Rowling then took to Twitter Monday morning to answer a few questions about the pair's past relationship, admitting, "Albus Dumbledore is fond of Newt Scamander for the same reasons that I am fond of Newt Scamander. You're welcome."
“The reason he loves Newt is that Newt loves beasts and I think he thinks he's a beast.” The actor continued: “I think he thinks he's dark, that he's seen and done things that he wishes he hadn't and he's constantly pulling himself back on the right moral side.”
It's because he doesn't trust himself not to be tempted by power. Dumbledore admires people like Harry and Newt because he strives to be more like them. He struggles with the idea of power, while they do not.
Albus was fascinated by Grindelwald's research on the Deathly Hallows and ideas of wizarding domination, and their friendship soon turned into a romantic relationship, in which Albus fell in love with Grindelwald.
Initially, Newt Scamander was only mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the author of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which was used as a textbook for Care of Magical Creatures by Harry Potter and his classmates.
Scamander ended up at Hogwarts after his travels across five continents to study, collect, and protect fantastic beasts. So it's altogether possible that a younger Hagrid met a middle-aged Scamander at Hogwarts in the '40s.
You'd have to have the lamp-like eyes of Filch's cat Mrs Norris to spot this one: Newt Scamander actually appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and not just as a name on a textbook.
At one point in the play, Harry's son Albus uses Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as Ron. When he encounters Hermione, this means he has to kiss her to keep up the charade. Nothing wrong with that.
Albus is the younger brother to James Sirius Potter and the older brother to Lily Luna Potter. He is also the husband to Adelena Delacour and later on the father to Alexis Potter and Savanna Potter.
No, Newt Scamander is not Hagrid's father.
Depp says that Grindelwald is jealous of Newt, in a way: “I think there's a jealousy with Scamander. He sees Scamander as Dumbledore's protégé — his boy, in a way. That in itself is enough for Grindelwald to want to take Scamander down in a way that is ferocious and eternal.”
Newt Scamander gives Grindelwald's pendant to Dumbledore, where drops of blood (from both characters) are stored. Dumbledore says that he may be able to destroy it, implying that the blood pact isn't something abstract but actually lays in there, and destroying the artefact would destroy the pact.
One of the most famous revelations about Dumbledore after the books were published was that he was actually in love with Gellert Grindelwald. J.K. Rowling said: 'Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was…
In the film, Eddie Redmayne's magizoologist character, Newt Scamander, is revealed to have been best friends with a girl called Leta Lestrange while he was at Hogwarts.
The writer of the Fantastic Beasts series, J.K. Rowling has never publicly stated that Newt has autism or was written to be autistic.
Dumbledore reveals how thoroughly he loves Harry. Harry is brave, and Dumbledore is proud as any father would be. More than that, Dumbledore succumbs to a parent's weakness; he cares more about Harry's happiness and wellbeing than the wizarding world he is trying to protect.
Draco's mother is Narcissa Black, which makes Draco Sirius' second cousin.
Albus Potter goes to Hogwarts. He is Sorted into Slytherin House.
But do you remember Hermione's kiss with Harry (Daniel)? Well, in case it skipped your mind, Harry and Hermione shared a kiss – not cause they were in love or dating each other but a manifestation of a Horcrux, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
Harry and Hermione never had anything romantic to do with each other.
Draco deepened the kiss and Hermione found herself pressed against the wall, hands entangled in Draco's hair and Draco's hands on the back of her head and her waist. As much as she was loving it she pulled away.
He's Luna Lovegood's grandfather-in-law
Newt's full name is Newton Artemis Fido Scamander.
According to the text, Newt was expelled due to his possession of a Jarvey, which was both illegal to own and a violation of Animal Welfare Laws 101/304. In the Wizarding World, the Jarvey was a ferret-looking creature capable of human speech.
He hunches, seems skittish around people, and often avoids eye contact. All of this anti-social behavior falls in line with Newt's introverted personality, but one Reddit user has a different theory. Newt acts this way because he approaches people the same way he approaches animals.