J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter spinoff film officially cast its leading lady, who will undoubtedly rival Hermione Granger for wittiest witch of the Wizarding World.
Katherine Waterston, known for Inherent Vice, will star as Tina, or Porpentina, a witch who “works her magic in the U.S.” alongside Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander. It’s unclear at this point if Tina will be American or if she’ll just be practicing magic in America. Waterston is a British-born American actress (her father is Sam Waterston, known most recently for his role on Grace and Frankie), but if she is American, this could mean that she was educated at the so-called “American Hogwarts” that Rowling recently Tweeted about.
“‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world,” Rowling said in a statement late last year. “The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry’s gets underway.”
Potter fans assume that Tina is, in fact, an American witch who eventually marries Redmayne’s character. And Rowling clarified a bit about her and her sister, Queenie, who’s yet to be cast.
The film is set to hit theaters in November of 2016.
- LeBron James Could Take Pickleball—Yes, Pickleball—to the Next Level
- It's Going to Be a Lot More Expensive to Heat Your Home This Winter. Here's What To Expect
- The U.S. Might Be the Surprising Determining Factor in the Future of Armenia
- Rapper Saucy Santana Is Opening a Door For His Community
- Here are the Biggest Moments from the TIME100 Leadership Forum and Impact Awards in Singapore
- Column: Russia Wants to Lock Ukraine Back in the Soviet Cellar
- As the Kanjuruhan Tragedy Shows, Indonesia Has Not Resolved Its Long-Standing Problem of Soccer Violence
- Here's Everything New on Netflix in October 2022
- A New Documentary Series Illuminates the History and Evolution of Queer Horror
