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Emma Watson, in Rare Interview, Says She Misses Acting but Not “Selling” Films

She reports improved wellbeing, rejecting press tours as harmful to the work.

Overview

  • Watson gave a new on-the-record interview to Hollywood Authentic published Sept. 21, breaking months of public quiet.
  • She called promoting and selling films "quite soul-destroying" and said she doesn't miss the pressure or carrying a public persona.
  • Watson said she profoundly misses the craft, describing time on set as freeing and like an intense form of meditation.
  • Her last feature credit remains 2019’s Little Women, and she has sustained her acting hiatus while studying postgraduate work at the University of Oxford.
  • She teased she is working on something she has never done before but offered no details or timeline, adding that she feels "maybe the happiest and healthiest" she has ever been.