I’m very upset that they decided to cast a white guy as Newt Scamander. Rolf Scamander was described as being swarthy by J.K. Rowling. It was the perfect opportunity to have a leading POC in a movie. First they white-washed Hermione, and now Newt. I’m really sick of having virtually no representation in movies.

(tech’s note: sorry to say it but this time Jo has a lot more control over what happens. If Newt was going to be POC then she would’ve put it in the script. The fact that he isn’t means that she didn’t. I didn’t think it would happen anyway, Rolf can end up swarthy in other ways. Like through his mom or Newts Wife!)