Emma Watson Will Return To Harry Potter

The Harry Potter film series is one of the most successful franchises of all time. The original eight movies following a boy and his friends struggling to get an education while being constantly threatened with death made so much money that Warner Bros cannot seem to let the idea of continuing them, even if they also can’t seem to figure out how to make them work. A key part of that would be getting back the original stars of Harry Potter, but our trusted and proven sources have told Emma Watson will only return to the franchise if JK Rowling is not involved in any way. 

That is a pretty big ask on Emma Watson’s part, to cut the original author of the Harry Potter books out of the franchise entirely. While the reasons for Watson refusing to come back to the Wizarding World while JK Rowling is involved are not entirely specified, the safe bet would be how controversial the author and her social opinions have become in recent years. We have to speculate that JK Rowlings’ very public, very loud, and very constant commentary on the rights of transgender people in the United Kingdom (and broadly, the world) has made Watson not particularly willing to be further associated with her. 

Notably, Emma Watson made a comment at the BAFTAs earlier this year that many took to be directed towards JK Rowling. Watson was arriving on stage to present an award when fellow actor Rebel Wilson joked that the Hermione Granger actor “calls herself a feminist, but we all know she’s a witch, ” a comment that is a bit iffy in itself. Emma Watson replied “I’m here for all of the witches, ” which was taken in Internet discourse to be a tacit disagreement with JK Rowlings’ public beliefs on transgender individuals.

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At that point, there was significant backlash and much praise of Emma Watson for her off-the-cuff remark perceived to be about JK Rowling. In particular, Watson was described as a “woke brat” and that she was insufficiently grateful to Rowling for her film career (though Rowling was not initially supportive of Watson’s casting and little involved in the film franchise at the time). 

Since the end of the original eight movies in the Harry Potter film series, Emma Watson has starred in a number of films, including the Disney live-action remake of

And is one of the more selective actors of her generation, so it would seem likely that she is being pursued more heavily by Warner Bros than vice versa.

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This all puts Warner Bros into the position of potentially having to choose between the return of one of the stars that made the franchise or the author that has done significant damage to the franchise via their public persona but also has become increasingly involved in the expansion of the series. We will just have to wait and see what they decide.Emma Watson has opened up during the Harry Potter cast reunion about how she seriously considered quitting her role as Hermione Granger.

Her co-star Rupert Grint was surprised by Emma's candid recollection, admitting that he'd never really spoken to her about that period in her life.

I think I was scared, she explained in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. I don't know if you ever felt like it got to a tipping point when you were like... 'This is kind of forever now'.

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Emma later added: The fame thing had finally hit home – in a big way. No-one had to convince me to see it through. The fans genuinely wanted me to succeed and they all genuinely have each other's backs. How great is that?

Too: I also had kind of similar feelings to Emma, kind of contemplating what life would be like if I called it a day.

“But we never really spoke about it, I guess we were just kind of going through it at our own pace, and we were kind of in the moment at the time. It just didn't really occur to us that we were all probably having similar feelings.

Emma Watson,

Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton credited Emma with showing grace in spite of the tremendous responsibility she carried at such a young age.

Dan and Rupert, they had each other, I had my cronies, whereas Emma was not only younger, she was by herself, he pointed out.

Features Watson, Grint, Felton, Daniel Radcliffe and others from the films getting back together to reflect on memorable moments from the franchise.

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The Harry Potter 20th anniversary reunion, titled Return to Hogwarts, will feature Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and others. Watch the first-look teaser here.

HBO Max released a teaser for the highly anticipated Harry Potter reunion titled Return to Hogwarts. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who played Harry, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively, will join other cast members of the eight Harry Potter films for the special.

The teaser began with a visual of the Hogwarts clock tower followed by a shot of the Daily Prophet, which had the headline, ‘Hogwarts Welcomes Back Alumni’. Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) received invitations, with Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) making an appearance too.

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Emma featured in the final shot of the promo, walking down platform 9 ¾, with the Hogwarts Express waiting. However, her face was not revealed.

The Harry Potter reunion special celebrates the anniversary of the first film of the franchise, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which premiered 20 years ago. It will also feature cast members such as Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Evanna Lynch and others.

Fans expressed their excitement in the comments. “I can’t wait to see Dan, Emma and Rupert together after all these years. Such an iconic trio, ” one wrote. “If they announce a new movie continuing their story I will legit cry like a baby #HarryPotterFanAlways&Forever, ” another wrote.

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Some fans, however, missed the late cast members. “I’m sad that Helen McCrory, Richard Harris and Alan Rickman didn’t get the chance to join the reunion. May they all rest in peace, ” one wrote. While Helen played Narcissa Malfoy, Richard was seen as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the first two films. Alan essayed the role of Severus Snape.

“As excited as I am to see this, I still can’t deny how sad I am going to be seeing it without Alan Rickman. It’s incomplete without him, ” another fan commented.