Emma Watson and the Deathly Hallows (Interview!)

Her performance in the dance scene [minor spoilers]:

Emma Watson:  The way that Dan and I played it was there was the possibility there could be something else between Hermione and Harry. If you spend that period of time with one person alone on the road and you don't know when you're going to see anyone else again, I dunno, I feel like maybe there could have been something there, but not really from Hermione's end. I think whether or not you like that storyline or not, the scene has a tension but it's open to interpretation. It's not fixed.

Shooting the infamous kiss scene:

Emma Watson:  Oh, it was the weirdest thing ever, and they only told us about the silver bodypaint the day before. They were like, 'Oh, and P.S., we hope you don't mind but we'd like you both to be topless and covered in silver paint." I was like, "Ooookay," if it wasn't weird enough before. [laughs] So yeah, it was bizarre.

Luckily, Dan is very funny and talkative and we could just have a laugh about it. Kissing Rupert, he's slightly more quiet so I was like, "Oh, God, what's he thinking?" Whereas the whole time with Dan, I knew exactly what he was thinking, so that helped.

Being tortured by Helena Bonham Carter:

Emma Watson:  I think as Bellatrix, she's just terrifying because she looks so unhinged, she looks so crazy, but I don't think she actually enjoyed doing it. I guess it showed that I was doing a good job that she felt uncomfortable.

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