Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald - 17 WTF Moments

14. Bunty Gets "Wet" For Newt

Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindelwald Underwater
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And now for some totally inappropriate - yet undeniably hilarious - sexual innuendo! Newt (Eddie Redmayne) arrives back home and touches base with his assistant Bunty (Victoria Yeates), before he prepares to take a swim with his sea-faring beast, the Kelpie.

Bunty suggests he take off his shirt before taking a dip, but he rebuffs her, saying he'll dry off quickly enough regardless.

The kicker comes when the Kelpie causes a gigantic tidal wave of water to splash over Bunty, at which point we cut to her panting quasi-orgasmically, and the implication of the scene is incredibly clear. Literally and figuratively, she is wet for Newt.

It's a fun, campy gag for the adults, and at least subtle enough to fly over kids' heads, undeniably peculiar though its inclusion is.

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