Overview
- Watson has not acted in a film since production on Little Women wrapped in December 2018, marking roughly seven years away from sets.
- She says she "doesn't miss selling things" and found press tours and marketing demoralizing and harmful to her well-being.
- She describes the act of performing on set as intensely meditative and liberating, which she misses without the pressure of public exposure.
- She reports feeling happier and healthier during her break as she rebuilds personal foundations with home, family, friends and postgraduate study.
- Beyond appearing as herself in 2022 specials Pickled and the Harry Potter 20th anniversary reunion, she has not announced a return to acting.