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harry potter - How did Newt know?


This question deals with the ending of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. So the most important stuff will be behind spoiler tags, but it's really one big spoiler.


At the end of the story, Newt manages to disarm Graves and reveals that




Graves is actually Gellert Grindelwald in disguise and apparently has been this entire time.



I saw no indication throughout the story that Graves was anything other than what he claimed to be. This whole scene seemed to come out of nowhere.


Why would Newt have even suspected it? Were there any clues?



Answer



According to Eddie Redmayne, Newt figured it out from Graves' remark about "the greater good".



SnitchSeeker: What do you think triggered Newt to use the Revelio spell on Graves in the train station?


Eddie Redmayne: I think that Newt is intuitive. I feel like his relationship with the creatures is … he’s one of the most instinctive characters I’ve ever read. I think, spending time in the wild, he’s a great listener and a great observer, even if he’s not a wonderful communicator. I think there are little moments in the film that you see him watching and observing. The scene that was cut between Graves and Tina in which, it was just an observation of his behavior and his gentle authority and manipulation. And there was also the moment just before that down in the cell in which Graves talks about the “greater good” and this notion that there is something that you can see – and Newt doesn’t miss that and picks up on it.


SnitchSeeker: That the Obscurus might be worth using.



Eddie Redmayne: Exactly. Why would you want to use it? So I think there’s a collection of points which are gently simmering there without needing to be seen.



David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Dan Fogler talk 'Fantastic Beasts' plot points, Obscurus


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