Emma Watson Gets Flustered Re-Watching a Harry Potter Outtake: "I Was Such a Loser"

The actress was just 9 years old when she started in the franchise

By Samantha Schnurr Mar 07, 2017 1:11 PMTags
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Nearly two decades after her debut as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter, there are still moments of the movies that make Emma Watson cringe.

Exhibit A: this outtake from The Sorcerer's Stone.

Thanks to the magical powers of Jimmy Kimmel, him and his team dug up a deleted scene from the actress' first film in the franchise.

It won't take long to notice that the pint-sized star was accidentally mouthing the words to her co-stars' lines. 

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"This is actually quite traumatic for me," the star told Kimmel Monday night after burrowing her face in her hands. "I would ruin takes." 

"Chris [Columbus] would be like, 'Cut! Emma, you're doing it again,'" Watson recalled. "I couldn''t help myself. I was such a loser. I really love those books. I really wanted to do my job well and I kind of over did it."

Don't fret, Emma—we just call that being prepared. 

Much like her character Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Watson is also a bit of a bookworm and has made a hobby of spreading her love of reading around Britain. As a self-proclaimed "book ninja," the actress hides books throughout England's tube. 

While she thought she might cause a bit of a spectacle doing this, it seems people are too busy doing their daily thing to notice. 

"People are kind of like in their zone," she explained. "I thought I was going to have issues. People don't recognize me. It's really amazing."