It’s difficult to think of Emma Watson without picturing Hermione Granger, even with her new Mia Farrow haircut.
We’ve seen Emma grow from an awkward girl to a confident young woman attending university while simultaneously being an international star and fashion icon over the past 10 years.
The release of the final Harry Potter film next year is bittersweet. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the films’ three young stars, especially if Emma is unable to find roles outside of Hermione, or if she even wants to.
Maybe it’s ignorance, naivete, but I really am not [afraid of always being seen as Hermione]. I don’t have this intense fear or a desire to separate myself from the role. I’m really proud of the work I’ve done. I’m a geeky Harry Potter fan myself, so it would be stupid to try and fight it….The difficulty for me is that I’m interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I’m pretty sure that I’ll end up doing four or five things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.
[Time, print edition, November 29, 2010]
As much as she enjoyed playing Hermione, she was also ready to be free of her.
I love that she [Hermione] has an opinion, that she’s intelligent, that she also has a heart. Things I dislike about her: she’s a little bossy, a little mothering — which I’m sure could get very irritating….I’d had my hair long for 10 years while I was playing Hermione. When I finished filming, I needed something different. I think I [waited] two or three weeks. You really have to be in a good frame of mind to do something so drastic to your appearance. When I was feeling very confident, I was like, I’m going to cut it off.
[Time, print edition, November 29, 2010]
She played Irina in Chekhov’s play Three Sisters in a school production at Brown, yet had to make it through two rounds of auditions. The show played to packed houses and good reviews. At Brown, she also plays field hockey and shares a dorm suite with five other students, including Scout Willis, the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
She took a supporting role as a wardrobe assistant in the film My Week with Marilyn.
Emma is anxious to dispel one rumor about her college days. No one yelled “10 points to Gryffindor” after she answered a question correctly in class at Brown, which I thought was sort of clever.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 is in theaters now. Part 2 will open July 15, 2011.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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