According to Redmayne, there is a point in the movie when Jacob and Newt meet up and "it's quite clear they have to go on an adventure to Paris," as all friends do. He gushed about costar Dan Fogler's "genius," saying that he "takes it to another level through improvising and playing."
"I love it because it's always described it as sort of this Laurel and Hardy style kind of relationship," he continued. "But it was unlike anything I'd ever had to play and it's been really wonderful."