Emma Watson (Re: The Romance)

[Carol]

Richard:
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> Well, it sounds a little odd, but I am hoping he is not actually creepy about it.  Emma was an adorable little girl, and obviously really bright and precocious.  And she is a GORGEOUS young woman, and certainly just as bright and charming.  I remember one of the interviews where Rupert was asked about having a "crush" on Emma.  His answer was basically, "Well yeah.  Everyone is crazy about Emma." (paraphrased of course :))
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> It's just too bad for the Ron character.  It does seem that any time Hermione gets a little extra screen time or nifty lines, they are at the expense of Ron.
>
Carol responds:

Fortunately for Rupert, they haven't assigned Hermione to play Keeper or snog Lavender Brown! (Granted, neither scene involves speaking lines, but at least he gets screen time.) And, oh, yes, he gets to eat the love-potion-filled chocolates and declare his love for Romilda Vane. (I've seen clips and trailers.) Don't know whether she's assigned any of his lines; in the book, Hermione and Ron aren't speaking half the time, and the rest of the time, their lines aren't really interchangeable. No heroics to assign to her, either, at a guess--their battle with the DEs, left out of the film, is offpage.

Carol, who is definitely not "crazy about Emma"