Who seems minor in OotP; but will be crucial in DH?

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 170689

Anne Squires:

Over at MuggleNet there is a link to "Aint It Cool News."  A reporter
from the OotP press conference with the cast and crew is reporting
that JKR strongly suggested that a character from OotP who was
originally written out of the first OotP screenplay should be included
or "their hands would be tied" for the seventh medium-not-to-named:

Aint It Cool News (quoting Heyman, who is quoting JKR):
In the original draft of the screenplay Order of the Phoenix, they had
decided to remove a character from the story. Rowling read over the
screenplay and said "I wouldn't do that if I were you," that they were
free to do whatever they liked, of course, but "if you make a 7th
movie you'll have tied your hands."

Aint It Cool continues:

Heyman wouldn't reveal who that character was and all the Potter nerds
(myself included) were debating the point afterwards. Theories
included Grawp, Luna and Bellatrix. Luna might be a possibility, but I
thought it might be extra tricky of them if they meant James Potter,
who we see in a flashback (those that have read the book know what part).

Did Heyman mean that the scene was important or the character itself?
Hrmmm


Anne Squires now:

Thus, whomever the  makers of the medium-not-to-be-named originally
wanted to exclude from OotP must seem like a minor character; but will
turn out to be crucial in DH.  

Who could that be? 

I personally don't think it's Luna or Bellatrix.  I also strongly
doubt it's James Potter.  I don't know why, but I've had the
impression that these  particular characters would have been included
in the not-to-be-named-medium anyway.

I agree that it might be Grawp.  The SPEW storyline was cut from the
GoF not-to-be-named-medium. (Gracias a Dios); so I wonder if the Grawp
storyline had originally been cut from the screenplay?  There are
other ways to get the Threstrals to come to the rescue, I have always
thought.

List elves, this, I think, is a question for the main group; but I
will understand if you don't agree.

The question is: Who or what seems minor in OotP but will turn out to
be essential for DH?  And why?

What do y'all think?

Anne Squires