Emma Watson admits she ‘couldn’t keep going’ filming ‘incest’ Harry Potter scene
Topics: Harry Potter, Emma Watson, TV And Film, JK Rowling
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Topics: Harry Potter, Emma Watson, TV And Film, JK Rowling
Emma Watson has admitted that an 'incest' scene in Harry Potter made her feel like she 'couldn't keep going' during filming.
Watson, 34, played Harry Potter's Hermione Granger between the years of 2001 and 2011.
Hermione, a witch born to non-magical parents (known as Muggles), attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and becomes best friends with Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint).
While we're on the subject of Hogwarts, 1 September marks 'Back to Hogwarts' day, when the three would be catching the train from Platform nine and three quarters back to those iconic halls.
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The character of Hermione was named by The Hollywood Reporter as the best female character of all time in 2016.
Despite her character making Watson a household name and quite frankly a national treasure - she doesn't look back on the entire experience fondly.
She has dubbed one of her scenes 'the most horrible thing [she has] ever had to do.'
Eek.
The 'incest' scene in question? When she has to kiss Ron, of course.
In Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hermione and Ron finally admit their feelings for each other and relieve a tension that had been bubbling away for years.
Speaking during the Return To Hogwarts special in 2022, Watson opened up about her uncomfortable experience kissing Grint.
Watson, joined by her co-stars, said: "Obviously us kissing was the most horrifying thing either of us have ever had to go through."
She added that it 'felt wrong on every level', and that they just 'kept laughing.'
Radcliffe then added: "I did not make this better, because I’ve been told significantly that I was just being an absolute d**k about this and was like, 'I’m gonna come on set and watch you guys kiss.
"I’m sorry about that, guys."
Speaking further on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Watson echoed the same feelings.
She said: "It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever had to do.
"Not because Rupert isn’t lovely - and there are millions of girls out there who would probably chop their left arm off to kiss him - but it just felt like incest. That’s the only way I can describe it.
"The great thing about kissing is that you close your eyes, so it was fine when I was actually kissing him because I had my eyes closed. So I could not think about the fact that it was him.
"The worst bit is when we had to open our eyes and look at each other because then it was just like, and then we couldn’t keep going."
I think it's safe to say she didn't enjoy filming that scene.