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Dumbledore’s Sexuality Will Be Clear In New Fantastic Beasts Movie

October 5, 2018 | Posted by Joseph Lee
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

In an interview with Empire magazine (Via The Huffington Post), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald director David Yates confirmed that Albus Dumbledore will be gay in the prequel films. He previously said that the younger version of the character, played by Jude Law, would not be explicitly gay in the film.

He said: “In that earlier interview, I didn’t say Dumbledore’s not gay. He is. This part of this huge narrative that [J.K. Rowling] is creating doesn’t focus on his sexuality, but we’re not airbrushing or hiding it. … The story [of the romantic relationship] isn’t there in this particular movie, but it’s clear in what you see … that he is gay. A couple of scenes we shot are very sensual moments of him and the young Grindelwald.

Author J.K. Rowling declared that Dumbledore was gay in 2007, and said that he fell in love with Grindelwald (played by Johnny Depp in the new movie) during his teenage years. The film will be released on November 16.