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EMMA’S STRUGGLE AS A LITTLE WOMAN
The actor felt guilty when she couldn’t enjoy the fame much
Emma Watson, who, as a nine-year-old, was picked to play Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film franchise, says that she “struggled” with being a child star. Life took a 360degree turn when she landed the role, and for the longest time, Watson, 29, felt guilty of robbing fame that another might have cherished more, she said during an interview with British Vogue. “I’ve sat in therapy and felt really guilty about it,” said the actor, reported Fox News. “I’m like, ‘Why me? Somebody else would have enjoyed and wanted this aspect of it more than I did. And I’ve struggled with... I’ve wrestled a lot with the guilt around that. I’m like, ‘I should be enjoying this a lot more, I should be more excited and I’m actually really struggling’,” she added. “It’s so bizarre and otherworldly what happened to me,” said the The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2016) actor who, desirous of becoming an actor since age six, trained at a theatre school in Oxfordshire, UK.
She acknowledged and described the importance of her “roots”, which she believes kept her grounded. “Part of what’s helped me find peace is there were moments when it got so big where I almost had vertigo and felt it got so big that I felt l disconnected, and part of the peace within myself is remembering my identity,” she said. “I am my mother’s daughter, I am my father’s daughter, I am a sister. I belong to a family. I come from a place, I have roots. There’s an identity that I have that’s really important and weighted and solid, that has nothing to do with any of that,” she continued.
Watson, who stars in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, also opened up about the anxiety she suffers for going out in public, saying that at times she uses disguises to blend in with the crowd. “Halloween is great for me,” she joked. “I can be anybody.”
ANI