While we’ve been tantalized by hints and new info about the upcoming "Harry Potter" prequel, "Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them," we’ve been left wondering what the exact plot might be.
But thanks to a CinemaCon 2016 interview with Screen Slam — which has since been mysteriously deleted — Dan Fogler, who plays the No-Maj Jacob Kowalski in the movie, may have just told us a whole lot more about his relationship with magizoologist Newt Scamander (Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne) and the plot of “Fantastic Beasts” than we bargained for. This was first spotted by "Harry Potter" fan site Muggle Net.
According to Fogler in the deleted interview, Newt comes to New York in 1926 to "buy a gift" when he accidentally switches briefcases with Fogler’s character.
"He [Newt Scamander] and I [Jacob Kowalski] literally bump into each other and our cases get switched up," Fogler explained. "I open my case thinking that inside are going to be pastries and its actually an entire zoo of magical creatures that come stampeding out and one of them bites me."
Though we don't know what bites Jacob, we do know one of those creatures to escape might be Swooping Evil, according to a Pottermore announcement, a blue bird-like creature with mysterious powers.
We also learn why Newt decides to team up with a No-Maj, or a non magical person, on this adventure in the first place: He’s trying to cure Jacob from whatever bit him.
"[Newt] takes me [Jacob] along and tries to heal me as he tries to collect all these creatures in the city and over the course of that, he and I become friends," Fogler said.
Meanwhile, the wizarding squad at the Magical Congress of the United States of America — the US version of the Ministry of Magic — will be trying to figure out what is going around wreaking havoc in New York before a group called the “Second Salemers” (think Salem Witch Trials) find out.
The Second Salemers are a group of No-Maj who want to destroy wizards and magic.
It sounds like the unlikely duo of Newt and Jacob will need all the help they can get from witches Porpentina Goldstein and her sister Queenie to round up all of his escaped creatures.
Fogler also revealed in the interview that Jacob is a baker who served in World War I and that the movie trilogy will center around Newt Scamander, who Fogler describes as closer to the animals than with other humans, creating the textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that Harry Potter later studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
That wasn't all Fogler revealed at CinemaCon. In a different interview with MTV News, the actor revealed we might see some familiar faces from the "Harry Potter" series throughout the trilogy.
"As the stories go along, you will hear mention of your favorite characters," Fogler said, "And you may meet their young counterparts along the way."
Albus Dumbledore, perhaps? You can watch that video below.
