Did Emma Watson Nearly Quit Harry Potter

The actor, who played Hermione Granger in the eight-film franchise, spoke candidly about why she almost didn’t reprise her role during the upcoming HBO special

Will see Watson reunite with co-stars Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and other cast members to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first film,

Sitting down to talk with Grint, Watson shared how she was feeling during the time she contemplated leaving the franchise. “I think I was scared, ” she said (via The Wrap). “I don’t know if you ever felt like it got to a tipping point where you were like, ‘This is kind of forever now.’

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Grint admitted that he too had thoughts about leaving his role. “I had moments like that kind of all the way through, ” he told Watson. “I also had 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. We were kind of in the moment at the time. It just didn’t really occur to us that we were all having similar feelings.”

In one scene, Watson, Grint and Radcliffe all discussed the intense fame that came along with their roles, which they performed throughout their childhoods. “It was around the time of

When things started getting spicy for all of us, ” Watson said. “The fame thing had finally hit home – in a big way.”

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Watson also revealed during the special that she went back and read a diary entry from around the time she was considering quitting

“No one had to convince me to see it through, ” she said. “The fans genuinely wanted you to succeed and like all genuinely had everyone’s backs. How great is that?”

Speaking on Watson’s feelings of loneliness, Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, said he felt like “people definitely forget what she took on and how gracefully she did it”. He also noted that while he had his “cronies” and Radcliffe and Grint had each other to lean on during their rise to fame, Watson was “not only younger but she was by herself”.

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“I honestly didn’t know how I was going to feel this morning, ” she admitted. “Then something happened where it was the comfort of the people that I’ve known for such a long time, and the history that we share, and that sense of safety. Then once I started feeling really safe, just enjoying everything that we made and we created and feeling like we could really celebrate and just enjoy being together.”

There has been speculation that the writer was shut out of the programme after her previous comments about the trans community resulted in a backlash.Emma Watson very nearly quit playing the role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter after filming the fourth film [via Virgin Radio UK].

The news came as a shock to fans who watched the Harry Potter ‘Return to Hogwarts’ reunion special over the New Year break. It saw several cast and crew members reunite to reminisce over their time making the magical Harry Potter films.

Emma Watson Reveals She Almost Quit Harry Potter Franchise

The three leading actors, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, all sat down to discuss some of the thoughts that ran through their minds while filming these hugely successful movies.

“I think I was scared. I don’t know if you ever felt like it got to a tipping point where you were like, ‘This is kind of forever now, ”

Said Watson. She was explaining that she had considered leaving the cast shortly before filming was due to commence on Order of the Phoenix.

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It turns out that Watson wasn’t the only one who had considered jumping ship. Grint, who played Ron Weasley, revealed that he also had thoughts of leaving the entire way through the series.

“I also had 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.

“We were kind of in the moment at the time. It just didn’t really occur to us that we were all having similar feelings.”

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Watson chimed back in, explaining that it was around the time of Order of the Phoenix that their international fame started to affect them.

Obviously, the three actors all stayed in their respective roles until the very end, featuring in all eight films. The series would certainly have been far different if the studio would have had to recast!

The Harry Potter ‘Return to Hogwarts’ reunion is available to watch on Sky and NOW TV here in the UK. If you watched the show as it went live, you might have caught these blatant editing mistakes!

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