Emma talks Lancome, “Perks” and “Marilyn” with ‘Madame Figaro’ Magazine


While she was in Paris shooting her Lancome commerical, Emma sat down with French magazine ‘Madame Figaro’ and talked about the various projects in her life, namely “Perks”, “Marilyn” and, of course, the fragrance campaign.

A rough translation can be viewed below – please note the word “rough”, this translation was attained by shoving the raw article through the ever reliable Google Translate so there will be weird sentences and mistranslations.


Madame Figaro. – It seems that you’re heavily involved in the elaboration of advertisement of Tresor Midnight Rose?

Emma Watson - It seems to me natural. First, I love the juice, fresh, fruity, fun and young. And I was flattered to belong to the club of ambassadors of Lancome. Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, Julia Roberts, are actresses and women I admire. With photographer Mario Testino, I feel confident. So I offer my looks – a naughty side, poulbot, Godard’s film heroine with Borsalino on the head – and then places that I like in...

“Sometimes I feel as though everyone’s waiting with baited breath for the three of us from Harry Potter to do something that will perpetuate the child-star stereotype,” she told the November edition of UK magazine Elle. “I don’t know if I’m the least likely person to go off the rails, but I don’t see any need to. It’s not on my agenda. There are too many other things I want to do.”

“I’d never do a celebrity endorsement. Lancôme was taken aback by how much input I wanted to have,” she told the November edition of UK magazine Elle. “But I would never just put my name on something. It’s more interesting to have a genuine involvement with a brand, rather than showing up on the day and looking pretty. Also, as much as I do love fashion, I’m an actress first and foremost. Lancôme represents great actresses and that appealed to me.”
“I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way. I find LA quite scary because of that – all those young people having plastic surgery. But the thing is, I don’t want to look like everyone else. I don’t have perfect teeth; I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person...

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and model who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays.[2] From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.[3] Watson's work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than £10 million.[4] She made her modelling debut for Burberry's Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009.

In 2007, Watson announced her involvement in two productions: the television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on 26 December 2007 to an audience of 5.2 million, and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed over US $86 million in worldwide sales.