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Since her role as Hermione Granger, Emma Watson’s attempts to escape the Harry Potter franchise’s shadow have included playing a theiving teenager in

and a psychotic version of herself in

In Emma is the iconic Belle.

You turned down a role as Cinderella – how is Belle different?

“I didn’t know they were going to make Beauty And The Beast at the time I turned down Cinderella. But when they offered me Belle, I just felt the character resonated with me so much more than Cinderella did.” Are you a fan of the original animated version? “I have loved Beauty And The Beast since I was about four years old. The movie came out the year I was born, in 1990, and I just fell in love with Belle.” Is there another Disney character you would like to play? “Beast – because Belle and Beast are two parts of the same whole. There is just something so interesting about the darkness in Beast – I just want to play someone who’s got that level of angst.”