Telegraph’s Interview with Emma Watson & Extensive Profile Overview
This article takes an extensive look at Emma’s life, ambitions and her up coming film Ballet Shoes.
Emma Watson has been in the public eye for what seems like forever. We all became aware of her eight years ago when she was cast as Hermione Granger in the first Harry Potter film, and it has gone on since then. So maybe it’s not that surprising that her publicity machine is fretting somewhat. ‘It’s her first interview away from Potter,’ the PR whispers to me on our way to meet the 17-year-old Watson. ‘She may be rather shy.’ We turn a corner to find Watson skulking around a kitchen, nervously sipping some juice and looking very pretty and gamine in the current teenage uniform of three-quarter-length leggings, faux leopardskin pumps and brown soft-leather bomber jacket. She has long blonde hair, a neat face and very dark plucked eyebrows, and she still seems terribly young, despite everything she’s experienced so far in her short life.
In many ways, it’s hard to separate her from Hermione Granger. ‘Yes, it is, isn’t it?’ she says all in a rush. ‘Sometimes even I get muddled which one I am, because I know Hermione so very well. My little brother, Toby, who’s three, gets very cross with me sometimes because when he sees me in Harry Potter he can’t understand how I can be Emma and Hermione at the same time,’ she says.
Along with the article, Telegraph also released a new picture of Emma Watson. You can view the picture below.
J.K.R. attending “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” action along with Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch and Devon Murray.
Today’s Poll
Thank you!! Going to go read it now.
Can you please check the poll. How come it’s called Hottest HP couple but you used Bonnie and Katie’s name?
I’m one of seven children now,’ she says. ‘My father and his partner have Toby and twin girls, Lucy and Nina, and my mother’s partner has two boys.’ (The twins share the role of the young Pauline in Ballet Shoes.) She also has a younger brother, Alexander, from her own parents’ marriage. ‘He’s about the only bloke I can go out with and not cause a stir,’ she says. She can’t really have a relationship, as every man she’s ever seen with is called her ‘boyfriend’ by the press and consequently doorstepped. She can’t get drunk and rowdy, or misbehave, or cry in the street, or pierce bits of her body, or do anything remotely controversial for fear of having her privacy invaded.
THE PROOF SHE DOESNT DRINK AND HAVE BOYFRIEND
bonnie?? katie???
fuck lesbian
wtf is with your poll?!?
bonnie?
katie?
if you are going to do a poll, at least get it right.
is so difficult know that Bonnie is Ginny and Katie is Cho? you idiot!
any way! im going to vote for Hr/R and everyone is going to do the same! why you fuck up? hahahaha
holy crap! get over yourself. its not like that you do not know who the fuck they are. bunch of effing whinny little kids.
@ann
Sorry about the mistake. I corrected it. Their name just didn’t cross my mind 4 in the morning, lol, so yeah :/
“She can’t really have a relationship, as every man she’s ever seen with is called her ‘boyfriend’ by the press and consequently doorstepped. She can’t get drunk and rowdy, or misbehave, or cry in the street, or pierce bits of her body, or do anything remotely controversial for fear of having her privacy invaded.”
POOR EMMA NO BOYFRIENDS NO PARTIES NO DRINKING OMG IT MUST REALLY BE BAD ALL YOUR MATES GO TO PARTY HAVE FUN HAVE BF CAN DRINK ETC WHILE YOU CANNOT DO THIS THINGS. BUT I GUESS SHE JUST LIKES TO BE LIKE THAT
That’s a pile of bull sh. We all know clearly she does all of that.
what and how do you know that? and what is “That a pile of bull?” in fact i think emma is little boring little ggodddy prim and proper daddy girl who wouldnt drink party or go out with boys just because she doesnt wanna dissiapont her parents and fans. she is sooooooooo boring
hey!!! what’s up with girl/girls action????
i’d like to see some hermy and cho tongue’s fight… jojo!!!
this article is full of fail:
“I’d just finished the last Harry Potter film, and it was the summer holidays and I hadn’t had a break,”
B.S. OoTP finished filming Oct/Nov 2006. Ballet Shoes was Aug 2007. She doesn’t start HBP until Dec. 18th. More than a year off.
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“The upshot, though, is that not only has most of her childhood been documented on film but that she has hardly had one at all.”
More BS. She had a normal childhood, she hasn’t had a normal teenhood. And doing interviews once a year doesn’t count as having your life “documented” on film.
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“Not many girls could be filming for nine months of the year and somehow get A grades in all four AS levels as Watson did last summer.”
What about the girls who juggle part-time jobs, piano lessons, dance lessons, gymnastic lessons, ACTING LESSONS, take care of their younger siblings, etc. and don’t have a private tutor OR get paid millions of dollars?
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“In fact, as the list goes on of all the things she’s missed out on, I begin to feel rather sorry for her. As a young girl she had to adapt to life on set away from her family. Her parents, she tells me, are both hard-working lawyers, which meant that neither of them had much time to visit her.”
Mucho B.S. Her mom lives in Oxford, her Dad lives in London, and poor Emma was left to fend for herself in Hertfordshire? Cry me a river.
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“She grew up with her mother, Jacqueline, in Oxfordshire but spent every weekend at her father Chris’s house in London.”
Wow I thought she had to adapt to life on set away from her family.
Isn’t Oxford, like, an hour away from London?
I was almost feeling sorry for her. Then I realized my parents both worked full-time and didn’t visit me at school and I was left to fend for myself. And I didn’t get paid millions of dollars and have articles written about me and how much I rule. I played sports, took music lessons and participated in extra-curricular activities that took time away from homework. But I didn’t have a tutor to help me keep up.
I did it on my own.
Sucks to be me, I guess.
But hey! Go Emma, you rock!!!
What’s the big deal if she does that in real life? She’s a teenager, a human in the first place, she’s not God or anyone perfect. Doing those things will not make her less of a person. Get over it obsess fans. Posts with points that she’s not drinking she doesn’t have a boyfriend won’t alter the fact that we all know she’s doing all those things.It’s better to drink, party and have a boyfriend than stealing, killing or stepping a person’s foot. Immatures.
she is still boring prim and proper litlle virgin
LOL AT U ALL: May I ask what all of THIS is? XD
LOL AT U ALL: Must I ask what all of THIS is? XD
BallisticBacon Says:
December 17th, 2007
LOL AT U ALL: Must I ask what all of THIS is? XD
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I guess that would be my “bias”, ButtRangerRicky. Or whatever you choose to call yourself today. Is it really so hard to pick a nick and stick to it?
Did you notice that you didn’t even attempt to argue my points?
I’m not surprised. You got nothing.
I quoted the article and posted why I disagreed with it and why I thought it was wrong. You did not.
You think I’m biased against Emma. Fair enough. I’ve given multiple examples of why I feel the way I do.
I’m still waiting for you to explain your “bias” FOR Emma.
I’m not holding my breath. Picking a new nick must be exhausting.
it’s been at least a half hour and you haven’t responded yet.
“pwned”!!!
dumbass.
Well, what do ya know? AngryAnt still works! It hasn’t worked for me in weeks! Sorry for the double post — my first one didn’t turn up initially. Anyway. . . .
You want me to respond to your little verbal fit there? There’s nothing to respond to. There wasn’t even anything there for you to disagree with. If Emma bemoans the fact that she’s not spending as much time with her family/friends as she’d like to, then that’s it. There’s no room for anyone to disagree. Having said that, yes, the article was a bit forced. It’s like the writer was TRYING to make us feel sorry for her, embellishing on certain things Emma said to suit his/her own needs, not unlike you.
There. Here’s my request: Explain to me what you would call a person who claims to have nothing against another person but a dislike for their acting abilities, and yet go out of their way to indirectly insult, undermine, and ridicule this other person at the slightest opportunity?
Oh, and to further prove that you’ve got some reading comprehension flaws you’ve got to look into, you ask me to explain my bias for Emma. Oh, you silly goose, you! I’ve only explained it twice in the past. It’s not my fault you keep running from my posts at the slightest threat. And since you brought up our last argument, I’ll be re-posting my last response.
BallisticBacon Says: December 14th, 2007
“Ok, I’m way too drunk”
Excuses.
“Apparently the fact I’m not kissing Emma’s ass calls my sexuality into question? Please)”
Please express yourself more clearly next time. kthanx!
“I don’t think Emma is a good actress. Sorry, but I just don’t.”
This is pointless! Reading comprehension: do you have it?
“Because you can’t express yourself clearly? LOL, dude you just shot yourself in the ‘nads with that one. If it’s a common occurence, the problem is with you, not us.”
I’m expressing myself quite clearly (how much clearer can “I don’t mind that you think Emma is a bad actress” be?), yet you fail to comprehend me.
“Perhaps if you’d get over yourself and try and understand how you come across and make an attempt to make yourself clear, it wouldn’t be a common occurence.”
You misunderstand me. It’s not a common occurance, period; it’s a common occurence when I’m discussing something with an idiot.
“So to sum up, it’s a common occurence on the “INTRAWEBZ” that people don’t understand you. And that makes them idiots and nimwits.”
Nope. It’s common that, when I’m talking to an idiot, they rarely comprehend my true meaning. They’re not idiots because they don’t comprehend. Subtle difference.
“Bias: I hate Harry Potter. Emma is associated with Harry Potter, therefore I hate her, regardless of how good she does as Hermione Granger. My hate for Harry Potter would make me BIASED against anyone associated with Harry Potter.
Bias: I hate English actresses. Emma is an English actress, therefore I hate Emma regardless of how good she does as Hermione Granger. My hate for English actresses would make me BIASED against any English actress.”
It’s more like. . .
Bias: I hate Emma’s acting, so anything related to Emma grinds my gears.
“Opinion: Emma isn’t a very good actress.”
You don’t get it, do you? Opinions: Everyone’s got ‘em, and I don’t mind. This isn’t about you not liking Emma’s acting. Are you this limited?!? Seriously, what the fuck–?!?
“Don’t bother responding. This is the last thing I have to say about it and I won’t be checking back”
Aw, nuts! I should read the entire post before I start responding to separate parts.
Know this, however: I enjoyed the back-and-forth.
Please don’t run away this time. I want to get this over with.
eh she will always be prim and proper daddy girl no drinking no sex no parties only studying and reading
Ermmm… Bonnie’s character is called Ginny. You knew that, did you??
Where the hell is my response to you in THIS topic?!?
poor emma: Please stop.
The spam detector sometimes mark non-spam posts as spam :/ Sorry about that.
That’s okay. It’s not likely my message would have been read, anyway. :I
BallisticBacon Says:
December 17th, 2007
Please don’t run away this time. I want to get this over with.
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LOL, running away? Bitch, please. Why would I run from you? You haven’t even come close to refuting what I’ve said. I quoted 5 things from the article. I posted my opinion regarding those 5 things. You’ve posted nothing.
It’s not that hard. Take what I’ve posted and tell me why I’m wrong. Start here:
“I’d just finished the last Harry Potter film, and it was the summer holidays and I hadn’t had a break,”
Your serve.
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“Ok, I’m way too drunk”
Excuses.
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Sorry child, but I’m old enough to drink alcohol and I only come on this site when I’m drunk. Yeah, that’s right you’re arguing with a dude drunk off his ass. Who can spell AND write coherently, AND cut and paste from an article, AND say why he disagrees with what was posted, all the while laughing at your ass.
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BallisticBacon Says:
December 17th, 2007
Please don’t run away this time. I want to get this over with
BallisticBacon Says:
December 17th, 2007
That’s okay. It’s not likely my message would have been read, anyway. :I
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We’ve already covered this. I have better things to do than to hit F5 repeatedly to see if your lame ass has responded. It could take a day, or two or three for me to get back here. Let alone remember which thread I posted to.
But if you wanna pat yourself on the back because I haven’t responded in the time period you think I should have and you wanna claim you “pwned” me and I’m running away, hey, go for it.
I really wanna think you’re a worthy adversary, but you’re just not.
Nice try though.
Sigh. This shows your maturity. Ad hominem attacks now!
1) I have no interest in debating your little diatribe there. And why should I? The “points” you made have very little to do with our ongoing debate, and you can’t even respond to MY arguments. Pointless. . . .
2) You’re always drunk here, you say? That explains a lot! lol
3) I’m gonna end this horrid charade as objectively as possible next post, m’kay? You see, I’m one of those rare people who can be objective enough to look at myself without bias.
The End
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Exhibit A: LOL AT U ALL
A faceless internet twit who enjoys childish ad hominem attacks, likes putting himself above others, assumes things that never were, and may or may not have a bias against Emma Watson and her fans. If the bias does not exist, he’s cutting it far too close; if it does exist, he has deluded himself into believing otherwise, to the detriment of his character.
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Exhibit B: AngryAnt, TheAngryOne, FuriousFred, ManicMonkey, BallisticBong, BallisticBacon (are there any more?)
A faceless internet twit who enjoys calling people out without adequate evidence, and who enjoys a favorable prepossession for Emma Watson. He is a social malcontent who has been repeatedly disappointed by the people around him and who begins pointless discussions with internet nobodies on the slightest of irks. Why he cares about revealing Exhibit A’s possible bias to Exhibit A is beyond him; he just wanted to put it out there. It quickly escalated, thanks in equal parts to Exhibit A’s habit of selective reading and carrying on a grudge (into non-related comments threads), and Exhibit B’s need to respond to direct antagonism.
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There. Wanna add anything? If not, let’s shake on it, get our sorry asses out of here and live to debate another day.:D
I’m not gonna fool myself, and neither should you: There will come another day when you dish out some of your patent Emma hate, and I will respond. Keep in mind that I already (and have for years) accept others’ opinions and we should have a nice little debate devoid of ad hominem attacks (if you can control yourself). ;D
Damn. My ENDING BLOW should turn up soon. Wait for it. I should also let you know that my post responding to your “points” regarding this article has appeared. Check it.
@BBacon:
Ad homimen, from Wikipedia:
An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: “argument to the man”, “argument against the man”) consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim.
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Kinda funny you should use that repeatedly in your posts when my point is that you NEVER respond to my points, but instead attack my character, i.e. I’m “biased”. Have I ever blown you off by claiming you’ve got your nose stuck up Emma’s ass? And attacking you personally?
My last post: …”I quoted 5 things from the article. I posted my opinion regarding those 5 things. You’ve posted nothing.
It’s not that hard. Take what I’ve posted and tell me why I’m wrong.”
Your response: “I have no interest in debating your little diatribe ”
Looks like we got a problem.
Tell me why I’m wrong, we got something to go on. Tell me I’m biased and when I ask for clarification and you tell me “Isn’t it obvious?” and we got nothing.
I admit I’ve kinda torked your nips with the name calling and so on, but I would really like you to directly respond to my points.
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My final point:
“There will come another day when you dish out some of your patent Emma hate”
I don’t hate Emma. I don’t like her portrayal of Hermione, I don’t think she is a good actress, I do think she is cute, but I don’t think she is talented. At least not in the acting sense.
My issue isn’t with Emma, it’s with the people who think Emma’s shit doesn’t stink and can’t get their heads around the fact that ANY 10 yr old girl who was picked to play Hermione would be world famous.
Emma is where she is because she was cast as Hermione Granger. Dakota Fanning is where she is because she’s Dakota Fanning.
And, although I hate to say it, Miley Cyrus is where she is, because she earned it. She didn’t fall into the most famous fictional schoolgirl of all time, she did it on her own. Her dad is Billy Ray Cyrus for crying out loud!!
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we should have a nice little debate devoid of ad hominem attacks (if you can control yourself). ;D
I’d like that. Just as soon as you understand what an ad hominem attack is, provide examples where I was guilty of one, AND you can control yourself
And I’m working on my 8th beer, that should be factored in as well.
“Kinda funny you should use that repeatedly in your posts when my point is that you NEVER respond to my points, but instead attack my character, i.e. I’m “biased”. Have I ever blown you off by claiming you’ve got your nose stuck up Emma’s ass? And attacking you personally?”
You would have a point had I ever pretended to be arguing your points. I haven’t (at least not these points). The entire point of MY argument IS the potential bias.
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“Tell me why I’m wrong, we got something to go on. Tell me I’m biased and when I ask for clarification and you tell me “Isn’t it obvious?” and we got nothing.”
Selective reading again? Go back and look at my posts. Please. You don’t have any reason to complain that I don’t give you examples when you blow them off whenever I present them. Lay off the (possibly non-existant) alcohol for a while, eh? ;D
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“I admit I’ve kinda torked your nips with the name calling and so on, but I would really like you to directly respond to my points.”
Really? I guess I can lay aside this silly “bias” argument and argue your actual “points”, but I just don’t feel obliged to do so for this article. I’ll repost my response to your diatribe; that’s all I have to say about this particular thing.
Here: “There’s nothing to respond to. There wasn’t even anything there for you to disagree with. If Emma bemoans the fact that she’s not spending as much time with her family/friends as she’d like to, then that’s it. There’s no room for anyone to disagree. Having said that, yes, the article was a bit forced. It’s like the writer was TRYING to make us feel sorry for her, embellishing on certain things Emma said to suit his/her own needs, not unlike you.”
Eh, don’t mind that little jab at the end, there.
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“I don’t hate Emma. I don’t like her portrayal of Hermione, I don’t think she is a good actress, I do think she is cute, but I don’t think she is talented. At least not in the acting sense.”
Yeah, don’t I know! lol
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“My issue isn’t with Emma, it’s with the people who think Emma’s shit doesn’t stink and can’t get their heads around the fact that ANY 10 yr old girl who was picked to play Hermione would be world famous.”
Yeah, I know this, too! But these people like Emma! Some don’t even care that she’s famous (I don’t)! And I think she’s a pretty good actress (nowhere near perfect, but I see great potential, and some of the directors who worked with her have echoed that sentiment). It doesn’t matter that anyone that could have been chosen would have been famous if we like Emma by way of what we see!
You have to understand, though, how someone who likes Emma, or even someone who’s indifferent to her, could see your posts. You only appear in order to respond negatively to her fans and to disparage her. Why is that? Anyone could think that you’ve got something against her and/or her fans. Maybe you’ve met a bunch of rabbid fans and in time were so sickened by them that your only release was to fuck around with them, but by doing so, I believe you would end up just as bad as they are. Equal and opposite reaction, you know.
Whatever your situation, you’ve got to understand how it looks to other people.
Hey, why didn’t you respond to my ENDING BLOW?
Emma’s response to this article:
“Emma is a little unhappy with the way that this interview portrays her to be some sort of victim when she absolutely is not. Many (most) of the quotes were either incorrect or completely made up…and Emma doesn’t want you to feel sorry for her!
Direct quote from Emma: “please for goodness sake no one feel sorry for me !!! I consider myself to be one of the luckiest 17 year old girls on this earth”.