Fantastic Beasts 2 director reveals BIG difference between Voldemort and Grindelwald

The Harry Potter films saw Lord Voldemort as the big bad dark wizard, but now in Fantastic Beasts it’s Gellert Grindelwald’s turn.

Fans will remember from the seventh Harry Potter book and last couple of movies that he was the evil force in the wizarding world long before Tom Riddle.

Played by Johnny Depp in the Fantastic Beasts films, the fifth and final outing – set for release in November 2024 – will depict when Dumbledore won the Elder Wand from him in a duel at the end of the Second World War.

And according to Fantastic Beasts 2 director Yates, Grindelwald is very different to Voldemort.

Speaking with EMPIRE’s November 2018 issue, the filmmaker said: “Grindelwald as a villain is quite unlike Voldemort.

“Voldemort was basically a thug. If you disagreed with him, he’d just kill you on the spot.

“The scary thing about Grindelwald is that if you disagree with him, within five minutes he’ll have you agreeing with him… He’s incredibly charming and convincing.”

Of course it’s also possible she some how found her way to the forests of Albania in the 1980s, when Voldemort was hiding there in spirit form.

Whatever happens, hopefully more of Nagini’s mysterious past will be revealed in the new film.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will be released in UK cinemas on November 16, 2018.