“What I love about this one is it feels like it’s sort of a wizarding heist movie,” the actor explained. “It’s like Ocean’s Eleven, set in a Wizarding World.”
When Redmayne started laughing at his description, Fallon backed him up. Redmayne asked, “Really?” which led the host to confirm, “That’s a perfect way to sell it.”
Redmayne continued with the analogy, setting up Jude Law’s part as Albus Dumbledore. “And Jude Law, who plays Dumbledore, is basically George Clooney, and I’m Brad Pitt,” he said, clearly getting a kick out of his sales pitch.
Fallon followed up with, “He’s George; you’re Brad.” At this, Redmayne added, “Obviously, [you] see the similarity — aspirational.”
Redmayne also described a moment while he and his good friend, The Batman’s Robert Pattinson, were both in production on their Warner Bros. films, and Redmayne said he wasn’t able to recognize Pattinson at the studio’s gym because of how intensely his longtime pal was working out.
“He was so physically changed, and he had a man bun,” Redmayne recalled.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore hits theaters April 15.
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