Warner Bros. confirmed it has removed some dialogue from FantasticBeasts: SecretsofDumbledore to appease the Chinese government
The studio has taken out clear references to Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald’s romantic past.
The lines “I was in love with you” and “the summer Gellert and I fell in love” officially make it canon for the first time in the Harry Potter franchise that the beloved Hogwarts professor is gay and had a romantic relationship with the dark wizard. The cuts amount to just six seconds of the film’s 143-minute runtime, but are rather pivotal to establishing the characters.
“As a studio, we’re committed to safeguarding the integrity of every film we release, and that extends to circumstances that necessitate making nuanced cuts in order to respond sensitively to a variety of in-market factors,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson said in a statement to. “Our hope is to release our features worldwide as released by their creators but historically we have faced small edits made in local markets. In the case of, a six-second cut was requested and Warner Bros.
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