Emma Watson befriends an emperor

...have a problem with AE coming up as CMT earlier, o_O? It scared me a little.

I think historical drama is the way to go for Emma. Better than the Disney route that everyone else seems to be taking these days.

 Haha. And if she wants to play a young beauty who's schtuping an old fart, that's her cross to bear.

 

 

...and all was well, and the world smiled.

 

is what Emma Watson is seemingly becoming ... she turns 18, and everyone seems to be going nuts!

This movie is definitely an "eww" factor for me ... and as for whether or not she can break out of the "Harry Potter" mold - that's up to her and her acting ability.

I'm a huge Emma Watson fan, she has completely blown me away with her acting chops in the Harry Potter films, especially the past two films.

I understand wanting to break away a little bit from Hermoine and this could be the way to do it.  I think talent wise, yes she can pull it off but I don't see the movie being a "blockbuster".  As for the role, I'll just wait and see what they do with it, considering Hollywood loves to change history as much as they possibly can.  Napoleon could be 24 in their "adaptation".

I actually prefer her to playing the role then Scarlett.  Not because I don't think she could pull it off but it depends on the age they are going to make the character.  It doesn't make sense for Scarlett to play the role if they do make her 14 or 15-- I tire of seeing that in movies.  --Let's see a 25 year old play a 17 year old.  --It's not saying she's over the hill in Hollywood, it's saying that if she's in her 20's, play someone in your 20's.

I'm a Emma fan as I mentioned, so I'll probably go see it.  Whether I like the film or not, I'll go for the support.  I think she's has the ability to become an even better actress and has the chance to establish a long-running career.

"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."

Hollywood’s and the movie industry’s relationship with age(ing) (and women) is very disturbing. It is equally disturbing that all screen relationships must have some kind of sexual connection…

The age thing is particularly upsetting because there’s an obsession for the very young. This reminds me of a recent film, Love in the time of Cholera, an adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marques’ novel of the same name. It’s a story about a man who has to wait about 50 years until he can be with the woman he loves. Obviously the story develops during several decades, as the characters age. The male character is played by a younger and an older actor but the female character is always played by the same actress, from teenager to an old woman. The result is pathetic, it is impossible to believe the characters. They literally have a very young woman with fabricated wrinkles and grey hair that looks ludicrous. All this because they obviously couldn’t cast an older actress because, after all, who would REALLY love an older woman? *sigh* The whole thing was scary….

Why do people feel the constant need to sex up historical figures?

Napoleon is one of my (history-major) heroes... And there's so much in his story (even this little bit of it) that it doesn't need all this superflouousness.

Any word on who's playing him?

a book by Thomas B. Costain called "The Last Love"? It's been a long time since I read it, but it was about his relationship with a young british girl - I don't recall it being sleasy - more of an interesting look at Napolean the man, as opposed to Napolean the figurehead...  If the movie is at all like the book I'd like to see it.

Ugh, well done Hollywood, well done for taking a fascinating and all the more intriguing story for tis real life historical significance and making it into a tired and much too oft used storyline of an older man falling in love with a younger woman. oh by the way, SARCASM ALERT!

This story would have been fascinating, to see such a powerful man such as Napoleon after his hayday, dealing with his exile and his fall from grace, and seeing how the presence of a young girl perhaps might rejuvinate him, or perhaps give us insight into his psyche, and how her moving away eventually to start her own life just as his was drawing to a close and seeing how this would have affected him. Not to mention how such a friendship might shape a young woman, now that would have been a fascinating movie. It's soooo unfortunate it's not going to get made that way.

I would have gone to see this movie if they had actually stuck with the interesting aspects, but no they picked the winning concept of creepy age difference romance. Again, bravo Hollywood.

I'm not surprised, it is Hollywood afterall. Gotta sex it up to create some intrigue! Studios have such little faith in moviegoers these days.

I'm interested to see how Emma takes this on, I think it's a good chance to show off her acting chops.

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