1. Emma as a person – overall impression
I think Emma is a very smart, polite, well educated young lady and I don’t think she’s a bad person. Obviously I don’t know her but I think she’s a nice girl, I don’t think she’s too much of a diva. I think as most people her age, she’s still not completely sure what she wants to do or be, her personality is still being formed and she has flaws, as everybody does. Now, personally, she isn’t exactly the typical person I’d hang out with, and I wouldn’t have much in common with her, because I think she’s quite posh and girly and loves fashion and all that, but you never know, really.
2. Emma’s acting in Harry Potter – is she a good Hermione or not? And why? How important is canon in this respect? What did you think of her performance in Half-Blood Prince as opposed to other films?
Well, to be completely honest, I don’t think Emma is a very good actress. I’m not saying she’s the worst actress ever, but I just don’t think she has a natural gift for acting. She does have some talent in that area and I believe she can (and has) improved over time, but only with a lot of work and learning. She needs to lose some of her bad habits, like moving her eyebrows too much and breathing heavily, because it makes her performance look exaggerated and fake. As to how she plays Hermione, well I think Hermione hasn’t been portrayed very faithfully in the movies, but this is definitely also the writers’ and directors’ fault. However, I believe at certain times she hasn’t played Hermione very well either, because other characters have been written differently from the book as well, but the actors make it so much better (and I can’t help but compare her to Ron/Rupert). I just think sometimes the way she speaks and acts makes Hermione less compassionate and caring then she is in the books.
About Half-Blood Prince, like I said before I think Emma is improving and her performance was better than in previous movies, but we didn’t really get much of her in this one (not that I’m complaining at all), and yeah, she still has loads to improve.
3. Emma’s acting outside Harry Potter (Ballet Shoes, The Tale of Despereaux)
I haven’t watched Despereaux, only Ballet Shoes, and I wasn’t very impressed with that one to be honest. Again, lots of heavy breathing, eyebrow movement, and her performance didn’t feel very real. It’s hard to explain but some actors just make you believe in them, it’s this thing that you can’t really put your finger on but it’s there, it’s a natural gift, and Emma doesn’t have it.
4. The fact that Emma didn’t do many roles outside of Harry Potter – a good thing or not?
Well, as I’ve explained, I don’t think she’s an amazing actress but I think she should have done more roles outside of Harry Potter because I’m sure she would have learned a lot (she’s a smart girl) and she’d have improved. Practice makes perfection or something like that, right? I think acting lessons are also very important, but she needs to practice her acting. However, she doesn’t really know if this is what she wants to do for the rest of her life, so…
5. Emma’s looks – overrated or not
I don’t think her looks are overrated… she’s a beautiful girl, for sure. Most people wish they could look half as good as her, including me lol. I don’t have much more to say about that. She’s not the most gorgeous woman on earth, but she has very classic beauty I think.
6. Emma as a style icon – is it a good thing for the Harry Potter franchise overall, or not?
I don’t see it as a bad thing per se, I mean I guess you could argue that her being so involved in fashion and all that takes time away from her, which she could be using to improve as an actress. But, if it wasn’t fashion it could have been anything else – it’s just another part of her and her personality, just like Tom Felton’s music, for example. So I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I guess it could be a good thing in terms of publicity, but Harry Potter gets plenty of that anyway.
7. Emma’s ambition and plans in life: acting, or modelling, or university, or all these
I think it’s good that she’s going to University, because it’ll give her time to think and make a decision. If she decides she wants to continue with acting, she needs to dedicate herself to it for some time, in order to become a better actress.
8. The way Emma treats Rupert in interviews and public appearances
Well, I think Emma likes Rupert, and sees him as a great guy and she treats him well for the most part. But I’m not gonna lie, I thought that her “horrible” comment was not considerate of her and a mistake (whether intended or not), and it certainly didn’t give her any points for my opinion on her.
9. Emma as a Ron/Hermione shipper
She’s a R/Hr shipper for sure, she’s said so in many interviews and commented on how she wanted them to get married and have kids, which is cool. She’s not a fan as in reading fanfiction online or drawing fanart, of course, but she ships them.
10. Your expectations: Emma in Deathly Hallows I and II, and beyond Harry Potter
I expect of Emma, in Deathly Hallows, a bit more than we’ve seen before, but I don’t expect her to suddenly become the best actress in the world, because that’s not gonna happen. I hope she’ll be better but I know she won’t be amazing, not to me anyway because, again, she just doen’st have the natural gift and she couldn’t have improved that much in so little time. As for after Harry Potter, I’ll probably only go watch her movies if the plot and other actors interest me – I won’t watch a movie because of her, but I will also not avoid one because she’s in it (if she does decide to act more, that is).
