Why does everyone think Leta is bad?

In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Leta Lestrange says

to Dumbledore something like "everyone thinks I'm bad". She is also convinced Dumbledore himself believed she was bad.

Why would she say that? We do not have any evidence she acted bad at school, actually quite the opposite, despite her being in Slytherin.

We also see a girl in Dumbledore's class saying something like "I was waiting for it" when Leta got to face boggart which implies other student really didn't like her

We also see her as a pretty nice young lady in her adulthood.

She might consider herself bad because of what happened to her brother, but no one knew she was the reason for his death.

So what made people see her as a bad person in school or after if we never see her acting as one?

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Did you miss the part where she was persistently disruptive and jinxed her fellow pupil?
– Valorum
Nov 18 '18 at 15:50

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@Valorum You mean the same annoying pupil who was jinxed by McGonagall herself? James Potter would be considered pure evil then.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:01

2

@ShanaTar Well, if your ignore the fact that James was Harry's father and we're supposed to like him, he really wasn't a great person.
– Misha R
Nov 18 '18 at 18:04

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@Adamant No one could know what James would become. If he acted cruel and vain in school other students should have judged him by that behavior (like Lily did at first). And Snape was always mean and selfish (it is shown in his early memories), he was different only towards Lily. So I actually can understand why Snape would be seen as bad, but not why Leta was.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 18:43

3

@Adamant Young James and Sirius were bullies, but Lily (and Snape, obviously) still seemed to be more or less the only one who didn’t like them. Everyone else kind of fawned over them and glossed over their nastier sides. Leta appeared in the flashbacks to be almost universally detested, even among teachers, and yet whatwe see her do is nothing near as bad as what James and Sirius were doing. The dislike towards Leta seems highly disproportionate to what we see; presumably it is based on something we don’t see.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 18 '18 at 20:00

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In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Leta Lestrange says

to Dumbledore something like "everyone thinks I'm bad". She is also convinced Dumbledore himself believed she was bad.

Why would she say that? We do not have any evidence she acted bad at school, actually quite the opposite, despite her being in Slytherin.

We also see a girl in Dumbledore's class saying something like "I was waiting for it" when Leta got to face boggart which implies other student really didn't like her

We also see her as a pretty nice young lady in her adulthood.

She might consider herself bad because of what happened to her brother, but no one knew she was the reason for his death.

So what made people see her as a bad person in school or after if we never see her acting as one?

edited Nov 18 '18 at 17:21

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Did you miss the part where she was persistently disruptive and jinxed her fellow pupil?
– Valorum
Nov 18 '18 at 15:50

3

@Valorum You mean the same annoying pupil who was jinxed by McGonagall herself? James Potter would be considered pure evil then.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:01

2

@ShanaTar Well, if your ignore the fact that James was Harry's father and we're supposed to like him, he really wasn't a great person.
– Misha R
Nov 18 '18 at 18:04

3

@Adamant No one could know what James would become. If he acted cruel and vain in school other students should have judged him by that behavior (like Lily did at first). And Snape was always mean and selfish (it is shown in his early memories), he was different only towards Lily. So I actually can understand why Snape would be seen as bad, but not why Leta was.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 18:43

3

@Adamant Young James and Sirius were bullies, but Lily (and Snape, obviously) still seemed to be more or less the only one who didn’t like them. Everyone else kind of fawned over them and glossed over their nastier sides. Leta appeared in the flashbacks to be almost universally detested, even among teachers, and yet whatwe see her do is nothing near as bad as what James and Sirius were doing. The dislike towards Leta seems highly disproportionate to what we see; presumably it is based on something we don’t see.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 18 '18 at 20:00

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In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Leta Lestrange says

to Dumbledore something like "everyone thinks I'm bad". She is also convinced Dumbledore himself believed she was bad.

Why would she say that? We do not have any evidence she acted bad at school, actually quite the opposite, despite her being in Slytherin.

We also see a girl in Dumbledore's class saying something like "I was waiting for it" when Leta got to face boggart which implies other student really didn't like her

We also see her as a pretty nice young lady in her adulthood.

She might consider herself bad because of what happened to her brother, but no one knew she was the reason for his death.

So what made people see her as a bad person in school or after if we never see her acting as one?

edited Nov 18 '18 at 17:21

Bellatrix

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asked Nov 18 '18 at 15:38

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In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Leta Lestrange says

to Dumbledore something like "everyone thinks I'm bad". She is also convinced Dumbledore himself believed she was bad.

Why would she say that? We do not have any evidence she acted bad at school, actually quite the opposite, despite her being in Slytherin.

We also see a girl in Dumbledore's class saying something like "I was waiting for it" when Leta got to face boggart which implies other student really didn't like her

We also see her as a pretty nice young lady in her adulthood.

She might consider herself bad because of what happened to her brother, but no one knew she was the reason for his death.

So what made people see her as a bad person in school or after if we never see her acting as one?

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Did you miss the part where she was persistently disruptive and jinxed her fellow pupil?
– Valorum
Nov 18 '18 at 15:50

3

@Valorum You mean the same annoying pupil who was jinxed by McGonagall herself? James Potter would be considered pure evil then.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:01

2

@ShanaTar Well, if your ignore the fact that James was Harry's father and we're supposed to like him, he really wasn't a great person.
– Misha R
Nov 18 '18 at 18:04

3

@Adamant No one could know what James would become. If he acted cruel and vain in school other students should have judged him by that behavior (like Lily did at first). And Snape was always mean and selfish (it is shown in his early memories), he was different only towards Lily. So I actually can understand why Snape would be seen as bad, but not why Leta was.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 18:43

3

@Adamant Young James and Sirius were bullies, but Lily (and Snape, obviously) still seemed to be more or less the only one who didn’t like them. Everyone else kind of fawned over them and glossed over their nastier sides. Leta appeared in the flashbacks to be almost universally detested, even among teachers, and yet whatwe see her do is nothing near as bad as what James and Sirius were doing. The dislike towards Leta seems highly disproportionate to what we see; presumably it is based on something we don’t see.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 18 '18 at 20:00

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show 4 more comments

5

Did you miss the part where she was persistently disruptive and jinxed her fellow pupil?
– Valorum
Nov 18 '18 at 15:50

3

@Valorum You mean the same annoying pupil who was jinxed by McGonagall herself? James Potter would be considered pure evil then.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:01

2

@ShanaTar Well, if your ignore the fact that James was Harry's father and we're supposed to like him, he really wasn't a great person.
– Misha R
Nov 18 '18 at 18:04

3

@Adamant No one could know what James would become. If he acted cruel and vain in school other students should have judged him by that behavior (like Lily did at first). And Snape was always mean and selfish (it is shown in his early memories), he was different only towards Lily. So I actually can understand why Snape would be seen as bad, but not why Leta was.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 18:43

3

@Adamant Young James and Sirius were bullies, but Lily (and Snape, obviously) still seemed to be more or less the only one who didn’t like them. Everyone else kind of fawned over them and glossed over their nastier sides. Leta appeared in the flashbacks to be almost universally detested, even among teachers, and yet whatwe see her do is nothing near as bad as what James and Sirius were doing. The dislike towards Leta seems highly disproportionate to what we see; presumably it is based on something we don’t see.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 18 '18 at 20:00

Did you miss the part where she was persistently disruptive and jinxed her fellow pupil?
– Valorum
Nov 18 '18 at 15:50

@Valorum You mean the same annoying pupil who was jinxed by McGonagall herself? James Potter would be considered pure evil then.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:01

@ShanaTar Well, if your ignore the fact that James was Harry's father and we're supposed to like him, he really wasn't a great person.
– Misha R
Nov 18 '18 at 18:04

@Adamant No one could know what James would become. If he acted cruel and vain in school other students should have judged him by that behavior (like Lily did at first). And Snape was always mean and selfish (it is shown in his early memories), he was different only towards Lily. So I actually can understand why Snape would be seen as bad, but not why Leta was.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 18:43

@Adamant Young James and Sirius were bullies, but Lily (and Snape, obviously) still seemed to be more or less the only one who didn’t like them. Everyone else kind of fawned over them and glossed over their nastier sides. Leta appeared in the flashbacks to be almost universally detested, even among teachers, and yet whatwe see her do is nothing near as bad as what James and Sirius were doing. The dislike towards Leta seems highly disproportionate to what we see; presumably it is based on something we don’t see.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 18 '18 at 20:00

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The Lestranges were thought ‘evil’, so they thought Leta was too.

It was very likely that people, including the students at Hogwarts, were prejudiced against Leta before they’d ever even met her because of her family name, Lestrange. When Queenie reads Newt’s mind, and heard the girl in his photo is Leta Lestrange, the first thing she says is that the family is “you know”, which likely refers to their notoriety in the wizarding world.

“QUEENIE

(reading his mind)

Leta Lestrange? I’ve heard of that family. Aren’t they kinda—you know?”
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

This is confirmed by the executive producer of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, who says that Leta is burdened by her family name, and her being a Lestrange makes people assume she’s a bad person because of the family’s reputation.

But according to executive producer David Heyman, Leta might simply be misunderstood. “Leta is in some ways burdened by her name,” he says. “The fact that she is a Lestrange has led some people to believe her to be a bad person. But as with a lot of J.K. Rowling’s writing, you have a rich complex character, and it’s one that Zoe brings to life.”
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

Zoe Kravitz also mentions that the reason Leta is ‘edgy’ is because she’s used to being judged.

And from what I hear, she’s got a bad reputation?

Yeah, being a pureblood is a big deal. When she walks into a party people take a double take. She’s always felt like an outcast because of that and she’s very edgy because she’s used to being judged, and has created a bubble of protection of herself.
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

One of the girls mocking Leta says how the name Lestrange makes her feel sick, implying that it’s a problem with the family that’s extended to Leta because she’s part of it.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2

I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA

Oscausi!
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

Grindelwald also mentioned her being despised among wizards.

GRINDELWALD

Leta Lestrange . . . despised entirely amongst wizards . . . unloved, mistreated . . . yet brave. So very brave.
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (The Original Screenplay)}}

So, it seems highly likely that people’s problems with Leta stemmed mainly from her family name.

edited Nov 18 '18 at 17:48

answered Nov 18 '18 at 17:21

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Sirius was Black, but didn't have the problem. Though he was probably separated from his "blackness" by being sorted into Griffindor...
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:29

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@ShanaTar Sirius also had James Potter, a popular kid and Gryffindor who ‘belonged’, to ‘vouch’ for him. Leta had no one like that.
– Bellatrix
Nov 18 '18 at 17:36

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Leta had too much emotional baggage to become a model student and alter the prejudices against her

As Bella's answer mentions, the Lestrange family is infamous and Leta was eyed with suspicion and distrust at Hogwarts - not the best conditions to make friends and become popular in the wizarding community.

One could argue that Leta wasn't the only student who arrived with unwanted baggage to school and who had to endure the consequences for the actions of her family members: for one, there was Albus Dumbledore, whose father, Percival was sentenced to life at Azkaban for slaughtering three muggle boys. But while Albus did everything to overcome the prejudices against his family and prove them wrong, it seems Leta agreed with her accusers about her family and her own character.

In addition as a girl, Leta wasn't taken seriously by her father, the patriarch of the Lestrange family:

LETA: My father owned a very strange family tree. It only recorded the
men . . . We glimpse a tree with an orchid-like flower twisting around
it.

she wasn't even loved:

LETA: Say it . . .

KAMA . . . he never loved you.

add to this the unfortunate and melodramatic story of losing her brother at sea, and we got Leta, a bright witch, distrustful of authority figures, with a gloomy disposition, defensive and sullen, burdened with self-hatred and in general unapproachable. Not the best recipe to become the sunshine of the school. She characterises herself as a monster:

NEWT You didn’t mean to do it, Leta.
So it wasn’t your fault.

LETA
Oh Newt. You never met a monster you couldn’t love.

She despised herself and idealised Newt, who is basically the wizard equivalent of
Francis of Assisi, so it's no wonder that she wasn't able to win over people and remained unpopular in her community.

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Because she repeatedly jinxed her fellow students who she doesn’t like, and they don’t like her. The way it’s worded is as if they didn’t like her first mind you probably because of who her family is as is mentioned below.

SCENE 67

INT. EMPTY HOGWARTS CLASSROOM—SEVENTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—MORNING

13-YEAR-OLD LETA stands hiding inside the empty classroom while students in cloaks trundle by, pushing trunks and carrying owls. It is the last day of the winter term and nearly everyone is going home.

ANGLE ON TWO 13-YEAR-OLD GRYFFINDOR GIRLS pushing trunks.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 You know she stays here every vacation. Her family don’t actually want her home.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2 I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA Oscausi!

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2’S mouth is sealed shut as though she never had one. Triumphant, LETA flees the scene, pushing past shocked students.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 (screams) Professor McGonagall! LESTRANGE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

MCGONAGALL (O.S.) Lestrange, stop running! LESTRANGE! Disobedient children. Stop! Shame on the House of Slytherin. One hundred points! Two hundred! Get back here, right now! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! You stop it! Get back here!

_{Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Official Screenplay}

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Can't see how she is bad in the scene. Something lots of good characters (like Sirius, Harry, Fred, George, Ron etc) could do without getting to "the dark side". Teenagers don't always get along well - it doesn't mark them as bad people. She was in good terms with Newt, she was probably reasonable with those who didn't bully her. The scene actually shows what she did was for a reason (unlike in James Potter's case who was a pure bully and still no one considered him bad). Fine, she was a Slytherin and Lestrange, but it's hardly enough for ALL the school to hate her if she was nice in general.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:15

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@ShanaTar I think it’s worth noting the “LESTRANGE HAS DONT IT AGAIN” it’s one thing doing it on occasion but that implies quite often.
– TheLethalCarrot
Nov 18 '18 at 16:37

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Of course she has done it again - she was permanently bullied. It looks like pupils in Hogwarts are jinxing each other all the time and usually people can tell if they do it because they are evil or because they are mischievous and impulsive. I mean, I can understand why some students didn't like Leta, but not why she was seen as an evil person. The movie plainly shows us she was never one, even when having a raw with her fellow students. Was she too harsh on herself thinking that everyone thought she was bad?
– Shana Tar
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The Lestranges were thought ‘evil’, so they thought Leta was too.

“QUEENIE

(reading his mind)

Leta Lestrange? I’ve heard of that family. Aren’t they kinda—you know?”
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

But according to executive producer David Heyman, Leta might simply be misunderstood. “Leta is in some ways burdened by her name,” he says. “The fact that she is a Lestrange has led some people to believe her to be a bad person. But as with a lot of J.K. Rowling’s writing, you have a rich complex character, and it’s one that Zoe brings to life.”
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

Zoe Kravitz also mentions that the reason Leta is ‘edgy’ is because she’s used to being judged.

And from what I hear, she’s got a bad reputation?

Yeah, being a pureblood is a big deal. When she walks into a party people take a double take. She’s always felt like an outcast because of that and she’s very edgy because she’s used to being judged, and has created a bubble of protection of herself.
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

One of the girls mocking Leta says how the name Lestrange makes her feel sick, implying that it’s a problem with the family that’s extended to Leta because she’s part of it.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2

I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA

Oscausi!
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

Grindelwald also mentioned her being despised among wizards.

GRINDELWALD

Leta Lestrange . . . despised entirely amongst wizards . . . unloved, mistreated . . . yet brave. So very brave.
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (The Original Screenplay)}}

So, it seems highly likely that people’s problems with Leta stemmed mainly from her family name.

edited Nov 18 '18 at 17:48

answered Nov 18 '18 at 17:21

Bellatrix

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Sirius was Black, but didn't have the problem. Though he was probably separated from his "blackness" by being sorted into Griffindor...
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:29

5

@ShanaTar Sirius also had James Potter, a popular kid and Gryffindor who ‘belonged’, to ‘vouch’ for him. Leta had no one like that.
– Bellatrix
Nov 18 '18 at 17:36

add a comment |

The Lestranges were thought ‘evil’, so they thought Leta was too.

“QUEENIE

(reading his mind)

Leta Lestrange? I’ve heard of that family. Aren’t they kinda—you know?”
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

But according to executive producer David Heyman, Leta might simply be misunderstood. “Leta is in some ways burdened by her name,” he says. “The fact that she is a Lestrange has led some people to believe her to be a bad person. But as with a lot of J.K. Rowling’s writing, you have a rich complex character, and it’s one that Zoe brings to life.”
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

Zoe Kravitz also mentions that the reason Leta is ‘edgy’ is because she’s used to being judged.

And from what I hear, she’s got a bad reputation?

Yeah, being a pureblood is a big deal. When she walks into a party people take a double take. She’s always felt like an outcast because of that and she’s very edgy because she’s used to being judged, and has created a bubble of protection of herself.
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

One of the girls mocking Leta says how the name Lestrange makes her feel sick, implying that it’s a problem with the family that’s extended to Leta because she’s part of it.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2

I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA

Oscausi!
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

Grindelwald also mentioned her being despised among wizards.

GRINDELWALD

Leta Lestrange . . . despised entirely amongst wizards . . . unloved, mistreated . . . yet brave. So very brave.
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (The Original Screenplay)}}

So, it seems highly likely that people’s problems with Leta stemmed mainly from her family name.

edited Nov 18 '18 at 17:48

answered Nov 18 '18 at 17:21

Bellatrix

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Sirius was Black, but didn't have the problem. Though he was probably separated from his "blackness" by being sorted into Griffindor...
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:29

5

@ShanaTar Sirius also had James Potter, a popular kid and Gryffindor who ‘belonged’, to ‘vouch’ for him. Leta had no one like that.
– Bellatrix
Nov 18 '18 at 17:36

add a comment |

The Lestranges were thought ‘evil’, so they thought Leta was too.

“QUEENIE

(reading his mind)

Leta Lestrange? I’ve heard of that family. Aren’t they kinda—you know?”
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

But according to executive producer David Heyman, Leta might simply be misunderstood. “Leta is in some ways burdened by her name,” he says. “The fact that she is a Lestrange has led some people to believe her to be a bad person. But as with a lot of J.K. Rowling’s writing, you have a rich complex character, and it’s one that Zoe brings to life.”
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

Zoe Kravitz also mentions that the reason Leta is ‘edgy’ is because she’s used to being judged.

And from what I hear, she’s got a bad reputation?

Yeah, being a pureblood is a big deal. When she walks into a party people take a double take. She’s always felt like an outcast because of that and she’s very edgy because she’s used to being judged, and has created a bubble of protection of herself.
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

One of the girls mocking Leta says how the name Lestrange makes her feel sick, implying that it’s a problem with the family that’s extended to Leta because she’s part of it.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2

I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA

Oscausi!
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

Grindelwald also mentioned her being despised among wizards.

GRINDELWALD

Leta Lestrange . . . despised entirely amongst wizards . . . unloved, mistreated . . . yet brave. So very brave.
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (The Original Screenplay)}}

So, it seems highly likely that people’s problems with Leta stemmed mainly from her family name.

edited Nov 18 '18 at 17:48

answered Nov 18 '18 at 17:21

Bellatrix

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The Lestranges were thought ‘evil’, so they thought Leta was too.

“QUEENIE

(reading his mind)

Leta Lestrange? I’ve heard of that family. Aren’t they kinda—you know?”
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

But according to executive producer David Heyman, Leta might simply be misunderstood. “Leta is in some ways burdened by her name,” he says. “The fact that she is a Lestrange has led some people to believe her to be a bad person. But as with a lot of J.K. Rowling’s writing, you have a rich complex character, and it’s one that Zoe brings to life.”
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

Zoe Kravitz also mentions that the reason Leta is ‘edgy’ is because she’s used to being judged.

And from what I hear, she’s got a bad reputation?

Yeah, being a pureblood is a big deal. When she walks into a party people take a double take. She’s always felt like an outcast because of that and she’s very edgy because she’s used to being judged, and has created a bubble of protection of herself.
_{^{- Zoë Kravitz reacts to her character getting dissed in Fantastic Beasts (Entertainment Weekly)}}

One of the girls mocking Leta says how the name Lestrange makes her feel sick, implying that it’s a problem with the family that’s extended to Leta because she’s part of it.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2

I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA

Oscausi!
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (The Original Screenplay)}}

Grindelwald also mentioned her being despised among wizards.

GRINDELWALD

Leta Lestrange . . . despised entirely amongst wizards . . . unloved, mistreated . . . yet brave. So very brave.
_{^{- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (The Original Screenplay)}}

So, it seems highly likely that people’s problems with Leta stemmed mainly from her family name.

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Sirius was Black, but didn't have the problem. Though he was probably separated from his "blackness" by being sorted into Griffindor...
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:29

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@ShanaTar Sirius also had James Potter, a popular kid and Gryffindor who ‘belonged’, to ‘vouch’ for him. Leta had no one like that.
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Sirius was Black, but didn't have the problem. Though he was probably separated from his "blackness" by being sorted into Griffindor...
– Shana Tar
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@ShanaTar Sirius also had James Potter, a popular kid and Gryffindor who ‘belonged’, to ‘vouch’ for him. Leta had no one like that.
– Bellatrix
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Sirius was Black, but didn't have the problem. Though he was probably separated from his "blackness" by being sorted into Griffindor...
– Shana Tar
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@ShanaTar Sirius also had James Potter, a popular kid and Gryffindor who ‘belonged’, to ‘vouch’ for him. Leta had no one like that.
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Leta had too much emotional baggage to become a model student and alter the prejudices against her

In addition as a girl, Leta wasn't taken seriously by her father, the patriarch of the Lestrange family:

LETA: My father owned a very strange family tree. It only recorded the
men . . . We glimpse a tree with an orchid-like flower twisting around
it.

she wasn't even loved:

LETA: Say it . . .

KAMA . . . he never loved you.

NEWT You didn’t mean to do it, Leta.
So it wasn’t your fault.

LETA
Oh Newt. You never met a monster you couldn’t love.

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Leta had too much emotional baggage to become a model student and alter the prejudices against her

In addition as a girl, Leta wasn't taken seriously by her father, the patriarch of the Lestrange family:

LETA: My father owned a very strange family tree. It only recorded the
men . . . We glimpse a tree with an orchid-like flower twisting around
it.

she wasn't even loved:

LETA: Say it . . .

KAMA . . . he never loved you.

NEWT You didn’t mean to do it, Leta.
So it wasn’t your fault.

LETA
Oh Newt. You never met a monster you couldn’t love.

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Leta had too much emotional baggage to become a model student and alter the prejudices against her

In addition as a girl, Leta wasn't taken seriously by her father, the patriarch of the Lestrange family:

LETA: My father owned a very strange family tree. It only recorded the
men . . . We glimpse a tree with an orchid-like flower twisting around
it.

she wasn't even loved:

LETA: Say it . . .

KAMA . . . he never loved you.

NEWT You didn’t mean to do it, Leta.
So it wasn’t your fault.

LETA
Oh Newt. You never met a monster you couldn’t love.

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Leta had too much emotional baggage to become a model student and alter the prejudices against her

In addition as a girl, Leta wasn't taken seriously by her father, the patriarch of the Lestrange family:

LETA: My father owned a very strange family tree. It only recorded the
men . . . We glimpse a tree with an orchid-like flower twisting around
it.

she wasn't even loved:

LETA: Say it . . .

KAMA . . . he never loved you.

NEWT You didn’t mean to do it, Leta.
So it wasn’t your fault.

LETA
Oh Newt. You never met a monster you couldn’t love.

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SCENE 67

INT. EMPTY HOGWARTS CLASSROOM—SEVENTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—MORNING

13-YEAR-OLD LETA stands hiding inside the empty classroom while students in cloaks trundle by, pushing trunks and carrying owls. It is the last day of the winter term and nearly everyone is going home.

ANGLE ON TWO 13-YEAR-OLD GRYFFINDOR GIRLS pushing trunks.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 You know she stays here every vacation. Her family don’t actually want her home.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2 I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA Oscausi!

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2’S mouth is sealed shut as though she never had one. Triumphant, LETA flees the scene, pushing past shocked students.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 (screams) Professor McGonagall! LESTRANGE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

MCGONAGALL (O.S.) Lestrange, stop running! LESTRANGE! Disobedient children. Stop! Shame on the House of Slytherin. One hundred points! Two hundred! Get back here, right now! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! You stop it! Get back here!

_{Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Official Screenplay}

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Can't see how she is bad in the scene. Something lots of good characters (like Sirius, Harry, Fred, George, Ron etc) could do without getting to "the dark side". Teenagers don't always get along well - it doesn't mark them as bad people. She was in good terms with Newt, she was probably reasonable with those who didn't bully her. The scene actually shows what she did was for a reason (unlike in James Potter's case who was a pure bully and still no one considered him bad). Fine, she was a Slytherin and Lestrange, but it's hardly enough for ALL the school to hate her if she was nice in general.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:15

1

@ShanaTar I think it’s worth noting the “LESTRANGE HAS DONT IT AGAIN” it’s one thing doing it on occasion but that implies quite often.
– TheLethalCarrot
Nov 18 '18 at 16:37

1

Of course she has done it again - she was permanently bullied. It looks like pupils in Hogwarts are jinxing each other all the time and usually people can tell if they do it because they are evil or because they are mischievous and impulsive. I mean, I can understand why some students didn't like Leta, but not why she was seen as an evil person. The movie plainly shows us she was never one, even when having a raw with her fellow students. Was she too harsh on herself thinking that everyone thought she was bad?
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:07

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SCENE 67

INT. EMPTY HOGWARTS CLASSROOM—SEVENTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—MORNING

13-YEAR-OLD LETA stands hiding inside the empty classroom while students in cloaks trundle by, pushing trunks and carrying owls. It is the last day of the winter term and nearly everyone is going home.

ANGLE ON TWO 13-YEAR-OLD GRYFFINDOR GIRLS pushing trunks.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 You know she stays here every vacation. Her family don’t actually want her home.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2 I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA Oscausi!

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2’S mouth is sealed shut as though she never had one. Triumphant, LETA flees the scene, pushing past shocked students.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 (screams) Professor McGonagall! LESTRANGE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

MCGONAGALL (O.S.) Lestrange, stop running! LESTRANGE! Disobedient children. Stop! Shame on the House of Slytherin. One hundred points! Two hundred! Get back here, right now! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! You stop it! Get back here!

_{Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Official Screenplay}

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Can't see how she is bad in the scene. Something lots of good characters (like Sirius, Harry, Fred, George, Ron etc) could do without getting to "the dark side". Teenagers don't always get along well - it doesn't mark them as bad people. She was in good terms with Newt, she was probably reasonable with those who didn't bully her. The scene actually shows what she did was for a reason (unlike in James Potter's case who was a pure bully and still no one considered him bad). Fine, she was a Slytherin and Lestrange, but it's hardly enough for ALL the school to hate her if she was nice in general.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:15

1

@ShanaTar I think it’s worth noting the “LESTRANGE HAS DONT IT AGAIN” it’s one thing doing it on occasion but that implies quite often.
– TheLethalCarrot
Nov 18 '18 at 16:37

1

Of course she has done it again - she was permanently bullied. It looks like pupils in Hogwarts are jinxing each other all the time and usually people can tell if they do it because they are evil or because they are mischievous and impulsive. I mean, I can understand why some students didn't like Leta, but not why she was seen as an evil person. The movie plainly shows us she was never one, even when having a raw with her fellow students. Was she too harsh on herself thinking that everyone thought she was bad?
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:07

add a comment |

SCENE 67

INT. EMPTY HOGWARTS CLASSROOM—SEVENTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—MORNING

13-YEAR-OLD LETA stands hiding inside the empty classroom while students in cloaks trundle by, pushing trunks and carrying owls. It is the last day of the winter term and nearly everyone is going home.

ANGLE ON TWO 13-YEAR-OLD GRYFFINDOR GIRLS pushing trunks.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 You know she stays here every vacation. Her family don’t actually want her home.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2 I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA Oscausi!

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2’S mouth is sealed shut as though she never had one. Triumphant, LETA flees the scene, pushing past shocked students.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 (screams) Professor McGonagall! LESTRANGE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

MCGONAGALL (O.S.) Lestrange, stop running! LESTRANGE! Disobedient children. Stop! Shame on the House of Slytherin. One hundred points! Two hundred! Get back here, right now! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! You stop it! Get back here!

_{Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Official Screenplay}

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SCENE 67

INT. EMPTY HOGWARTS CLASSROOM—SEVENTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—MORNING

13-YEAR-OLD LETA stands hiding inside the empty classroom while students in cloaks trundle by, pushing trunks and carrying owls. It is the last day of the winter term and nearly everyone is going home.

ANGLE ON TWO 13-YEAR-OLD GRYFFINDOR GIRLS pushing trunks.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 You know she stays here every vacation. Her family don’t actually want her home.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2 I don’t blame them, she’s so annoying. Even the name Lestrange makes me feel sick—

LETA flings herself into their path, pointing her wand.

13-YEAR-OLD LETA Oscausi!

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 2’S mouth is sealed shut as though she never had one. Triumphant, LETA flees the scene, pushing past shocked students.

GRYFFINDOR GIRL 1 (screams) Professor McGonagall! LESTRANGE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

MCGONAGALL (O.S.) Lestrange, stop running! LESTRANGE! Disobedient children. Stop! Shame on the House of Slytherin. One hundred points! Two hundred! Get back here, right now! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! You stop it! Get back here!

_{Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Official Screenplay}

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Can't see how she is bad in the scene. Something lots of good characters (like Sirius, Harry, Fred, George, Ron etc) could do without getting to "the dark side". Teenagers don't always get along well - it doesn't mark them as bad people. She was in good terms with Newt, she was probably reasonable with those who didn't bully her. The scene actually shows what she did was for a reason (unlike in James Potter's case who was a pure bully and still no one considered him bad). Fine, she was a Slytherin and Lestrange, but it's hardly enough for ALL the school to hate her if she was nice in general.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:15

1

@ShanaTar I think it’s worth noting the “LESTRANGE HAS DONT IT AGAIN” it’s one thing doing it on occasion but that implies quite often.
– TheLethalCarrot
Nov 18 '18 at 16:37

1

Of course she has done it again - she was permanently bullied. It looks like pupils in Hogwarts are jinxing each other all the time and usually people can tell if they do it because they are evil or because they are mischievous and impulsive. I mean, I can understand why some students didn't like Leta, but not why she was seen as an evil person. The movie plainly shows us she was never one, even when having a raw with her fellow students. Was she too harsh on herself thinking that everyone thought she was bad?
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:07

add a comment |

2

Can't see how she is bad in the scene. Something lots of good characters (like Sirius, Harry, Fred, George, Ron etc) could do without getting to "the dark side". Teenagers don't always get along well - it doesn't mark them as bad people. She was in good terms with Newt, she was probably reasonable with those who didn't bully her. The scene actually shows what she did was for a reason (unlike in James Potter's case who was a pure bully and still no one considered him bad). Fine, she was a Slytherin and Lestrange, but it's hardly enough for ALL the school to hate her if she was nice in general.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:15

1

@ShanaTar I think it’s worth noting the “LESTRANGE HAS DONT IT AGAIN” it’s one thing doing it on occasion but that implies quite often.
– TheLethalCarrot
Nov 18 '18 at 16:37

1

Of course she has done it again - she was permanently bullied. It looks like pupils in Hogwarts are jinxing each other all the time and usually people can tell if they do it because they are evil or because they are mischievous and impulsive. I mean, I can understand why some students didn't like Leta, but not why she was seen as an evil person. The movie plainly shows us she was never one, even when having a raw with her fellow students. Was she too harsh on herself thinking that everyone thought she was bad?
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:07

Can't see how she is bad in the scene. Something lots of good characters (like Sirius, Harry, Fred, George, Ron etc) could do without getting to "the dark side". Teenagers don't always get along well - it doesn't mark them as bad people. She was in good terms with Newt, she was probably reasonable with those who didn't bully her. The scene actually shows what she did was for a reason (unlike in James Potter's case who was a pure bully and still no one considered him bad). Fine, she was a Slytherin and Lestrange, but it's hardly enough for ALL the school to hate her if she was nice in general.
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 16:15

@ShanaTar I think it’s worth noting the “LESTRANGE HAS DONT IT AGAIN” it’s one thing doing it on occasion but that implies quite often.
– TheLethalCarrot
Nov 18 '18 at 16:37

Of course she has done it again - she was permanently bullied. It looks like pupils in Hogwarts are jinxing each other all the time and usually people can tell if they do it because they are evil or because they are mischievous and impulsive. I mean, I can understand why some students didn't like Leta, but not why she was seen as an evil person. The movie plainly shows us she was never one, even when having a raw with her fellow students. Was she too harsh on herself thinking that everyone thought she was bad?
– Shana Tar
Nov 18 '18 at 17:07

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