Emma Watson is an actress who has literally grown before our eyes. She was cast as Hermione Grainger in the first Harry Potter movie at the tender age of nine years old and with the end in sight for the uber successful movie series she now approaches her early twenties.
It's a cliché but it’s hard to imagine anyone else but Watson playing the part of everyone’s favourite female wizard, not that we imagine nine year olds doing anything, but you know what we mean.
Watson has blossomed into a beautiful young woman (on and off the screen) who seems to have her priorities right and makes good decisions despite the allure the fame has bought her. Aside from Potter himself Hermione Grainger is by far the most memorable character from all the movies and that Ron Weasley is one lucky ginja balls to eventually end up with her.
Despite the phenomenal success of the films Watson is not gagging to keep on with her acting anytime soon. She hardly needs to; the Potter franchise has set her up for life financially and once principal filming of the last two movies (the finals instalment is split into two parts) is finished she plans to leave England to study in the US where she hopes she can live some semblance of a normal life.
Unfortunately its hard to see Watson avoiding publicity no matter how hard she tries, already she has started to find that success as a girl who comes of age brings with it the usual sexploitation; photographers trying to get up skirt pics and magazines running polls that ask their readers if they would pay to see Watson appear naked in a film. Over half of them said yes by the way, in case you were wondering. I for one was surprised that the number was actually that low…
An interesting comparison with our Emma might be Natalie Portman (another ClubDes fave) who made the same decisions early in her career but eventually entered college under an assumed name to avoid the attention fame like Watson’s unfortunately brings.
What ever path Watson choose we hope that she doesn’t dissaparate* from the silver screen for good, because she’s far too good a talent for that to happen.
*It’s a wizarding term, you muggle.
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