It’s been three years since Emma Watson hung up her Hogwarts hat and headed to more indie fare in movies like My Week with Marilyn and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. However, she’s returned to her big blockbuster roots on March 28 by playing Ila in Darren Aronofsky‘s Noah.
Gary Oldman is one of those actors who can draw me to a movie just because his name is on the poster. While unfortunately that sometimes leads me to go to screenings for movies like Paranoia, most of the time it pays off because Oldman is a great actor. However,
Most teenagers have a pretty similar experience—dating, high school, prom. But most teenagers didn’t grow up spending their time on one of the most successful movie sets of all time. Emma Watson started playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series when she was just 9-years-old, thus eliminating the possibility of a normal high school experience. So the British actress jumped at the chance to portray a typical teenager in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe prepared for filming of the franchise’s eight installments by listening to music from a select few groups.
“My acting tutor said the hardest thing for me was to get angry. I almost broke down in tears when they tried to get me to be angry.:
“If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the ‘child actors’ argument… If I can do it, in the biggest film franchise of all time, no other child actor who comes after will ever have to answer those same bloody questions.”
“They found me and picked me for the part, and now I’m desperately trying to find my way through it.”
“If I can actually do it, having been in one of the biggest franchises ever, then that can end the debate. It is possible. That’s what’s my mission is,” Radcliffe says.
