Are We Tired of Hearing about Justice for Johnny Depp?

Ever since I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, I was hooked. Shortly after that, the movie came out, and I was an even bigger fan. If you can believe it, it's been twenty years since the first movie dropped, and I still can't get enough of this fantasy world.

So, for us die hard HP fans, the Fantastic Beasts movies have been incredible—especially this last one with the introduction of a much younger Dumbledore and Nagini.

I won't say I am obsessed with Johnny Depp, but I think he's probably in the top ten best modern character actors. He possesses some sort of magic that not many other actors do. Though it's hard to imagine him as the aging, imprisoned Gellert Grindelwald we see in the HP movies, I thought he was the perfect fit for the younger version of him. So, as you can imagine, it's incredibly hard to picture anyone else portraying Grindelwald better. It's just not the same.

When the news came that Warner Brothers had fired JD, I was so angry I couldn't even think straight. On top of being a fan of his portrayal in the movie, I thought it was incredibly unfair for them to shun JD, while they refused to give into fans' demands to get rid of the woman who abused him. And, likewise, they aren't going to go back on their decision about JD either.

So where does that leave us?

With a ruined franchise, I'm afraid. Will I watch it? Sure. Probably. Maybe. Eventually. But it won't be the same.

Many of us are still—and always will be—feeling a bit scathed over losing JD as Grindelwald, and still, other fans will laugh at us for taking it so seriously.

Sue us for caring, I guess. Or would Warner Brothers ban you from being part of the movie too?
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Published on September 26, 2021 19:55 Tags: fantasy, fantasy-book, fantasy-series, harry-potter, johnny-depp, magic
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