Emma Watson Had No Idea She Was A Millionaire While Living On Just $75 A Week
Emma Watson Was Living On A $75 Weekly Allowance When She Discovered Her Harry Potter Fortune (Photo Credit: Warner Bros.)

Emma Watson has probably played one of the smartest characters in the Harry Potter franchise, but when it came to her own bank account, even Hermione Granger didn’t know the maths.

While millions of fans watched Watson grow up on screen, all she got was bare-minimum pocket money. Till 2010, when she was 20 years old, he had no idea that her fortune was in the millions.

It was during a conversation with her father that she finally found out how wealthy she had become. And instead of celebrating the news, her reaction was completely unexpected.

Emma Watson’s Net Worth After Harry Potter Made Her Feel Sick

According to CBS, in a 2010 interview with British Vogue for its December issue, Emma Watson revealed that she had been completely unaware of the massive fortune she was earning through the Harry Potter franchise.

At the time, the 20-year-old actress was reportedly worth approximately $32 million. However, she hadn’t always known how much money was coming her way.

Watson explained that her earnings had begun to grow significantly by the third or fourth Harry Potter movie. But as a teenager, she had little understanding of the actual figures involved. “By the third or fourth film, the money was starting to get… serious. I had no idea,” she told Vogue, according to the Telegraph.

Emma Watson Was Living On Just $75 A Week Despite Her Millions

Before discovering her fortune, Watson had been receiving a weekly allowance of approximately $75.
Yes, the actress who played Hermione Granger in one of Hollywood’s most successful film franchises was getting pocket money like an ordinary teenager.

According to her British Vogue interview, Watson was around 17 when she finally had what she described as a “money conversation” with her father, Chris Watson.

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It was during this discussion that she began to understand the scale of her earnings from the movies. Watson’s earnings weren’t just impressive for someone her age. They had also placed her above some of Hollywood’s biggest names.

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