Thursday, April 27, 2023

New photo and interview excerpt of Emma Watson for Financial Times HTSI

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From HTSI's Instagram
As one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood, having worked since childhood (she was 10 years old during the filming of the first Harry Potter film), @emmawatson's break from acting has been a profound change in her life. “I wasn’t very happy, if I’m being honest,” she tells Alex Bilmes in this week's HTSI. “I think I felt a bit caged. 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. 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 realise 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.’





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48 comments:

Thaïs said...

Great insight of her way of thinking. Really powerful and really valid IMO. I'm glad she's evolving towards movie making and being producer/director etc.

Also really glad for those new pics, lovely!!!

Anonymous said...

She is way more open in interviews now saying how she really felt about hollywood

im happy she is speaking her truth and ending so much speculation about what was going on in her career

Thanks for posting eden!

Anonymous said...

Around little women era you could tell she was no longer happy working on these films just how she was missing from nearly all the promo
its good to hear her own words on these things now and not rumors

Anonymous said...

she looks so free and happy in this pic i think getting away from LA for awhile helped her a lot

Eden said...

This is totally silly but someone else feeling uncomfortable when someone smiles a big smile but don't show their teeth? XD

Anonymous said...

We are finally hearing the real story of the last 5 years for sure and im glad to hear Emma is now putting herself more in control of her career and won't just follow whatever Hollywood studios want if she doesn't believe in the project or work she is doing
In Wonderland she also confirmed she only wants to work with trusted people and friends so hopefully she will be happy now and won't be upset or feel she is working on things that she cant control or do her best in.

Anonymous said...

sometimes kids who grew up with not the best teeth get used to keeping mouth closed when pictures are taken to avoid any jokes xd i know its why i smile with mouth closed to avoid looking goofy with my big teeth lol

Anonymous said...

Having to sell someone else art in promo that you aren't really invested in seems like it took a toll

Could be why she was not in LW promo that much as others guessed, like if she wasn't happy with the work or whatever i can see why she didn't want to be speaking about it

Making her own movies is maybe for the best and as she says at least there she can be like 'yup all the mistakes are mine i was in control'

Really her most interesting interview in a long time i must say

I feel closer to knowing the real Emma Watson here

Im glad she trusted us to know these things and feelings its hard to be so raw and open like that with everyone judging you.

Anonymous said...

Eden what do you think about this interview so far? it seems people think its her best one in years? just the insta comments and twitter everyone is very pleased with it?
maybe i haven't paid enough attention but feels kinda standard interview to me? i dunno xD

Eden said...

I feel like if there's one movie that triggered that feeling it would be more The Circle than Little Women. For all we know, she just had schedule conflicts with the Little Women promo. Again, it's not because we don't see results of her work that it means there was no work. I just don't see what about the movie she would be against.

Eden said...

"maybe i haven't paid enough attention but feels kinda standard interview to me? i dunno xD"

I agree XD But I think for a long time Emma kind of stopped talking about herself unless she could redirect it towards activism. This new interview, like the last one, feels to me like she's starting to open more again.

Anonymous said...

My money is on disney and batb and while it was a big hit i think the studio was rough on her bts just a guess but there are so many bad stories from people who leave disney liek all the marvel actors when they are free to finally talk about how people get treated it doesnt sound great?

Anonymous said...

I think she is secretly talking about that seth rogen comedy and how she likely didn't agree with the 'comedy' about her in it but went along with it at the time?

I get the sense if she was in control she would have changed her work in that movie or how she was treated by rogens "frat boy" type cast

Thaïs said...

@Eden, I don't remember what she would have been doing during LW Promo, that would have been schedule conflicts. Can you enlighten us?

Anonymous said...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/03/marvel-disney-visual-effects-artists-speak-out

bullying BTS is huge at Disney, I'm betting it was them plus, the circle and little women where something was not pleasing her various little things adding up or one big thing we might not hear about for awhile yet.

Anonymous said...

ppl are just happy that she explains to us what was wrong finally, we could all sense there was something and it was painful being shut out now emma finally ready to talk to us thats why fans are hyped ever since the birthday post

Eden said...

"@Eden, I don't remember what she would have been doing during LW Promo, that would have been schedule conflicts. Can you enlighten us?"

Nothing that we know of, that's why I said "Again, it's not because we don't see results of her work that it means there was no work." :)

Anonymous said...

This is what fans need to see honestly! Emma enjoying her life and taking control she does not let the haters or negativity stop her, she had to take some time out to plan her comeback now she is back and ready to take control love to see it

Anonymous said...

"i didn't get to be involved the process"

is key wording imo, she feels she was 'excluded' in some way from shaping her characters perhaps? or how she should act in promo for things and what she should be able to say were not up to her?

People with the strict rules over actors are again Disney.

So yes, I think they could be part of the problem but Emma wont name anything in particular as it could bring trouble to her so she has to be vague

Anonymous said...

lovely x

Anonymous said...

So good to see this absolutely stunning Woman back 😍 ❤️

Anonymous said...

working for the sake of just having work and not making things she actually wanted to make with all her heart maybe lead to burnout it was guessed here before but i think emma is kinda confirming it
now she works on her own time with the people she wants and for her own reasons and has fully creative freedom and control to make it in a way she can be fully proud of and responsible for the end result, no one else taking over it.

Anonymous said...

yay go emma!

also a post that is fully about emma and her career and everyone staying on topic??

The blog is healing!!! xD

Anonymous said...

This is totally silly but someone else feeling uncomfortable when someone smiles a big smile but don't show their teeth? XD


Seems perfectly normal to me

https://imgur.com/t4F2eam

Anonymous said...

D'après le poste de Renais spirit sur insta, il va se passer quelque chose demain ?👀

Roman said...

Haishh she looks so cute in this picture

Anonymous said...

On the insta of Renais spirit it looks like something will happen tomorrow ...

Anonymous said...

eden not sleeping through news???...wow a miracle ;)

Anonymous said...

queen slaaay!

Anonymous said...

she is entering a new era

love her so much

please be well emma

Anonymous said...

I bet she filmed a new advert for alex!

Anonymous said...

Woza she is coming back better than ever 😍✨️

Ellen said...

I don't think there is a specific movie she was talking about. I think it was more like a burnout feeling overall, maybe there were some parts in the film process that didn't appeal to her. Character development, the constant waiting for shooting a new scene, etc, etc. She talked about the waiting on Wonderland magazine interview, I took notice of that part instantly.

Emma has always been a very active, creative person and want to learn new things all the time. So I guess she felt kind of disconnected with the film making process.

Anyway, I'm glad she's opened up about it more!

Anonymous said...

Mother! wow what a turtle neck jumper

😍

Anonymous said...

Talking to fans again and actually letting us know the problem is important because it stops people from lying and making false claims about why she stopped acting

Anonymous said...

NGL this is the happiest have been to be Emma fan in a while, getting answers is a relief and ends so many false narratives about her that press created

Anonymous said...

As others have said I don’t think it was LW, I think she was unhappy generally well before LW but then worked on that as she trusted Greta and Amy, but didn’t do promo outside of online as (a) she didn’t have to, she has a wide enough reach without it and (b) she probably didn’t want to answer questions about the future as she wasn’t sure what she’d do
I think she’ll act again which is good to know but she needs to be creatively involved.

Eden said...

Turning the laptop off. Don't let anything new happen.

Anonymous said...

eden i saw your harmony shipping tiktok lol do some fleurmione edits pls! you will be huge sapphics will love it xD

I know its hard because fleur and hermione share like no screen time but i believe in your editing skills ;)

Anonymous said...

OMG Eden wake up!
10k emma feet pics released in her stories on insta quick!!

Anonymous said...

she seems to more have a calmer and gentler aura now, I like that

Eden said...

"I know its hard because fleur and hermione share like no screen time but i believe in your editing skills ;)"

XD I'd love to even try but I'd need the movies on my laptop, which I don't :(

"OMG Eden wake up!
10k emma feet pics released in her stories on insta quick!!"

You MONSTER!

Anonymous said...

Just one thing to note, this is almost certainly NOT her house. They rent out places to do these photoshoots.

Anonymous said...

She talked earlier about feeling caged in HP. But why did she continue then? She always had the choice to quit. But she was getting famous and making big $$$s. When you take on a role, you act out the director's vision of the film being worked on. Every actor has to deal with that reality. Even the best like Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Saoirse Ronan NS many other good artists are bound to someone's vision. They read the script, speak with a director and know what they are getting into. Their skill is being able to understand your character and being able to interpret that character with their light and dark angles. A good character actress understands emotions and motives and can act them out. That is film. I doubt any more than that had been expected of Emma. If you want to be an actress, that is your job, and that is the challenge to do it well, even with excellence. Has anyone ever seen Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronon, or Jennifer Lawrence play a wooden character?
I hope to see a film she directs and writes, but she needs to remain realistic about the industry and her own ideals.

Anonymous said...

No not necessarily, Emma has done shoots at her houses before (see Harry crowder as one example).

Anonymous said...

Emma’s done shoots at home

Anonymous said...

Its confirmed September 2022 in france when this happened check the interview

Holly said...

"She talked earlier about feeling caged in HP. But why did she continue then? She always had the choice to quit."

I don't know if you mean "Why did she continue 'HP' movies" or being an actress after the end of the saga. If the first, I think maybe she felt she had to finish what she had started. If the second, maybe since she'd acted in the "HP" saga for so long, it was a familiar territory, she wasn't sure what else to do and thought she could continue acting and see if it worked for her?

As for the rest of your comment, it's not uncommon for actors to express frustration about their job. That's why some of them turn to writing or even directing at some point. They feel like this is a way for them to be more in control of the whole process.