He would rather spend an afternoon with a Bowtruckle than at a Ministry function. He considers this a reasonable preference. He is correct.
Newton Artemius Fido Scamander — Newt to the handful of people he is comfortable enough with to use the name — is one of J.K. Rowling's finest creations: a Hufflepuff magizoologist of extraordinary talent and minimal social ambition, whose life's work is the understanding and protection of magical creatures at a time when the wizarding world's default response to anything it doesn't understand is to classify it as dangerous and destroy it accordingly. Newt disagrees with this approach. He disagrees with considerable quiet conviction and a battered leather case containing an entire ecosystem of creatures who would not be alive without him.
Eddie Redmayne's portrayal in the Fantastic Beasts series gave Newt a physicality and an interiority that made him immediately distinctive among cinematic wizards — the averted gaze, the gentle certainty, the absolute comfort in the company of animals and absolute discomfort in the company of most humans, and underneath it all a moral steadiness that proves, once again, that Hufflepuff produces some of the most genuinely admirable people in the wizarding world. He carries his case. He protects his creatures. He does what is right in a world that is choosing sides and demanding he choose quickly.
Our Newt Scamander collection brings together officially licensed figures, accessories, homeware and gifts — from Funko Pops and collector's pieces to mugs, prints and keepsakes for fans of Fantastic Beasts and the wizarding world's most dedicated magizoologist. For everyone who has always found the creatures more interesting than the politics, which is to say: for Newt's people.
Magical creatures are not dangerous. People who do not understand them are.
