Emma Watson Cast As Hermione

Watson was famously plucked from a crowd of would-be Hermiones during open auditions which took place at her school, and as soon as Potter fans were introduced to her in 2001's 

They knew that the role had been perfectly cast. Her droll delivery and adorably adult mannerisms suited Hermione perfectly, and as the series' cast grew into young adults over the course of eight films, it became clear that Watson's formidable talent was growing, as well. 

But immediate worldwide fame can obviously be tough for any kid to handle, and Watson was no different. In her conversation with 

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The actress said that she experienced a great deal of guilt over feeling burdened by said fame when the role could have gone to any number of other young actresses — perhaps one who would have handled the exposure better.

[It's something that] I've sat in therapy and felt really guilty about, to be honest, the star said. Like, why me? Somebody else would have enjoyed and wanted [the fame] more than I did. And I've... wrestled a lot with the guilt around that. Of being, like, 'I should be enjoying this more, I should be more excited, and I'm actually really struggling.'

The actress went on to say that, as a child, it was truly impossible to know exactly what she was signing up for when producers picked her to play Hermoine. I was nine years old, and I got literally picked out of a lineup in my school gym. It wasn't even an acting school, she said. And [I] got the first part I ever auditioned for... it's so bizarre and otherworldly, what happened to me.

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The star related how, as Pottermania swept the globe, she had to make a conscious effort to reorient herself mentally in the face of massive worldwide fame. [There have] been moments when everything just got so big... [that] I almost had vertigo on my own life, and it got so big that I felt disconnected. And part of, I think, my sense of peace within myself has been in remembering my identity as, like, I'm someone's daughter... I am a sister, I belong to a family, I come from a place, I have roots. There's a whole really big existence and identity that I have... that has nothing to do with [the fame].

Watson's is a struggle that has been faced by child actors for generations, but even among their ranks, few have experienced being part of a global phenomenon like 

Adapted from the wildly popular YA novels by J.K. Rowling, the eight films in the main series combined to gross nearly $8 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. When the 

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Cast literally grew up in front of the camera playing the same characters, a situation even fewer child actors have had to contend with. It was a prolonged and intense level of attention of the sort which would have been enough to make just about any ordinary kid flame out — but thankfully, Watson and her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint managed to come away from the experience as well-adjusted, successful adults.

Which took home well over a billion dollars globally. This Christmas Day, she can be seen in the latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel 

The flick is expected to do respectable box office thanks to its blinding star power and the sure guiding hand of writer/director Greta Gerwig, the creative mind behind 2017's widely acclaimed coming-of-age dramedy 

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Of course, Watson's present success largely came at the cost of anything resembling a normal childhood, but the actress seems to have come to terms with her experience and the struggles that came with it. Even if she had never made another film after the Harry Potter series

She would have been fondly remembered by fans around the world, but her boatload of talent ensures that she'll be gracing the silver screen for years to come — something she no longer feels quite so bad about.

Cast literally grew up in front of the camera playing the same characters, a situation even fewer child actors have had to contend with. It was a prolonged and intense level of attention of the sort which would have been enough to make just about any ordinary kid flame out — but thankfully, Watson and her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint managed to come away from the experience as well-adjusted, successful adults.

Which took home well over a billion dollars globally. This Christmas Day, she can be seen in the latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel 

The flick is expected to do respectable box office thanks to its blinding star power and the sure guiding hand of writer/director Greta Gerwig, the creative mind behind 2017's widely acclaimed coming-of-age dramedy 

Emma Watson Life Cast Face Cast In White Hydrocal Reinforced

Of course, Watson's present success largely came at the cost of anything resembling a normal childhood, but the actress seems to have come to terms with her experience and the struggles that came with it. Even if she had never made another film after the Harry Potter series

She would have been fondly remembered by fans around the world, but her boatload of talent ensures that she'll be gracing the silver screen for years to come — something she no longer feels quite so bad about.