The acting world wasn’t all magic for Emma Watson . The Harry Potter star has stepped away from showbiz in recent years, and now she’s shedding some light on why she’s happy with her decision. Watson revealed the one “soul-destroying” aspect of the job, but added that she is still interested in returning to the acting world someday.
Watson has been acting in major motion pictures since she was a preteen starring in the first Harry Potter movie, but she’s taken a prolonged break from the profession. Her last movie was 2019’s Little Women . In 2024, she clarified that she had not retired from acting despite her hiatus. “I don’t see myself as having stepped away from acting,” she told British Vogue at the time. “I just see myself as wanting to expand what I do and being abl