Emma Watson Has a Scary Reason for Refusing to Take Selfies With Fans – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Emma Watson is one of the most famous people in the world but dont expect her to pose for selfies or take photos with fans when shes out and about or at an event. Yes, shes a celebrity but she wants privacy too.

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The actress rose to fame as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film franchise based on the best-selling books by J.K. Rowling. She (and her character) grew up over the course of 8 films that spanned nearly a decade. By the time the final installment in the movie franchise hit theaters in 2011, Watson and the rest of the Harry Potter cast had become a major celebrity with a loyal fan base.

With the wizarding world behind her, Watsons star power has only continued to grow. She played Belle in a live-action version of the classic Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast. And in 2019, she starred in Greta Gerwigs Oscar-winning film, Little Women.

During a February 2017 interview with Vanity Fair, Watson explained why she declines to take photos with fans. Its not the pictures that bother the actress its when they are posted and give away her exact location.

For me, its the difference between being able to have a life and not. If someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds theyve created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 meters, she said. They can see what Im wearing and who Im with. I just cant give that tracking data.

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She continued, saying she might spend a few minutes talking to fans.

Ill say, I will sit here and answer every single Harry Potter fandom question you have but I just cant do a picture, Watson said. When am I a celebrity sighting versus when am I going to make someones freakin week? Children I dont say no to, for example.

Watsons no photos policy might seem a little unorthodox but it comes after years of dealing with stalkers. It all started when shed been 11 and the first Harry Potter movie debuted. Since then stalkers have been something shes had to think about in her daily life.

In 2012, while on location in the Oyster Bay area of Long Island, New York, filming Darren Aronofskys Noah, a fan found their way onto set where they sought out Watson, according to Express. The actress recognized them as someone who had been lurking outside her home and they were quickly escorted out.

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By 2014, Watson had hired a former police officer as her bodyguard. Paying them 90,000 or approximately $108,000 the Harry Potter actress is said to always have her bodyguard at her side even if shes just going out dinner.

A bodyguard isnt the only security measure Watsons taken to protect herself against stalkers. After seeing a home via Skype, she bought it sight unseen because the property had a discrete (i.e. paparazzi-proof) entrance. As the actress in her Vanity Fair interview, privacy is not an abstract idea.

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