Harry Potter star Emma Watson recently explained why she took a break from acting and reflected on why she stepped away from movies since Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. “I wasn’t very happy, if I’m being honest, I think I felt a bit caged,” she said in an interview with the Financial Times as shared by The Hollywood Reporter. “The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn’t have very much control over. To stand in front of a film and have every journalist be able to say, ‘How does this align with your viewpoint?’”
“It was very difficult to have to be the face and the spokesperson for things where I didn’t get to be involved in the process,” she explained adding, “I was held accountable in a way that I began to find really frustrating, because I didn’t have a voice, I didn’t have a say. And I started to realize that I only wanted to stand in front of things where if someone was going to give me flak about it, I could say, in a way that didn’t make me hate myself, ‘Yes, I screwed up, it was my decision, I should have done better.'”
Watson gained global fame through Harry Potter franchise. Following that, she went on to star in films like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Bling Ring, Beauty and the Beast, The Circle and Little Women, with that last film racking up six Oscar nominations. During her break from acting, Watson tried her hands on writing and directing.
She wrote and directed an advertising campaign for Prada. “People always told me I should direct and produce, even when I was on Potter,” she said. “I was worried it was just technical, not creative and I couldn’t bring what I think is probably my skill set. … Being a director seemed unattainable. I don’t think I had any confidence in that. I know it seems weird. I mean, I grew up on a film set.”
However, Watson didn't completely dismiss the possibility of returning to the screen, despite being away from acting for five years. “Yes, absolutely. But I’m happy to sit and wait for the next right thing. I love what I do. It’s finding a way to do it where I don’t have to fracture myself into different faces and people. And I just don’t want to switch into robot mode anymore. Does that make sense?”
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