Emma Watson Opens โขUp About โfeeling “Demoralized”โ by Film Promotion, Despite missing Acting
LOS โฃANGELES, CA โ – emma Watson, the celebrated actress known for her role in the Harry Potter franchise and films like โฃ The Bling Ring and Beauty and the Beast, has revealed a โคcomplex relationship with her career, admitting she finds โขthe promotional side ofโฃ filmmaking deeply “demoralizing.” In a recent interview with Hollywood Authentic,Watson detailed her feelings about the imbalance between creative work and its โsubsequent marketing,an issue she’sโค grappled with since stepping back from on-screen roles following โค2019’s Littleโค Women.
Watson acknowledged the extraordinary chance her career has provided, โฃrecognizing Harry Potter as a pivotal launchpad. โHowever, she expressed a strong aversion to the demands of โselling projects over โwhich she lacked important creative control. “A more vital element thanโข the work itself is the promotion and the sale of this work, of this work of art,” she explained. “The โbalance between theseโค two aspects can be considerably โฃdisturbed. I think Iโข will be honest and direct: I am not lacking [it].I found it quite demoralizing.”
This sentiment isn’t new. โคIn a 2023 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Watson described feeling “a little trapped” by โthe expectation toโฃ champion films withoutโ having a substantial voice in their creation. “What I found really challenging is to have toโ sell something on which I did not really have control,” she stated. “In front โขofโข a film,each journalist โคcould โฃask me:โ ‘How โขdoes that correspond to my point of view?’ It was very difficult.”
Despite her reservationsโ aboutโ promotion and the pressure that comes with being in the spotlight – a pressure she rediscovered even during a small, informal play with friends – Watson emphasized that โshe misses the act of acting itself. “I deeply miss it that I can’t โฃuse my abilities,”โข she told Hollywood Authentic. She described the immersive experience of filming as a form of intense meditation, a liberating escape from the outside world.
