Fantastic Beasts 2: this character who has nothing to do in the film

The magical world of Harry Potter returns to our small screens. This Sunday, April 17, TF1 is broadcasting Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwaldsecond opus of the saga devoted to the magizoologist Norbert Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and the youth of Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law). Directed by David Yates, to whom we already owe the first part and the last 4 Harry Potter, the film takes us back to one of the most emblematic places of magic: Hogwarts. The opportunity to meet some key characters from the world of Harry Potterincluding a twenty-something Minerva McGonagall…

Unexpected, the appearance of Professor McGonagall is a real pleasure for the eyes. However, it poses a problem. In effect, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald takes place in 1927, a time when McGonagall was, according to information revealed by the Harry Potter saga, not yet a professor at Hogwarts. In the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixthe teacher reveals that she joined the faculty of the castle 39 years earlier, in 1956. In addition, the Wizarding World platform, formerly Pottermore, reveals that McGonagall was born on October 4, 1935, only 7 years after the events of the Crimes of Grindelwald. Unless she has aged very quickly, the young woman should not be at Hogwarts in 1927…

JK Rowling turns a deaf ear

So far, JK Rowling has given no information to justify McGonagall’s presence at Hogwarts in 1927. A particularly frustrating silence for fans, but which does not spoil (quite the contrary), the spectacle offered by Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Note that the sequel to the film, entitled Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets, was released on April 15 in French cinemas. Still directed by David Yates, this third installment explores in more detail the relationship of Albus Dumbledore and another emblematic character from the world of Harry PotterGellert Grindelwald…

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