Emma Watson: "I'd like to play some American high school girl"

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Eleven-year-old Emma Watson, who makes her big-screen debut as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, told SCI FI Wire that she wants to be an actress when she grows up. "I love acting," the young Brit, who beat out thousands of other child actors vying for the coveted role, said in an interview. "Now that I've played the snotty, bossy, posh Hermione Granger, I'd like to play some American high school girl. I want to play something totally different. I want to play every kind of character and every point of view, but I'm probably going to be playing Hermione for a while."

Indeed, even as Sorcerer's Stone arrives in theaters nationwide on Nov. 16, Watson--along with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), Richard Harris (Prof. Dumbledore) and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), as well as director Chris Columbus--are ensconced at Leavesden Studios in England shooting Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, based on the second of J.K. Rowling's best-sellers.

Watson reported that she's most excited by the prospect of Hermione turning feline in The Chamber of Secrets. "A potion turns me into a cat," she said. "I love cats. I'm obsessed with cats. I have two of my own--well, one; I have one, and the other belongs to my brother. My cat is named Bubbles, and I think she lives on my bed, literally. You can tell she's my cat. So to be able to turn into a cat on film will be so cool. I don't know how they're going to do it [through makeup or CGI], because I'm not involved with the technical stuff. You'll have to ask Chris Columbus. [But] it'll be like a dream, to see myself as a cat."

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