Eddie Redmayne got in trouble with the customs trying to smuggle in his wand

Actor Eddie Redmayne said he had to explain to custom officers why he was carrying a wand in his luggage.

Actor Eddie Redmayne said he had to explain to custom officers why he was carrying a wand in his luggage.

Eddie Redmayne now feels he cannot use a briefcase in real life as he doesn’t want people to think he is copying his character, magizoologist Newt Scamander. (AP)

The Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them star was forced to explain to border officers why he was carrying a “really sharp, scary object” in his luggage, which turned out to be the prop from the fantasy film, reported Contactmusic.

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“I brought it because I felt like it would be reassuring to have Newt’s wand. But then we were coming through customs and I suddenly realise that a wand looks like a really sharp, scary object and then to try and explain it to a customs person, I was like, ‘Have you seen the ... No?’ That was a bit disastrous’,” he said.

And the 34-year-old actor now feels he cannot use a briefcase in real life as he doesn’t want people to think he is copying his character, magizoologist Newt Scamander.

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