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Compiled by: Jack Foley
Q. How do you feel about growing up with your character
and what are you doing after the films have finished?
Emma Watson: Not very much I can really add to
that but it feels like I don’t really have to act any more.
I’m so close to her and know her so well and there’s
so much of me in her and her in me that it feels like I’m
barely doing anything sometimes. It’s been wonderful and
I’m very fond of Hermione’s character and she’s
turned into someone that a lot of people can identify with and
I think she’s a great role model. She’s great.
Q: I wonder what strategies you have developed over the
years when each of the new books has been published. Are you just
like every one else of your age queuing up to get it and see what
has become of your characters? And what are your thoughts for
the final instalment?
Emma: I queued up like everyone else for my sixth Harry
Potter book and I read it in two days flat. I loved it; I got
really into it. And for future instalments, Hermione and Ron have
got to get it together, this has been going on so long now! [laughter]
So that’s my hope for future instalments.
Rupert: I’ve always been a really big fan
of the books, ever since before all this started, and I really
do still enjoy reading the books. I’m actually looking forward
to…in the fifth one the playing Quidditch. I think its Ron’s
turn to sort of try that out, so I’m looking forward to
that.
Q. You now have a lot of power as you have become so
closely related to these roles, how aware are you of this?
Emma: I wouldn’t really think about it in terms
of power, I would kind of think about it in terms of responsibility.
Kids love these books, live and breathe these books. I think they’ve
impacted a lot of people’s lives. I think that Dan, Rupert
are aware that people are so fond of the characters and they’re
so fond of everything to do with the series. I was a huge fan
before I even started being in these films and I would be upset
if we did a film that didn’t do the books justice.
Q. This has been given a 12A rating; it’s much
darker and scarier than the other films. Are you worried that
your younger fans won’t get to see?
Emma: I think to some extent our audience who were first
fans of Harry Potter are growing up with the films, so that works
out OK. Yes, to some extent we might have lost some of the much
younger audience. I’m in it and I was scared but at the
same time I think that we will have gained from it. I think this
one is much more of a thriller than it ever has been before. I
really like it and it’s always been about staying faithful
to the book.
You can’t avoid the fact that someone dies in it at the
end of the day. There are some very serious and deep topics in
it. You just can’t avoid it. I love the fact that they haven’t
pulled the punches, I love the fact that they have gone with it
and that they’ve made something which is true to the book.
I think they’ve made a really, really good film. So yes,
but I think it was the way to go.
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Q. Are you reconciled to
the fact that the books are coming to an end and that you’re
going to have to take other acting jobs quite soon? If so, what
your thoughts are in that direction?
Rupert: I did another film after the fourth one
called Driving Lessons.
Emma: One of the things that got me so into acting
and one of the things I loved about acting was being on a stage
with a live audience. So I think maybe something I want to try
and act is something in a theatre. So maybe that, and also one
of the amazing things that’s come through being in this
film is all the choices and the options I have from now. I’ve
had so many scripts through, which is fantastic, and I’m
reading away and hoping to find something I really fall in love
with. I think I’d like to do something quite different from
this, maybe something a bit smaller. But we’ll see!
Q. How much do you think you have matured along with
your character and did you make many suggestions to the director
in terms of your own acting?
Emma: I think that was one of the great things about
Mike. He really treated us like adults and he gave us the responsibility.
I remember sometimes I was just being “Just tell me how
to do it! Please just tell me, I can’t do it. I can’t
get this right”. And he was like “I can’t tell
you and I’m not going to tell you how to do it. It’s
got to come from you”. He guided/directed us. I think I’ve
definitely, definitely learned a lot from Mike.
Rupert: Compared to when I did the first film
and it was a whole new experience, I’d never done anything
like it before and it was all a bit scary. Now I think we’ve
all probably learned quite a lot since then. It’s quite
strange having a new director each time, you don’t really
know what to expect. Mike was great this time; he was a really
good laugh. We had a good time.
Q. You have allowed Harry Potter to take over your life
for the last five years. What is the stand out memory for the
past five years?
Emma: It’s really difficult, because you can’t
really put a finger on one specific thing. Maybe at the end of
the huge time it takes to film it the highlight is seeing the
finished product, that’s definitely one of them.
I get excited before we start shooting, where you begin to see
all of the concept ideas and you go through the script, and possibly
some of the amazing places we’ve been able to visit. I’ve
been to China, Japan, New York.
It’s really difficult to put a finger on it. And it’s
just been...the past five years…an amazing, amazing experience.
It will be a highlight of my life probably I think that’s
a better way to look at it.
Rupert: There’s been loads really, I mean
like the first one I guess was getting the part, that was amazing.
And the travelling, you get to do, places I’d never go if
it wasn’t for doing this. I’m quite grateful for all
that part of it, and it’s been a great five years. I’ve
missed quite a lot of school as well.
Q. What are your favourite bands and records at the moment?
Rupert: I dunno, I’m sort of into rock at the moment,
like AC/DC. They’re quite cool. And The Killers, they’re
quite cool as well.
Emma: I like a huge, really wide taste in music.
The last CD I bought was Imogen Heap. It depends. There’s
sort of two genres for me, there’s what I like dancing to
and what I like listening to.
I really like Damien Rice; I’m listening to Natalie Imbruglia’s
first album again, and her second one which is really good. And
then for dancing to I love hip-hop. I don’t really know
where to start there’s so much stuff.
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