{"id":124650,"date":"2020-11-19T19:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/fantastic-beasts-3-mads-mikkelsen-responds-to-casting-rumour\/"},"modified":"2020-11-19T19:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:39:51","slug":"mads-mikkelsen-responds-to-fantastic-beasts-casting-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/19\/mads-mikkelsen-responds-to-fantastic-beasts-casting-rumor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mads Mikkelsen Responds to Fantastic Beasts Casting Rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since Johnny Depp was asked to leave the Fantastic Beasts franchise, rumors have been flying around over who’ll replace him as Grindelwald. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/em>\u00a0star Mads Mikkelsen’s name has been bandied around heavily and he’s opened up about the casting rumors in a new interview.<\/p>\n

Talking to IGN while promoting the upcoming sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking<\/em> (also starring MCU Spider-Man<\/em> star Tom Holland<\/a>), Mikkelsen acknowledged the rumors.\u00a0Saying over the phone that\u00a0“oh, that is on the rumor basis as we speak. I know as much as you do from the newspapers. So I’m waiting for that phone call.”<\/p>\n

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Depp had already filmed one scene for Fantastic Beasts 3<\/em> before production was shut down by the current COVID-19 pandemic but\u00a0was forced to resign from the Harry Potter<\/em> spin-off<\/a> series after losing his libel case against a British tabloid. Depp sued The Sun<\/em> newspaper over their report of allegations of assault made by his ex wife Amber Heard but the judge concluded that the majority of the allegations were true.<\/p>\n