Page 30 - [2]Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald - the Original Screenplay

In the spirit of compromise, we’d like to make a proposition.

NEWT glances at THESEUS warily. THESEUS nods: Listen.
NEWT

What kind of proposition?
TRAVERS

The committee will agree to lift your travel ban under one condition.

NEWT waits. SPIELMAN leans forward.
SPIELMAN

You join the Ministry. Specifically, your brother’s department.

NEWT digests this, then:
NEWT

No, I—that isn’t my kind of—Theseus is the Auror. I think my
talents lie elsewhere—
GUZMAN

Mr. Scamander. The wizarding and non-wizarding worlds have been
at peace for over a century. Grindelwald wants to see that peace
destroyed, and for certain members of our community his message
is very seductive. Many purebloods believe it is their birthright to
rule not only our world but the non-magic world as well. They see
Grindelwald as their hero, and Grindelwald sees this boy as a means
to make this all come true.

Hearing this, NEWT frowns, watching as CREDENCE’S face emerges in the
surface of the table.
NEWT

I’m sorry. You’re talking about Credence as if he were still here.
THESEUS

He survived, Newt.

NEWT stops cold, his eyes fixed on THESEUS. THESEUS nods.
THESEUS

He’s still alive. He left New York months ago. He’s somewhere in
Europe. Where exactly, we don’t know, but—
NEWT