Ezra Miller has a theory about Fantastic Beasts that might have been staring us in the face the whole time.
The 26-year-old reprises his role as Credence in Harry Potter sequel The Crimes of Grindelwald and has clearly given a lot of thought as to whether the beasts are non-binary, which he argues is a definite.
Addressing the mystery around the gender of the beasts, Ezra told the Gay Times: Weve got them. If you look at Fantastic Beasts, a lot of those beasts are non-binary. Like a Lethifold.
Whats the gender of a Lethifold? I challenge you that! In terms of a human character… yeah, that would be amazing.
Youve got us there, Ez.
Exploring the other wonders and mysteries of mythology, the actor continued: Theres so much in so many mythologies like the metamorphmagus – you start to think about, like, transfiguration, transmutation.
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A lot of the esoteric practices have really old understandings of queerness – the four genders in Navajo, or the two-spirit in Lakota society, all of this stuff.
He added: I feel like a lot of the time the LGBTQIA++ community we think a lot about what were doing as brand new, which is true in this time. But then its so comforting to remember that were also bringing back the wisdom of the ancients.
Ezra recently addressed Dumbledores sexuality in the second installment of Fantastic Beasts and told The Hollywood Reporter that the professors queerness is blatant in The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The actor said: For me, personally, I find Dumbledores queerness extremely explicit in this film. I mean, all around.
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He sees Grindelwald, his young lover whos the love of his life; he sees him in the Mirror of Erised. What does the Mirror of Erised show you? Nothing more than the most desperate desire of your heart.
If thats not explicitly gay, I dont know what is.
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