A star of the 'Harry Potter' spinoff thought she bombed her audition
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" star Katherine Waterson didn't expect to be cast in the movie.
When Warner Bros. offered her an audition for the "Harry Potter" spinoff, Waterson thought "that's way above my pay grade, and it's not going to happen," she told Entertainment Weekly. But she auditioned anyway and thought "it really couldn't have gone worse."
Here's how she described the experience to EW:
To her happy surprise, Waterson got the role. She'll be playing Porpetina Goldstein, an ex-auror at the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA), now demoted to a desk job. She and her sister cross paths with Newt Scamander, the main character in the movie, in 1920s New York.
For her role, Waterson - who's been in "Inherent Vice" and "Steve Jobs" - got to determine a lot about her character, like her wand. We'll see her performance when "Fantastic Beasts" is in theaters on November 19.