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Johnny Depp’s Entry Into The World Of Harry Potter Is A Disgrace
By Claudia Morales
The wizarding world’s newest spinoff will co-star a high-profile alleged domestic abuser.
The Harry Potter series spent its original seven books and eight movies spinning a world-changing tale of good’s triumph over evil, becoming one of the most culturally significant and morally formative works of our time. Within that, it taught us to recognize and reject abuse, providing us with the unambiguous understanding that how characters like the Dursleys, Severus Snape, and Dolores Umbridge treated people was wrong.
Now, the wizarding world’s newest spinoff will co-star a high-profile alleged domestic abuser.
In what professional fan Melissa Anelli speculates was a studio-sanctioned leak, the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Johnny Depp will join the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them cast. He’ll make a brief appearance in the first film, which debuts November 18, and take on prominence in the five-part series’ future installments.
Glib and cheerful, the Hollywood Reporter article declares that “the world of witchcraft and wizardry seems like a perfect fit for the actor who is known for such fantastical cinematic roles as Edward Scissorhands and…
