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Emma Watson, the actress who became the childhood crush of many after featuring as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, turns a year older today. While she celebrates her 32nd birthday, we decided to go back in time and tell you of when she contemplated quitting the franchise that propelled her fame and the reason behind it.
Emma, who is also known for her women’s rights work, had starred in several other films besides the HP ones, including The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, Little Women and more. For now, read on to know why she used to wonder if she should continue acting in the fantasy films.
Based on the novels by J. K. Rowling, the fantasy film saw Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson play the leading characters of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger (respectively) from 2001 (HP & the Philosopher’s Stone) to 2011 (HP & the Deathly Hallows – Part 2). During the recent reunion – Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, director David Yates shared that Watson contemplated exiting the franchise around the time he signed on to direct the fifth film HP &the Order of the Phoenix.
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