So Newt Scamander was expelled from Hogwarts for ‘endangering human life with a beast’. Oh boy. And that’s years before Hagrid shows up with Aragog. But, intriguingly, a certain Albus Dumbledore gentleman ‘argued strongly’ against his expulsion.

Dumbledore would be in his mid-40s when our movie takes place. Not quite headmaster yet, but a mere Transfiguration teacher. So, even though we find ourselves in the 1920s, Dumbledore is already making waves at Hogwarts as a younger man.

2. This is Newt’s first visit to America