Emma Watson: I'd Go Naked

Emma "Hermione" Watson sat down with The Times and told them she's okay to bare all in the name of her craft.

The 18-year-old Chanel model and "Harry Potter" star talked about making the transition from child star to grown-up actress.

"I'm at a strange age... I'm not a woman yet, but I'm not a girl any more. [Film companies] say, 'Oh, in a couple of years you'll be perfect for this.' I'll be like, yeah, but I want to be studying English then, so it's going to be quite tough to choose between the two...

"I have enough to hold me together without fame," she says. "I have a really supportive family and a full life away from Harry Potter. It's unlikely that I'll be part of anything this big ever again, so I need to deal with that. I'm not going to take a job just because, shit, I'm not doing anything else." She still loves acting, naturally -- she would even, steady chaps, go nude. "Yes," she says. "For Bernardo Bertolucci. It . . . depends. I'm not getting my kit off any time soon, but it is part of my job."

Costar Daniel Radcliffe is currently baring all in Equus on Broadway.

Here is Watson at the LA premiere of cartoon 'The Tale of Despereaux' Sunday night:

Comments

[MrJM]

"I'm not getting my kit off any time soon, but it is part of my job."

Really?

I thought Shakespeare wrote his plays for thespians, but I don't remember nudity being "part of the job"...

Too bad Ms. Watson wasn't there to explain "acting" to the Bard.

-- Mr. JM

[unclesmedley]

Oooooh, the bard...! What's a Shakespearean purist doing reading and commenting on a potentially naked tween anyway? Tsk-tsk and tut-tut, Mr JM.

[LeBeau59741]

The young lady is 18 years old- hardly a " 'tween".

[kathy001]

And Shakespeare comes into this......how?????

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

Thou dost causeth me to gageth.

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

This is the era of film, when acting is done not only by words, but also by visual expression. A woman of any age, whether attractive or not, is a representation of femininity when clothed or naked. You can appreciate the goddess within women as you chose and many of us delight in the beauty of the naked woman. That is not base; it is human nature.

[lisa12345]

Right, that's why people date.

[cdub1991]

Shakespeare wrote his plays for thespians, but I don't remember nudity being "part of the job"...
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Nope. Shakespeare just through in all of the violence and dirty jokes for the plebs in the front row.

[SkuddGobang]

WAit... did Hermione just use the "S" word?

[SkuddGobang]

Why am I thinking that there's a production of O Calcutta on the way with nothing but Harry Potter alumnus?

[me again]

All the Harry Potter kids will go nude!

[bartonfink]

I'm holding out for dumbledore's saucy details spread sans everything but his magic wand

[brendanm]

Just for that comment, I'll watch Barton Fink right now.

[jsgaetano]

I have a role for her. The casting couch is open!

[curiousasheck]

That's pretty sad. Very sad in fact.

[rektruax]

Yeah... Hungry children, sweatshops, and holiday season suicides got nothing on the blabbing silly statements of a teen child star.

[Merckx]

Every actor has to make a decision whether if offered, they would take a role doing nudes scenes.
It's no big deal. When I read this story, I was ambivalent about it. Reading the comments, like this one, tells me more about the commenter then the actor.

[curiousasheck]

Oh so you really think I'm that stupid and gullible huh?

So her parents just say something like . . honey you have to screw these old ugly producers to get ahead in the game. Your young. Take advantage of it and get the money.

Pretty sick stuff.

[bookon]

I feel dirty,
Oh so dirty...
I feel dirty,
and wicked
as slime...

[That Guy]

my thoughts exactly.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

... to the tune of ... ?

(And yes, I get it.)

[bookon]

west side story...

[Tunghoy]

Or maybe I should say, "Axio cocktail dress!"

[Tunghoy]

Eek. I gotta take a cold shower.

[zenwhenicanbe2]

Allakazam Allakazoo
Hemione's Heiny for all to view!

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

Sheath that wand.

[Wirehedd]

think some of these guys are hoping for the happy daggar scene in Romeo & Juliet.