This level of fame wasn’t easy for Watson to deal with.
“And sometimes the fear of doing things is overwhelming.
She continued her upward trajectory for a few years, but she eventually faded out of the spotlight.
Here’s why you don’t hear from Emma Watson anymore.
As she once toldEntertainment Weekly, “I have such a structure when I’m working on ‘Potter.’
I get told what time I get picked up.
I get told what time I can eat, when I have time to go to the bathroom.
Every single second of my day is not in my power.”
She wrote, “‘Harry Potter’ was my home, my family, my world.
BUT I DAMN WELL KNEW!!!
And still know.”
As she toldThe Timesin July 2016, “I’m 25 now.
“I think that there’s always time for me to work, I hope,” she toldUrbanette.
As she toldElleat the time, “So many people told me it wasn’t possible.
I kept saying, ‘I don’t care.’
This is what I want.
And graduating will, for me, be really symbolic of all of that.
I will be there.
And I will be throwing a huge party.
And getting very drunk.”
It just doesn’t feel right anymore.”
“I started as Emma with some Hermione still left in my system.
I went through the tunnel and I came out ready to start something new,” she said.
I had to find a way to understand who she was and what her motivation was coming from.”
Perhaps things would be different for her career today ifEmma Watson hadn’t turned down “La La Land.
“Though there were rumblings that she’d been cast as Mia, those rumblings didn’t hold water.
(The part ultimately went to Emma Stone, and went on to win her first Oscar.)
“Conflict-wise, it just didn’t work out.”
Instead, Watson had already committed to her role in “Beauty and the Beast.”
“That’s something I’ve sat in therapy and felt really guilty about, to be honest.
Like, ‘Why me?’
Somebody else would have enjoyed and wanted this aspect of it more than I did,” she said.
“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.
This is a unique moment in time and I intend to embrace the opportunity it presents for change.
And I instantly thought, ‘Oh my god, that’s me, that’s how I feel.
I feel like I’m always running against the current,'” she said.
… My directorial debut and Prada’s newest refillable fragrance, coming soon.”
“I wasn’t very happy, if I’m being honest,” she said.
“I think I felt a bit caged.
She took over the creative aspect of the brand, including everything from the imagery to art direction.
In September 2023, she returned to school to complete her MA in creative writing at Oxford University.
There have been a few incidents recently and she is taking every precaution necessary to ensure her safety.”
In July 2024, the same man was arrested at Oxford University after insisting on speaking with her.
Police have my possessions.
I’m on the run, there’s a danger to my life.”
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was shortly after released without bail.
