This year, Zoe has also appeared alongside Scarlett Johansson in the comedy Rough Night (which she describes as "so much fun you forget you're even being paid"), and is currently filming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, which will be released next year. Rather, it comes in what seems to be a throwaway moment, when Newt says a name that pricked the ears of any Harry Potter fan: Leta Lestrange. Bellatrix eventually married Rodolphus Lestrange, a fellow wealthy pure-blood and Slytherin, marrying out of obligation of fulfilling her family’s pro pure-blood mentality and tradition, Unlike her sisters, she never displayed any affection for her husband whatsoever, never even mentioning him in conversations nor bearing him any children.When Lord Voldemort first rose to power, Bellatrix and Rodolphus joined the Death Eaters. To add insult to injury, he dies before his name is cleared and before he can discover that his brother Regulus is not an irredeemable idiot. Side-note: People are always relating Leta Lestrange to the infamous Bellatrix Lestrange, but they might be interested in being reminded that Bellatrix is originally a Black (i.e. Leta Lestrange . Leta Lestrange is portrayed by Zoë Kravitz in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Leta would actually be related to Bellatrix’s husband Rodolphus. Lestrange is an ancient Pure-blood Wizarding Family.One of the Sacred Twenty-Eight.Relations to the Family are Black,Garko,Avery and Rosier.Bellatrix Black married into the family solely to uphold her Pure-blood status as was requested of her by her parents.Rabastan Lestrange married Avela Garko in Spring of 1997. ―Bellatrix Lestrange to Harry Potter Bellatrix Lestrange is the secondary antagonist of the Harry Potter franchise. Leta Lestrange was a close friend of Newt Scamander at Hogwarts. Plus, as TIME pointed out, Leta seemingly died without having children, meaning she could not be a direct ancestor of Rodolphus and must come from a different section of the Lestrange family tree. But rather than enjoying a simple, happy life with her new chosen family, she then loses her husband, her daughter Tonks, and her son in law (Remus Lupin) in the Second Wizarding War. After the series' first film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, included a few nods to the original franchise, it sequel, The Crimes of Grindelwald, took things a step further by introducing Leta Lestrange, a member of one of the wizarding world's most notorious family trees. They became friends at age 13, when an unhappy Leta was being chased by Professor McGonagall for casting a spell on another student. First of all, Bellatrix married into the Lestrange family, so Leta and Bella aren’t even related by blood. At the age of 16, he’s kicked out of his own family and joins the resistance against Voldemort. – Ghoti and Chips Nov 27 '16 at 22:27 Running to hide inside a Hogwarts cupboard, Leta […] But she matters big time, because though J.K. Rowling has not released a Lestrange family tree, we know that Leta is related to Rodolphus Lestrange, who is married to Bellatrix. Along with her sister Narcissa and her grandson Teddy Lupin, she is ultimately the last Black left. As seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Lestranges were then among several deadly criminals who broke out of the prison to rejoin the resurrected Lord Voldemort; Bellatrix then killed her cousin and Harry Potter's godfather, Sirius Black. Before The Crimes of Grindelwald, the name Lestrange stirred up chilling memories of one of Lord Voldemort's most loyal servants, Bellatrix (played by Helena Bonham Carter in the Harry Potter films). 3. Leta Lestrange is therefore directly connected to the most fascinating of wizard families, the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black. She was tall and proud. Leta Lestrange deserved better! According to the film’s flashback, Leta and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) were besties at Hogwarts, and then she went on to get engaged to Newt’s brother Theseus (Callum Turner), much to Newt’s dismay, since he was in love with her. Sirius, the oldest son and Black heir, becomes the black sheep when he’s sorted into Gryffindor rather than the family’s customary Slytherin. As it happened, it seems as if another Lestrange is a 'good' person. At the end of the film, Leta confronted Dark wizard Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) at a rally for his followers after feigning loyalty to help the Scamanders and their friends escape. Let us wade through the Lestrange family to see where Leta might fit in. “I play Helena Bonham Carter's great-great aunt,” Kravitz told Independent about her character in 2017. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”. Here's hoping she's nothing like Bellatrix, because there's almost nobody worse. Spoiler warning: This post contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. But when he uncovers Voldemort’s Horcruxes, he has a change of heart and dies trying to take him down. Despite the shared last name, they're not as closely linked as you may think. Bellatrix was the first female Death Eater introduced in the books, and remained the only woman explicitly identified as such until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He became friends with many other pure-blood students and, according to Sirius Black joined a group of friends that included many future Death Eaters like Bellatrix Black, Lucius Malfoy, Evan Rosier, and Severus Snape. The Crimes of Grindelwald also included things that didn't quite align with author J.K. Rowling's original world (hello, Dumbledore's family tree), so perhaps Leta ended up surviving her run-in with Grindelwald and actually went on to have kids after all. Born into the pure-blood Black family as the older sister of Draco Malfoy's mother Narcissa and Nymphadora Tonks’ mother Andromeda (who was cut off from the family for marrying a Muggle), Bellatrix later married fellow pure-blood Rodolphus Lestrange. Leta Lestrange (1896 - early September 1927) was a pure-blood witch born into the Lestrange family.From an early age, she was distraught over her unstable family lineage and unintentionally bringing about the death of an infant, Corvus Lestrange (V).She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry between 1908 to 1915, where she was often bullied. And secondly, that even the darkest wizards from the most zealous families are more complicated than they seem. According to director David Yates, viewers will learn more about Leta Lestrange and Newt's relationship with her in future movies of the franchise. We also know there was a Lestrange who hung out with Tom Riddle in school (furthering the parallels between the expulsions of Newt and Hagrid: a suspicious Lestrange might be involved). The family has produced a Minister for Magic during the 1800s: Radolphus Lestrange took a reactionary position, and attempted to shut down the Department of Mysteries, but was ignored by the Unspeakables and the rest of the Ministry. She evolved from an unnamed periphery character in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire into a major antagonist in subsequent novels. From this history, we can glean two important points: first, that there needs to be a movie or a TV show about the Black family. Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. The Weasleys might be the Potterverse’s family that everyone wants to join, but the Blacks are a fucked-up tapestry of Shakespearean proportions. Leta Lestrange is Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black)'s distant relative through marriage. This gives us some clues: Leta is three generations away from Bellatrix, which should place her in the same generation as Radolphus Lestrange, and could leave room for their meeting at some point in the Fantastic Beasts series. At most, Leta and Rodolphus Lestrange (Bellatrix's husband) are very distant cousins. Presumably dead after sacrificing herself, Leta was gone before fans really even knew her. Bellatrix and Lucius Malfoy later led the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries to take the Prophecy from Harry Potte… Fantastic Beasts: This Is How Leta Lestrange Is Actually Connected to Bellatrix . Corvus Lestrange V. While boarding a ship to America with her baby brother, Leta switches his … As Harry discovers in Deathly Hallows, Regulus does indeed become a Death Eater, determined to be a more dutiful son than Sirius. Sirius Black), as well as her sister, Narcissa Malfoy (nee Narcissa Black). It has nothing to do with a young man turning into an ominous dark cloud, the dark wizard Grindelwald being unmasked, or even the sweet scenes between Newt (Eddie Redmayne) and Tina (Katherine Waterston). However, that seems to have been an over-simplification of the relationship. Recall that when Harry wakes up from his interlude with death in the Forbidden Forest, Voldemort orders Narcissa to check on him. NOTE: CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS ABOUT LETA LESTRANGE AND FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD.PROCEED WITH CAUTION! Leta … This, in turn, could provide the crucial overlap we need to connect the two Lestrange family branches. ), and The Crimes of Grindelwald‘s Leta (Zoe Kravitz) also met her end during a climatic fight between good and evil. Bellatrix ultimately died in the Battle of Hogwarts (thanks to Molly Weasley), and The Crimes of Grindelwald's Leta (Zoe Kravitz) also seemingly met … After Sirius dies, she cruelly taunts Harry, “I expect Potter will be reunited with dear Sirius before I am reunited with Lucius.” But she’s also the real unlikely savior at the Battle of Hogwarts. I’ve even been to the WB Harry Potter Studio in London (which was awesome FYI), read the series of novels over seven times, and have been sorted into my house on … Dumbledore wandless, alone and cornered in his own castle! Fantastic Beasts: This Is How Leta Lestrange Is Actually Connected to Bellatrix Corvus Lestrange V While boarding a ship to America with her baby brother, Leta … Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will introduce Zoe Kravitz as Leta Lestrange, a member of a very old, and usually rather evil pureblood wizarding family. Bellatrix was described as being highly attractive in the pensieve, with heavily lidded eyes, and sleek, thick, shining black hair. A younger Leta is portrayed by Thea Lamb in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. “Complicated, damaged, and confused,” is par for the course for the House of Black and those who share its blood. Even more than Dumbledore, who will appear in the next film, the Lestrange name connects Beasts to the larger Potter universe in an unexpected way. He resigned after six years in office due to ill health, which was rumoured to be an inability to c… I play Helena Bonham Carter's great-great aunt. Anyone who knows me well, knows I’m hugely devoted to everything Harry Potter. She’s quite complicated and damaged and confused and Newt is absolutely still in love with her, so she has a kind of power over him, and … she’s a kind of tragic figure, so we will see a bit more of her in the second movie.”. As we know, Sirius doesn’t exactly live a long and happy life thereafter — first he’s wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years, then he escapes and lives in hiding for two short years before dying in battle, killed by his own cousin Bellatrix. At most, Leta and Rodolphus Lestrange (Bellatrix’s husband) are very distant cousins. Coming from a family with an allegiance to dark magic, Leta seemed to be the Sirius Black of her time, acting as a hero rather than a villain. (Sorry for the bad quality!) The Blacks are the exact embodiment of Tolstoy’s famous, “All happy families are alike. Is Leta Lestrange Bellatrix Lestrange’s mother? Bellatrix was born Bellatrix Black, and was Sirius Black's cousin, but she joined the Lestrange family when she married Rodolphus Lestrange - who hails from a different branch of the family tree. When Rodolphus attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he was sorted into Slytherin house. The most important part of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them does not occur during any of its big, dramatic scenes. Before Grindelwald kills her, she had been engaged to … However, Leta’s apparent untimely death hasn’t discouraged fans’ curiosity about the mysterious character, especially considering her enigmatic relation to one of the Wizarding World’s most notorious killers. Bellatrix ultimately died in the Battle of Hogwarts (thanks to Molly Weasley), and The Crimes of Grindelwald's Leta (Zoe Kravitz) also seemingly met her end during a climactic fight between good and evil, although for a very different reason. Leta Lestrange will be in the second Fantastic Beasts film. She is an old flame of Newt’s and is only seen in photos. “My parents with their Pure-blood mania, convinced that to be a Black made you practically royal … my idiot brother, soft enough to believe them. 2. Well done, Draco! A new Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald character has been revealed! The blu-ray is coming, and a Grindelwald edit too. In the final instalment of the story, Rowling established her as Lord Voldemort's "last, best lieutenant". She lies to Voldemort, pronouncing Harry dead. After Azkaban, Bellatrix was still beautiful, but hollowed out.She makes her first appearance during the Goblet of Fire novel and was already created before, like most Harry Potter characters. Sirius and Regulus are two aristocratic brothers who began at the top of their society but both died tragically young while defying their family. Leta Lestrange is therefore directly connected to the most fascinating of wizard families, the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black. Sorted into Slytherin, Leta attends Hogwarts with Newt, quickly becoming close friends with him. Regulus was not just a Death Eater, Narcissa was not just a haughty trophy wife, and even Bellatrix, for all her inhuman behavior, had the capacity to love Voldemort. 4. Regardless of how they’re connected, the thought of Bellatrix rolling her eyes about her husband's distant, estranged cousin Leta being one of the "good guys" is pretty funny. Leta Lestrange's two loves. However, there are clearly no real rules when it comes to the canon of the Fantastic Beasts franchise. After all, Leta dies - again: seemingly - before getting married to Thesus Scamander and never has any children, meaning that she couldn't be a direct ancestor of Rodolphus and that he must come from a different section of the Lestrange family. While everyone is anticipating seeing young Dumbledore in the next installment, the real punch might just come from a girl whose photo we glimpsed for a fleeting moment. “I hated the lot of them,” he tells Harry in Order of the Phoenix. There’s also another way Leta could be related to Bellatrix, and it has to do with a tiny detail from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: “The pure-blood families are all interrelated,” Sirius told Harry in the book. Although we don’t know much about Leta Lestrange save that she was once close with Newt and she was a “taker” where he needs a “giver,” it’s reasonable to assume she was a Slytherin. Bellatrix Lestrange : [walking into the astronomy tower followed by Death Eaters] Well look what we have here. She’s insane and dangerous, responsible for countless deaths and atrocities — including the insanity of Neville Longbottom’s parents — and yet her position makes her the most formidable woman in the world. If it wasn’t for Narcissa, then, Harry’s life would have ended right there in the forest. This article was originally published on November 19, 2018. how are Leta and Bellatrix Lestrange related? Each Black in Generation X was expected to become a Death Eater if they were male or marry one if they were female, but all five children defy this in their own way. Leta Lestrange & Theseus Scamander (15) Newt Scamander & Theseus Scamander (13) Newt Scamander/Theseus Scamander (9) Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald (6) Exclude Additional Tags Angst (35) Fluff (25) Hogwarts (14) Romance (12) Friendship (10) Hurt/Comfort (9) Drama (7) Who Leta Lestrange is in Fantastic Beasts' world is not yet totally clear, but judging from the new movie, it appears that she's going to play a major role in the next few films. Sister Narcissa and her grandson Teddy Lupin, she is an old Pure-blood family the! 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