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The normal life of a teenage superstar!

Apart from being the most famous schoolgirl on the planet, life is pretty normal for Emma Watson, who plays Hermione.

Homework, boys, oh, and starring in a major blockbuster! Life is good for Emma. Lizo finds out what famous teenagers get up too.

Lizo: What do you think of the film?

Emma: There has always been so much pressure from the start, I just hope that the third film has done justice to the book, and I have done justice to Hermione, because it's my favourite book.

Lizo: What's it like being the most famous schoolgirl on the planet?

Emma: I don't really feel like that. It feels like I am famous for about two days and then it goes back to being me again.

Lizo: Do you get to have a normal childhood, do all that teenage stuff?

Emma: Yes, I do definitely. When I'm not filming I go back to school, I see my friends. I get to do normal teenage stuff again.

Lizo: What is a typical normal weekend?

Emma: Well, when I'm not filming, sometimes I have some homework to do, I see my friends.

Lizo: In this movie, apart from the glorious moment you get to punch Malfoy, what is the favourite bits for you?

Emma: Apart from that. I was privileged that I got to work with people like David Thwelis, Gary Oldman, Timothy Spall, Emma Thompson, all these fantastic actors and actresses. And I had a great time doing that.

Also, the last scene in the Shrieking Shack really challenged me. So I had a good time doing that.

Lizo: Now the whole Ron and Hermione thing seems to be hotting up in this movie?

Emma: Yes it does! On the outside they spend the whole film arguing because Ron is convinced that Hermione's cat, Crookshank's, has eaten his rat. But I think it's a bit of a cover-up really, because they have a soft spot for each other. You always tease the ones you like!



Lizo: Do you think they are well suited?

Emma: NO! They are completely not suited. But that is what makes them so sweet, I guess.

Lizo: What were the other good bits? What was it like working with Crookshank's? Was it a real cat?

Emma: I loved working with that cat, he's so cute. He looks like he has been smashed in the face with a pan. He's so ugly, bless! But I love him, he's lovely and fluffy.

Lizo: How did Rupert and Dan get on with him?

Emma: They were just mean to him, they were just teasing him all the time.

Lizo: Did you protect him?

Emma: Of course.

Lizo: What was it like working with Alfonso, how different was it to working with Chris?

Emma: I suppose he has different style and techniques, different ways of doing things.

Lizo: Are you still having fun?

Emma: I still am really enjoying it!

Lizo: Have you met the actor playing Victor Crum?

Emma: I have, he is really nice actually. He's good fun.

Source: CBBC Newsround