Newt Scamander's family is expanding! The magizooligist's brother Theseus is introduced in the sequel, played by actor Callum Turner, who bears a pretty strong resemblance to Eddie Redmayne. Obviously that fact in particular hasn't gone unnoticed by the star. "I was watching War and Peace. I don't know if you guys saw that, which he was in. My wife and I were watching and he turned up on screen, and literally, both Hannah and I, [said] that's like a taller, darker, better looking version of me!" he laughed. "So when David was auditioning people for that part and said 'I want you to test with this actor,' and Callum walked in, I was, like, holy sh*t."
Joke's aside, Redmayne calls working with Turner "really fantastic," and praised Rowling's interpretation of the character, which has shifted since she first wrote the script. "How Jo had written Callum's character in this film, versus how he's mined that material, I think has changed her opinion of where she might take him," Redmayne revealed. "And that's so exciting for us . . . it's lovely to feel like you're an active part of something."