Harry Potter: Negotiatum Stallificatum!
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Deals, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Harry Potter, Remakes and Sequels
.jpg)
British tabloid News of the World is touting a major scoop this morning, and is printing direct quotes from Rupert Grint to back it up -- nevertheless, take it with a grain of salt. We're talking about British tabloids, here. The story, which has also been picked up by the New York Post, claims that 16-year old Emma Watson, a.k.a. Hermione Granger, has bowed out of the Harry Potter series, refusing an apparent last-ditch offer of around $4 million for each of the last two films. With the other two main players, Radcliffe and Grint, both signed for the completion of the series, the paper claims to have gotten confirmation from Warner Bros. that Watson is a holdout, meaning her part may have to be recast if this story actually holds water.
The actress has allegedly grown tired of the series and may have been moved towards a major career shift after a recent incident in which a stalker made his way to her high school and actually came in contact with her. "Emma doesn't want to do it anymore. She's tired of being known as 'that girl from Harry Potter," Grint reportedly told the paper, although the Post seems to mis-label this quote as having come from Radcliffe. Grint also adds: "Daniel and I are distant from her now. We don't text or talk to her when we are not filming." Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the series, is due to start filming in a few months. Again, this is all unofficial rumor-mongering at this point, and not the first time we've heard this stuff either.
EXCLUSIVE: Creepy New One-Sheet for IFC's 'Fear(s) of the Dark'!
EXCLUSIVE: Brand-New Poster for Ridley Scott's 'Body of Lies'!
Comic Creators Respond to Warner Bros' 'Dark Superman' Idea
EXCLUSIVE: New Photos from Spike Lee's 'Miracle at St. Anna'
Vin Diesel Will Press On With 'Riddick' Sequels
_thumbnail.jpg)
_thumbnail.jpg){kind=spacer}
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-18-2007 @ 11:19AM
Rich Drees said...
If true, she has really only herself, or at least her agent, to blame for being known as "'that girl from Harry Potter'. Both Radcliffe and Grint have done work outside the series in an attempt to show their range. (Radcliffe in the highly publicized stage production of Equus, Grint in the small films Thunderpants and Driving Lessons.) What has she done outside of the Potter series? Nothing. Shame, really, because I think she has shown some decent acting chops already.
Reply
3-18-2007 @ 11:37AM
Joseph said...
Not true, check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6460000/newsid_6464000/6464049.stm.
Reply
3-18-2007 @ 1:46PM
Elrond Hobbert said...
Sorry but I call BS. The British tabloids routinely report of Martian invasions and the like. Not worth the paper to wipe...
Reply
3-19-2007 @ 4:25AM
melina said...
Because she doesn't want to be "that girl from Harry Potter", she's going to end up being "that girl who turned down Harry Potter" ...(after it made her famous).
Reply
3-19-2007 @ 6:20PM
Fran said...
Playing Hermoine is a role of a lifetime and may be the best acting part that Emma Watson will ever get. When she gets much older, she will regret her decision to not see the role through to the end. We love you so much as Hermoine. If really true, please, please reconsider for all us Harry Potter fans.
Reply
4-27-2007 @ 2:44PM
lee said...
i love emma watson
Reply
5-09-2007 @ 1:42PM
lee said...
i think that she is beautiful and that i would go out with her
Reply
5-27-2007 @ 8:43PM
isha said...
you are nuts Emma..this film made you so famous and now you are turning the whole production down b/c you got "tired" the this life time oppertunity..how stupid is that!! Did you even consider us Harry Potter fans...we love hermoine without her the book will the unfinished and so does the movie
Reply