Despite possessing a huge fortune and worldwide fame, Emma Watson still has an obscure obsession.

The unexpected cause behind 5 years of “disappearing”

Emma Watson was born in 1990, gained global fame from childhood when she played the witch Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. She continues to impress by appearing in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and more recently Beauty and the Beast (2017), Little Women (2019).

In fact, Emma Watson hasn’t acted since December 12, when she wrapped up filming the “Little Women” adaptation. After that, the British star encroached on business. In 2018, she was invited by fashion group Kering – Gucci’s parent company – to the board of directors, standing on a par with many other successful entrepreneurs.

It wasn’t until a recent interview with the Financial Times that Emma Watson said for the first time that she felt “very unhappy” with her career as an actress. That is why she stopped acting at the end of 2018, so far there are no specific plans to return to this job.

Watson said that, as the star of a movie, she felt all the criticism was directed at her, or she was responsible for problems she had no control over.

“I felt like I was locked in a cage, and one of the hardest things was answering questions I couldn’t control. For example, when a new movie comes out, every reporter might ask me, ‘Does that detail really fit your point of view?’ It’s hard to be the face and spokesperson for such things,” the British star said.

Still, Watson said, he will continue to wait for the right opportunity to once again stand in front of the camera. She said: “I’m happy to wait for the right thing next. I love what I do and don’t have to try to be different people to please others.”

Emma Watson’s answer also somewhat refuted rumors last year, when many newspapers suggested that the reason she quit acting was to spend time with her rumored fiancé. Watson’s own manager told Entertainment Weekly: “Emma’s social media accounts are hibernating, not her career.”

The past “struggled” for fame

The Harry Potter series is a franchise that grossed $7.7 billion worldwide and has won the hearts of audiences across the globe, even in 2023 people are still watching and enjoying the film. The huge success brought the young cast explosive popularity. However, not everyone enjoys being the center of attention, and Emma Watson is one of them.

Young Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter films.

Living a life of luxury and fame may sound tempting, but the complete loss of privacy in public is also a big problem.

In an interview with British Vogue, Emma Watson shared that she was only 9 years old when she became a star and since then, she has struggled to cope with the condition. The star sometimes even feels guilty about it.

“I sat in therapy and kept thinking: Why me? If it were someone else, they would definitely love and enjoy this aspect more than I did. And I struggled a lot with guilt around that. I should have been excited, I should have been grateful, but I couldn’t really do that,” she said.

In a separate interview with Vanity Fair, Watson shared that she loves acting, but movie premieres will make her nervous and often feel like star life isn’t for her.

“I’ve been doing this job since I was 10 or 11 years old. Sometimes I often think, is it my fault for being too serious? Or is it because I’m too fastidious? Am I unusual?”

She also frequently has to repeat herself about her true roots and identity. That brings a certain weight, helping her find the direction of life, not becoming a fictional character in any series or movie.

“It was one of the very difficult things for me, because when we were in this movie, all three of us—Dan, Rupert and me—were just kids. What happened to us in itself was inherently like a fantasy story.

‏Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe và Rupert Grint.‏

Therefore, the story of my life has gained more and more public attention. That’s why I’m ‘obsessing’ about my own private identity. I wanted to have a separation between the character who played the role and the real-life self.”

Emma Watson’s moves and mentality are understandable because she entered the limelight at a very young age. In particular, a few years ago, after 1 speech about feminism, she was also threatened by hackers to publish a series of sensitive photos on social networks because her statements made him angry. Watson did not hesitate to express his extreme anger.

That is why despite becoming a famous star with a fortune of tens of millions of dollars, Watson’s image in front of the media is always a woman with a private life. Audiences have never heard of Emma Watson partying, lavish parties, buying expensive items or getting into erotic noise. On the contrary, people heard that she went to school, gave speeches, called for change in the community’s perceptions and actions in the face of painful realities… She herself always thinks that her personal life is very simple, even boring, so fans do not need to be curious.