If you've seen the first film in the franchise, then you know things don't necessarily end well for Ezra Miller's Credence — his character is essentially blown to smithereens. That's what makes his reappearance in the sequel so exciting. But his return also comes with a great deal of emotional and physical issues to sort through.
"I would say that he is both free and burdened in new ways. Obviously, there is an element of self-awareness that brings both of those factors into play," Miller told the group of reporters between takes. "He's free of a lot of the confines he's known, and he's free of certain sense of uncertainty that he's known. But with the consciousness of his reality comes also heavy burdens, and obviously, he's a bit of a ticking time bomb, given his particular magical condition."
Miller went on to note that Credence has "a burning need to know more about who he actually is," and that the sequel will hopefully offer audiences a much-needed chance to truly get to know the tortured soul within him. "Obviously he's had a very fragmented experience up to this point. So this quest for identity, I can't relate to at all," Miller said with a heavy dose of sarcasm. "No one knows what that's like to try and figure out who you are. It's obscure, you know?"