Harry Potter and the Disappearing Co-Star

Admit it, you love the "Harry Potter" movies. The movies transcend age groups and have spawned millions of wizards-in-training. So are the much beloved tales about to lose one of its most important stars?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
That's the situation Emma Watson has potentially created with her inability to make her mind up about signing up for the last two films. Emma, who plays Hermione Granger told Newsweek on a recent visit to the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" set, " I don't know yet... I love to perform, but there are so many things I love doing."

Now before everyone panics and starts hiding beneath their invisibility cloaks, producer David Heyman says that Emma went through the same questioning process before signing on for the third and fourth films and he is cautiously optimistic that she will sign on for the last two.

Just to ease the situation, it might help if you keep your fingers crossed, your dragons in a row and chant a few spells and hopefully Hermione will stay enrolled at Hogwarts for a few more years.



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16. She's not unsure because she wants to take on other roles. According to Newsweek, she's a bright student and wants to go to University and explore other things to do with her life.

She also mentioned she doesn't want to be ungrateful because she's aware she's been given an amazing opportunity, she just doesn't know if its right for her. I can sympathize, it must be wonderful, but completely normal for someone so young, for whom a year seems like an eternity, to contemplate that sort of committment.

I hope she signs on though. College will always be there. These movies will not.

Posted at 10:20AM on Sep 29th 2006 by OfficeDrone4

17. Emma's done it this long, she can stick it out for 3 or 4 more years, this movie is making her rich, once it's done she can do whatever she wants!! You'd think the girl is missing out on child rearing and marriage!!

Even more, the HP Fan Community is SERIOUS about the Potter Lexicon, any casting change due to anything other than the death of the actor his/herself (RIP RIchard Harris!) will not be received well and could damage the rest of her career.

Damn teenagers have no focus... they never finish what they start!

Posted at 10:14PM on Sep 30th 2006 by Chloe

18. Emma Watson is gorgeous. She IS the best part of these films and NO ONE could play Hermione as perfectly as she does.

Miss Granger, you are not excused...yet.
- Dumbledore

Posted at 3:13PM on Sep 29th 2006 by len preston

19. Emma Watson, Hotter than Harry Potter. If she left the film would lose popularity, and the wizard fans would find something new. I say Begone Harry Poterbut !

Posted at 10:14PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Basil Beshkov

20. emma is one of the best actors on the film and it would not be the same it she did not continue the last few films

Posted at 12:59PM on Nov 5th 2006 by lillian wojciehowske

21. Yeah, I think she's just holding out for more money..

Posted at 2:13PM on Sep 30th 2006 by jaclynn

22. Emma, please don't go! I got intersted in acting becasue of your performance on this movie (and because of Daniel Radcliffe, sort of)! You are a great actress and your YOUNG! You have plenty of time to do what you wanna do! Stick it out for about four more years!

Posted at 1:52PM on Nov 19th 2006 by Aquarius

23. Whatever she plans to do is up to her. As long as she knows how much support she's got is all that matters. More money could be the case but I'm sure the want of a regular life is more like it. I can completely understand why this decision she will make is relevent. Whether the decision she makes is for personal gain or for her fans we've got to recognize what a great actress she is and what a great addition she has made to the Harry Potter series. No matter what she decides to do she's got plenty of fans who support her and will respect her for the deciscions she makes. Sometimes walking down the wrong path or going in a different direction will ultimately lead you back to the path you belong on.

Posted at 6:16PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by Haley

24. What an ungrateful little bitch to even think about turning her back on the potter films...if she weren't in them, no one would know her from the side of a truck for christ's sake. Emma hun, you aren't famous enough to be remembered if you let someone else take your role...at best, you'd be remembered for ruining the Potter movies by not sticking it out to the end.
I hate these teenage girls who think that once they get a little bit of fame they can be greedy and selfish and, well, ungrateful little bitches.

Posted at 4:05AM on Dec 12th 2006 by potterlover

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