Page 113 - [2]Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald - the Original Screenplay
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YEARS PREVIOUSLY—DAY
It is Boggart time. DUMBLEDORE supervises the line of teenagers advancing to
try their luck. “Riddikulus”—“Riddikulus”—gusts of hilarity as a shark becomes
a flotation device, a zombie’s head turns into a pumpkin, a vampire turns into a
buck-toothed rabbit.
DUMBLEDORE
All right, Newt. Be brave.
16-YEAR-OLD NEWT moves to the front of the queue. The Boggart turns into a
Ministry desk.
DUMBLEDORE
Mmm, that’s an unusual one. So Mr. Scamander fears what more
than anything else in the world?
16-YEAR-OLD NEWT
Having to work in an office, sir.
The class roars with laughter.
DUMBLEDORE
Go ahead, Newt.
16-YEAR-OLD NEWT
Riddikulus!
NEWT turns the desk into a gamboling wooden dragon and moves aside.
DUMBLEDORE
Well done. Good job.
It is 16-YEAR-OLD LETA’S turn, but she doesn’t move. She is terrified.
DUMBLEDORE
(kind, to LETA)
Leta, it’s only a Boggart, it can’t hurt you. Everyone’s scared of
something.
A group of girls stands together, enjoying her fear.
