--- title: Eddie Redmayne Is Proud to be a Hufflepuff in This PSA description: In a new PSA, Eddie Redmayne comes to the defense of his Fantastic Beasts character's Hogwarts house — the long-victimized Hufflepuff. canonical: https://time.com/4572959/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-fantastic-beasts/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-16T17:00:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:43.126Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Eddie Redmayne's Emotional Hufflepuff PSA Video og:description: The Fantastic Beasts defends his overlooked Hogwarts House og:url: https://time.com/4572959/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-fantastic-beasts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Eddie Redmayne's Emotional Hufflepuff PSA Video twitter:description: The Fantastic Beasts defends his overlooked Hogwarts House twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Eddie Redmayne Emotionally Defend Hufflepuff  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 16, 2016 5:00 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 16, 2016 5:00 PM CUT Of the four [Hogwarts](http://time.com/4476143/hogwarts-day-pictures-train/ "undefined") houses, [Hufflepuff](http://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/ "undefined") has long been considered by many _Harry Potter_ fans to be the most extraordinarily ordinary of the bunch — not good or bad, just there. But in a new PSA released by [MTV](http://www.mtv.com/news/2954774/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-psa/ "undefined") Tuesday, [Eddie Redmayne](http://time.com/4488451/eddie-redmayne-shares-his-biggest-fear-about-filming-fantastic-beasts/ "undefined") — who plays famous Hufflepuff Newt Scamander in _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ — comes to the defense of the yellow and black badgers. “For far too long, Hufflepuffs have been victimized,” he says. “They call us boring, they call us beige — so we’re the nice guys.” The 34-year-old actor then emotionally lists the reasons he is proud to be one of the Puffs, including their loyalty, work ethic and compassion. “Also Hufflepuff is J.K. Rowling’s favorite house so frankly f—k you,” he adds. Watch the full clip below. (**_Gifts:_** [**_The 100 Most Influential Images of All Time_**](http://shop.time.com/storefront/subscribe-to-time/link/1039114.html?xid=cm-TIMEShopscTIMEArticle "undefined")**_)_** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4572959/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-fantastic-beasts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4572959/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-fantastic-beasts/"},"headline":"Watch Eddie Redmayne Emotionally Defend Hufflepuff","datePublished":"2016-11-16T17:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:43.126Z","description":"\"You might belong in Hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal\"","url":"https://time.com/4572959/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-fantastic-beasts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Harry Potter","Fantastic Beasts","fantastic beasts and where to find them","eddie redmayne"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4572959/eddie-redmayne-hufflepuff-fantastic-beasts/","name":"Watch Eddie Redmayne Emotionally Defend Hufflepuff"}}]}] ```