Watson Oblivious to Oldman, Smith
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Emma Watson had “no idea” who Dame Maggie Smith and Gary Oldman were before she started filming the Harry Potter movies.
The British star – who shot to fame playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the popular film franchise – grew up in an academic family and barely watched movies.
And the 18-year-old insists she wasn’t starstruck when she first set foot on the Potter set – because she didn’t recognize most of her distinguished co-stars.
She says, “I didn’t go to acting school so I didn’t know that’s what I wanted to be.
“I came from a background of lawyers and academics and we just didn’t watch films in our household. I had no idea who Maggie Smith or Gary Oldman was.”
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