Emma Watson Needs Her Privacy
by EG
Growing up in the spotlight has taught Emma Watson the importance of separating her public persona from her private life.
Cast as Hermione in the wildly successfully Harry Potter franchise at just 9 years old, there was nothing Watson or her young costars could do to prepare themselves for being thrust into the spotlight.
“Dan[iel Radcliffe], Rupert [Grint], and I were kids when we got cast in this fairy-tale series, and what happened to us was kind of a fantasy story in itself,” Watson told Jessica Chastain for Interview Magazine’s new cover story.
“So the story of my life has been of public interest, which is why I’ve been so passionate about having a private identity,” she explained. “When I step into a character, people have to be able to suspend their disbelief; they have to be able to divorce me from that girl. And not having everyone know every single intimate detail of my entire life is part of me trying to protect my ability to do my job well.”
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Emma Watson stars in the recent blockbuster hit Beauty And The Beast and will be appearing this week in the new film The Circle.