Page 72 - [2]Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald - the Original Screenplay

blood curse. Such Underbeings are destined, through the course of
their lives, to turn permanently into beasts.

TINA makes her way around the back of the crowd, looking for CREDENCE.

Elsewhere in the tent, an elegant, suited French African, YUSUF KAMA, is
scanning the crowd rather than watching SKENDER. There is a black feather in
the band of his fedora.

SKENDER

But look at her. So beautiful, yes? So desirable . . . but soon she will
be trapped forever in a very different body. Every night, when she
sleeps . . . mesdames et messieurs . . . she is forced to become—

Nothing happens. The crowd jeers at SKENDER. NAGINI looks at SKENDER, a
look of hatred.
SKENDER

She is forced to become . . .

CREDENCE’S and NAGINI’S eyes meet across the big top.

ANGLE ON TINA, who has spotted CREDENCE. She starts to edge toward him,
trying not to attract attention.

ANGLE ON KAMA, who does the same.
SKENDER

She is forced to become . . .

SKENDER whips the bars. NAGINI closes her eyes. Slowly, she melts into coils.

SKENDER
Over time, she will not be able to transform back. She will be
forever trapped in the body of a snake.

NAGINI suddenly strikes at SKENDER through the bars and utters a cry in
Parseltongue. SKENDER crumples, bleeding. At the back of the tent,
CREDENCE smashes open the Firedrakes’ cage and they soar to freedom like
fireworks. The big top catches fire—screams, panic, the crowd falls over one
another to reach the exit—