Eddie Redmayne thinks he has "probably" finished playing Newt Scamander.
The 42-year-old actor last played the magizoologist in 2022's ' Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore', the third film in what was originally planned as a series of five movies, and he's admitted he doesn't think he'll be reprising the role again, though he has had no official confirmation.
Asked if audiences have seen the last of Newt, he told ComicBook: “I think they probably have. That was a very frank answer, but yeah.
"And that’s as far as I know. I mean, you’d have to speak to the people at Warner Bros. and J.K Rowling, but as far as I know, that’s it.”
However, Eddie teased fans "may catch a glimpse" of what Newt has been up to when Universal Orlando Resort's Universal Epic Universe - which will have an area dedicated to the 'Wizarding World of Harry Potter', which incorporates 'Fantastic Beasts' - opens next year.
He added: “I think he may come back in a glimpse in the Universal world in Florida that they’re opening up, in which you may catch a glimpse of what he was up to in Paris.”
Eddie's updates comes after director David Yates - who took the helm on all three of the movies, as well as the final four 'Harry Potter' films, admitted the last year that the franchise had been "parked".
David told the 'Inside Total Film' podcast: “With Beasts, it’s all just parked. We made those three movies, the last one through a pandemic, and it was enormous fun but it was tough. We were actually filming when there wasn’t a vaccine. Thankfully, no one got sick, but we did have the most detailed protocols in place.
“We’re all so proud of [Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore] and when it went out into the world, we just needed to sort of stop and pause, and take it easy."
The 61-year-old filmmaker is sure the franchise will return to screens one day.
He added: “I’m sure at some point, we’ll be back.
"But yeah, I haven’t spoken to Jo, I haven’t spoken to [producer] David Heyman, I haven’t spoken to Warner Bros; we’re just taking a pause. It’s quite nice. It allows me to do [other things].”
