Emma Watson makes a Career Altering Decision

Emma Watson Makes a Career Altering Decision

Emma Watson tells the July issue of Vogue that her decision of attending Brown University last 2009 was met with great disdain by “Harry Potter’s” franchise’s distributer.

"I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle," Watson explains, clenching her hands as she speaks. "I was Warner Bros.' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult."

Watson announced that she would not renew her contract for the final two Harry Potter films unless Warner Bros. will agree to work around her schedule. They relented, and, Watson says, "I just realized at one point that I can't fight everything. I have to move in the direction of it -- and go with it."

When classes started, Watson felt like a normal student: finishing papers in the wee hours of the morning, wearing flip-flops to class, attending wild parties. But not like her friends, she often took time off to shoot scenes or attend a movie junket, and return tired and jet-lagged before finals.

James Franco, studying at Rhode Island School of Design, helped her to keep things in perspective. "It was such a relief to speak to someone who is trying to do the same thing I'm doing," Watson says. "I talked to him about juggling studying and making films and going backward and forward. He's not afraid or limited by what he fears people will say about it."

Since left Brown University, Watson did not regret standing up to Warner Bros. in order to pursue her dream.

"I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times," she says. "I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."

Posted by Kade Quinn on Tuesday June 14 2011, 3:47 PM EST. Ref: US Magazine. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0