The part will be thrown open to a public casting call at which girls aged² eight to twelve will be given the chance to impress Warner Bros. executives. Contenders will not be required to have any previous acting³ experience ahead of the event which will be held at London's ExCeL centre on Saturday.

 

The character will be called Modesty⁴ and will be expected to start filming alongside Redmayne who plays the "magizoologist" Newt Scamander. Scamander attains⁵ notoriety by penning a Hogwarts School textbook about magical creatures. "Modesty is a haunted young girl with an inner strength and stillness," the studio said in a statement. "She has an ability to see deep into people and understand them."

 

Writing on her Facebook page in 2013, JK Rowling said of the story: "Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.

 

"The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry's gets under way."

 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be released on November 18, 2016.

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