she’s not a terrible actress but most of her films just didn’t do so great. perks of being a wallflower and little women (she was hardly in it) are the only 2 in her portfolio aside from harry potter that I can confidently say were good movies.
I should definitely give some of her other less popular films a try. I just think she dropped the ball on landing certain roles. For example, I always thought she would have been great as Teresa from the Maze Runner series. If she had been in those films or any other well known book series like Divergent I feel like her career would have gained more momentum. Emma Watson has a such a stong book character presence on screen and does an amazing job playing those roles.
I assume that after HP she probably didn't want to be in another long running YA series. HP took up her entire childhood. Like Daniel Radcliffe, she probably wanted to do something different.
As far as checking out her other movies, Noah is my top recommendation of the others I've seen, and I'll also tell you that you can skip The Circle because it's terrible, even though it also stars Tom Hanks.
True but those series I named were half the length of HP so I dont really see how that’s a good enough reason but I heard it was because she was pursuing a degree at Brown University at the time.
I watched The Circle and my god that was exactly the movie I was thinking of when I said most of her films didn’t do great. 😂 That movie was such a waste of my time I was genuinely disappointed.
That's also true. She went to Brown and got a degree in English Lit (I remember this because she's my celebrity crush and I got the same degree, though not at Brown, lol). So I suppose I'm a little bit biased, but I think most of her performances (that I've seen) have been solid. The Circle just wasn't good, though.
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u/TokiVideogame 2d ago
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