Daily Express

Emma: ‘Abuse is widespread’

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HARRY POTTER star Emma Watson is the latest actress to speak out about sexual harassment, revealing she has experience­d every kind imaginable in her almost two decades in the industry.

The woman who came to prominence as an 11-year-old playing Hermione Grainger in J K Rowling’s film franchise feels that unfortunat­ely it is all too commonplac­e. “It’s amazing because I have experience­d the full spectrum [of harassment],” she told Variety. “But I think that for me what is amazing is that my experience­s are not unique, the experience­s of my friends are not unique, the experience­s of my colleagues are not unique. This issue is so systemic, structural.”

Speaking after Sunday’s Golden Globes the 27-year-old said she wants more focus on the subject generally and not just in the film industry.

“The statistics around – even in the United Kingdom – women between the ages of 18 and 24, huge, huge, huge numbers, say that they have experience­d sexual harassment in the workplace,” she said. “You realise, if you speak to most women, they have an experience, they have a story.

“We’re just uncovering. We’re just scratching the surface of this, which is what’s really crazy.”

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