Harry Potter star Emma Watson hasn’t made a movie in 5 years, and for a sad reason

Emma Watson has not been involved in a feature film since filming Little Women in 2018. The doors in Hollywood were open to the actress of Hermione Granger from 8 Harry Potter films. In a new interview, the actress has revealed why she’s been slowing down in cinemas after Beauty and the Beast and Little Women.

Emma Watson felt ‘like in a cage’

Watson has not been idle in the meantime, she is involved with various fashion brands and she campaigns for the rights of abuse victims and trans people. Her latest project is a CO₂-neutral gin variety that she sells together with her brother Alex. That’s why she answered questions from an interview with the Financial Times. In it, Watson spoke about her acting break and justified her withdrawal from the film business as follows:

To be honest, I wasn’t particularly happy. I think I felt a bit like I was in a cage.

According to Watson, it was particularly difficult to stand up for interviews for films on which she had little creative influence. So she made a decision:

I realized that I only wanted to advocate things that, if criticized, I […] could say, ‘Yeah, I messed that up, it was my choice. I should have done better.’

Otherwise she would “hate for it”Defending or apologizing for things she wasn’t responsible for.

What does Emma Watson do next?

Emma Watson is planning a return to film after a five-year hiatus. She has a new movie in the works that is set to start filming in early 2024, the article said. But there are no details about it.

It is possible that Emma Watson will return permanently to the film business as a producer, writer or director. Last August, she took a first step in this direction. Back then, not only was she the face of a Prada campaign, she also directed, wrote the screenplay and narrated the accompanying commercial.