British actress Emma Watson, who stars as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, was heckled in class after enrolling at Brown University and eventually dropped out because of it.
Emma Watson feels Hermione Granger's pain: It's hard being smart.Jacked from NY Daily News
The Brit beauty might not have magic powers, but a source close to Brown University (where Watson was enrolled from fall 2009 until this past winter) tells us the star's brainy ways may have led to her classmates' heckling – and perhaps a reason why she left the Providence, R.I., institution.
The insider says Watson didn't shy away from class participation and often would "answer something in class and get it right," calling the 21-year-old actress "really smart." Unfortunately, this brought out the sophisticated wit and cinematic expertise of her Ivy League peers.
According to the source, her classmates "would respond [to her answer] with a quote from 'Harry Potter.'" The most popular choice was "Three points for Gryffindor!" – a reference to the movie's dormitory system, and a congratulatory phrase in the films when a student got a correct answer.
This wasn't the only difficulty for the actress, who said on her personal blog before entering school that she just "want[ed] to be normal." While attending a Brown-vs.-Harvard football game in Cambridge, the pixie-haired star described being "stalked" by Harvard students in her school's section.
We're told it wasn't difficult to track the Brit down. At the Sept. 9 game, Watson "sat with two security guards in orange vests" and was "escorted in and out of the stadium." The Harvard student says those nearby "shouted 'Harry Potter' phrases at her." Still, she stayed for the whole game.
Maybe normalcy never had a chance: Another insider says Watson's freshman roommate was forced to sign strict confidentiality agreements before moving in with the star.
Watson offered one explanation for her break from Brown in a post on Emmawatson.com. "I've decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on 'Harry Potter' … and to focus on my other professional and acting projects," wrote Watson, whose movie "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" comes out in July.
"I will still be working towards my degree ... it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought," she said.
But will she be working toward it at Brown? Or could she be looking to ditch the Ivy League for more cement pastures? A source tells NYUlocal.com that the actress was spotted touring NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study for two days during the second week of February.
A spokeswoman for Watson could not be reached for comment by press time.
7 comments:
Well THAT shows the class and maturity level of Ivy League students.
she should have stayed. after awhile, they would get used to her and leave her alone.
I feel bad for her, not that bad though. Fu**in haters.
She just wanted to experience college. She got the role of a lifetime, but she will never escape it.
But you can't be normal if you're chaperoned by security at a game or requring your roommate to sign a confidentiality agreement... That's begging for attention.
Brooke shields went. To Princeton, Keisha Pullman (Rudy from the Cosby) went to Spellman...It can be done
Stop using all of these fancy words. The girl was being bullied. If she was not famous and it was not Brown it would be called that. She should not waste one more dime at that school. Bullying comes in all shapes and sizes. And yes including social classes.
3 points for Gryffendor - not for nothing I would have laughed my azz off.... but I feel her pain - I always felt thw wealthy and elitist of this country are insensitive assholes who would not survive outside of their clique-ish environment.
PS - were the professors non existent - why did they tolerate the disruption to the class - back when I was in school your azz would get put out for that shit.
Yes I agree. Is very hard. Sometimes it's killing you. :)
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