‘Fantastic Beasts 3’: Warner Bros. Defends Cutting 6 Seconds of Gay Dialogue for China Release

“The spirit of the film remains,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson says in light of the edits

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Official Trailer
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Warner Bros. trimmed roughly six seconds of dialogue from the China release of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” that point to Albus Dumbledore’s homosexuality, though the studio says that “the spirit of the film remains intact” despite the edits.

As first spotted by news.com.au, the Chinese theatrical release of the third “Fantastic Beasts” movie in the Wizarding World franchise omitted two lines of dialogue spoken by Dumbledore (Jude Law), including him saying, “because I was in love with you” and “the summer Gellert and I fell in love.” “Harry Potter” author and the film’s writer J.K.

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