While at Comic Con Dan Fogler, who will be playing Jacob in Fantastic Beasts, discussed his casting and his excitement for the role! He talks about Fantastic Beasts during the first part of the video:
A transcript can be read below:
First of all, congratulations on the big news. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Do you know where to find them?
Dan Fogler: Trying to find some reverse Crazy Glue, ‘cause apparently I stuck my hand to my face last night. I’m kidding. (laughs) Yeah, man. Fantastic Beasts. I mean, I had all sorts of stuff lined up that we COULD talk about, but that’s gotten just smashed to the side by Fantastic Beasts. (laughs) That’s basically what I’ll be doing for a little while.
When we talked earlier, you said that you’re going to have an accent.
Dan Fogler: Yeah, I think it’s gonna be somewhere in the Lou Costello 1920s early Brooklyn … “How’re ya goils doin?” I dunno. Something like that, I’m imagining. It takes place in the early ‘20s in New York. It’s a very fun era.
You remember it clearly?
Dan Fogler: I feel like I definitely have a past life that was there. I know how to do the Charleston pretty good. I’m not gonna do it. I’ll ralph all over you. “I had a piece of Dan Fogler vomit right here (points to face) and I’m never gonna wash it.” (laughs)
You didn’t know that news was going to break this weekend. Or did you?
Dan Fogler: No idea. I was walking up here, hauling my boxes of comic books, schlepping, sweating, and then my manager calls me up and was like, “Oh, by the way, now you’re part of this franchise.”
I think I saw you when you were on that phone conversation.
Dan Fogler: You saw me?
I ran into you outside yesterday. I didn’t want to interrupt you. You were happy.
Dan Fogler: I was like weeping. I’m in shock. I’m in excess of excitement right now.
You got anything else you want to talk about, or are those [projects] on hold for now?
Dan Fogler: Well, I make an appearance in the show Billions. We’ll see. I was supposed to have a recurring character. Very exciting … Paul Giamatti – for Showtime. It’s kind of gotten waylaid but we’ll see if I’m able to jump back on board for that. And there’s all sorts of fun movies percolating … we’ll see what happens. This Fantastic Beasts thing has definitely changed the course of my career.
Also, Ezra Miller, who has been rumored to be in talks for the film commented on those assumptions by letting fans know he is NOT in the running.
After this and Stanford, I guess you’re doing a couple bigger movies. You’re playing The Flash [in Batman v. Superman and The Flash]. And… the Harry Potter movie, Fantastic Beasts, as well?
Ezra: Motherf—-rs have ‘been sayin’ this s–t to me and I’m like, I f—ing wish!
No?
Ezra: Where the f–k is that coming from? I mean I wish they’d tell me about it if that’s true, you know? I’d hope I’m on it. I hope they would be recognizing my long-running wizardry practice, how I’m f—ing ready to go! But I just keep hearing this from people who I guess are reading, like, Gawker or some s–t…
Yeah, but now it’s on your IMDb page, so I thought it was FOR REAL.
Ezra: Whoa. It’s on my IMDb page?! Michael [Angarano]: Have you not seen your IMDb page recently? Ezra: No, dude! I don’t look at my IMDb page that has this headshot from when I was 14.
Maybe you’re in it, and you just don’t know…
Ezra: Well I would appreciate it if whoever is making that movie would f—ing tell me.
They filmed you in the wild!
Ezra: If you’re reading this Complex article right now, please let me know if I am in your film. Could I see the script, what is my character… these are things I’d like to know.
Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the find and transcript of Dan’s interview!
