Emma Watson Gallery

Emma Watson looks stunning in black and white for Interview Magazine‘s
new May 2017 cover

Here’s what the 27-year-old actress had to share with interviewer
Jessica Chastain:

On overcoming the fear of expectations:
“When I was auditioning to play Hermione, I had this fearlessness, because I wasn’t aware of anyone else. I just knew I loved that girl and I loved that role and I loved that world, and I went for it. But now I have this other thing to overcome, like in Beauty and the Beast I sang for the first time, and journalists would ask me, ‘Do you think you’re going to be able to pull it off?’ There’s an incredible awareness that I have to push through. The night before I gave my speech at the U.N., I was an emotional wreck. I thought I was going to hyperventilate.”

On the effects of technology and social media:
“I think our fears find us and force us to confront them over and over again. In terms of social media, it’s a minefield! Technology is moving so fast right now. Everyone is scrambling around trying to understand what it means to have an avatar, how to live our lives on the internet, what it means for privacy, for citizens of a political universe. I think that we’re trying to find rules now, as we speak, and it’s difficult. But, like everything, the internet is an incredibly powerful force that needs governing?”not to restrict our freedom, but to protect people.?”

On what she does for fun:
“What do I do? I bake. I’m pretty competitive about my chocolate chip banana bread. I don’t think anyone can believe how good it is. It’s really on another level. And I hang out with my cat. I love to travel. I went on safari before I did my tour, which I loved. I love to dance. I’m the girl who will get up and dance with zero alcohol in her system. You need give me no excuse. A great song comes on and I’m there; it’s happening…I like a lot of hip-hop. Everyone’s always like, ‘Really? You know all the words to this?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, I do.’ And Beyoncé, Gaga.?”