Interesting you should name Bellatrix/Narcissa. Before the films became really established, I had a headcanon casting of who should play Bella (it was a minor-as-hell TV actress who had AMAZING psycho eyes). In appearance, said actress more closely resembles Narcissa than Bellatrix- so to me, for ages Narcissa looked more like Bella than what Bella did!
It's an interesting thing, too- HBC did ultimately own Bellatrix, but I did feel there were times where things were altered round to give her more screentime despite it not having narrative merit (I'm thinking about you, random HBP Burrow attack scene!) I'm fairly sure there were cases of this happening to others, too. I seem to recall how Hermione got a lot of Ron's wiser/more depthful lines, while he remained a goofballsidekick for longer.
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It's an interesting thing, too- HBC did ultimately own Bellatrix, but I did feel there were times where things were altered round to give her more screentime despite it not having narrative merit (I'm thinking about you, random HBP Burrow attack scene!) I'm fairly sure there were cases of this happening to others, too. I seem to recall how Hermione got a lot of Ron's wiser/more depthful lines, while he remained a goofballsidekick for longer.
rob/gryff