go All the Way.
It’s been a strange year to be gay in a Hollywood blockbuster—the strangest part existence that you can now actually be gay in a Hollywood blockbuster. Adv, sort of gay. Big-budget movies in have taken to assigning sexuality to previously neutered supporting characters, like Sulu in Star Trek and the raving scientist in Independence Day, both of whom in this year’s sequels pointedly embraced husbands we never knew they had. (No kissing allowed, of course.) They’re barely better than the status quo of coded gay characters, appreciate Kate McKinnon’s eccentric ghostbuster or maybe those two women pushing a stroller in Finding Dory, but unambiguously gay characters in movies of this scale really are something modern. A tender hug between two married men in a film that will travel around the planet is progress, however halting.
Or is it? In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a franchise-launching, megabudget Warner Bros. feature, there’s an obvious queer liberation metaphor behind the central