Emma Watson thinks she’d be rubbish at being a real-life princess, but don’t worry – you can find her playing royalty on the big screen.
Watson is starring in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ as Belle, the bookish girl who falls in love with a cursed prince (played by Dan Stevens).
The 26-year-old actress is also lending her voice to Princess Pea in an animated movie based on the popular children’s book series ‘The Princess and the Pea.’
Emma Watson is not only an actress but also a fashion model, activist, and a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. The actress was cast as Hermione Granger at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, earning worldwide fame, critical accolades for her performance, and around $60 million (£40 million). In 2007, Watson announced her involvement in two upcoming films: Ballet Shoes and The Tale of Despereaux. In 2008 she starred as Pauline Fossil in The Secret Garden alongside Colin Firth and Julie Walters. Later that year she appeared
Emma Watson thinks she’d be rubbish at being a real-life princess, but don’t worry – you can find her playing royalty on the big screen.
Emma Watson is a British actress and model who landed her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, appearing in all eight films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint. Her other film credits include The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Noah (2014) and Beauty and the Beast (2017).
On stage, Watson played Ila in an acclaimed 2008 production of The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of The Little Prince. She also appeared on stage in a 2009 adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard alongside Charlotte Rampling and Alan Rickman.
Watson describes herself as “a feminist” but prefers to call herself “a humanist”. She has said that she is passionate about women’s rights, and that feminism is not just a label for her; it is something that she lives by every day. She also stated that she believes men should be feminists as well because it is not only women who have suffered historically from gender inequality.
Emma Watson thinks she’d be rubbish at being a real-life princess, but don’t worry – you can find her playing royalty on the big screen.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France on April 15, 1990. She is the daughter of English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. She has one brother named Alex. Emma moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting. By the age of ten, she had performed and taken the lead in various Stagecoach productions and school plays. In 1999 Emma made her professional acting debut in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone playing the smart young witch Hermione Granger. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001.
Emma consulted with an educational expert on dyslexia for her role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix because she herself is dyslexic. She received a letter from JK Rowling explaining that
Emma Watson thinks she’d be rubbish at being a real-life princess, but don’t worry – you can find her playing royalty on the big screen.
The Harry Potter star plays Belle in the new live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, out March 17, and we couldn’t think of a better title character.
It wasn’t an easy role for Emma to take on, though. “I was in my hotel room, doing my own audition tape,” she told British television host Jonathan Ross. “I was singing in front of the mirror with my iPhone and sent it off. The next thing I knew I got an email saying they wanted to offer me the part.”
When asked if she felt any pressure taking on such an iconic role, Emma replied that she did—but only because the original animated movie is so beloved. “That was one of my favorite films growing up,” she said. “But I also felt this weight of responsibility because it was such a huge part of my childhood.”
The actress says that when she first saw herself as Belle, it was a surreal experience. “I remember seeing myself and kind of not recognizing myself,” she explained. “But it looks great!”
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Emma Watson says she’d be “rubbish” at being a real-life princess in her latest interview with the Telegraph. The actress, who is currently taking a break from acting to focus on her studies at Brown University, was talking about playing fairytale princesses in both Harry Potter and Beauty And The Beast.
“Watching Belle fall in love with this man who has a really bad reputation, you understand why,” she said of the animated Disney classic. “She could see past that and see into his soul. I think that’s why the character resonates so much with girls.
“I think I would be rubbish at being a real-life princess, because I hate wearing heels, and I’m not very poise-y or elegant.”
Emma has been taking time off from acting to focus on her studies at Brown University but also recently joined UN Women as their Goodwill Ambassador. In her capacity as an ambassador for the organization, Emma delivered an inspiring speech about feminism at the UN headquarters in New York to mark the launch of HeForShe, a global campaign for gender equality.
It was as Hermione Granger that Watson became a household name, but she’s since moved on to other projects. She was one of the stars of the hit film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower in 2012 and played Sam in 2013 film The Bling Ring, based on real-life burglaries committed by teenagers in Los Angeles.
Watson has also been involved with modelling and has become a UN Women Goodwill ambassador. She launched the UN Women campaign HeForShe which calls for men to advocate gender equality.
She has said she is reluctant to play normal girls as she doesn’t feel like she can relate to them.
