Was that a stretch for you? Indeed, how much sex is in the film? **The character you play was a lap dancer. How do you play someone that you hate? But I found it really interesting and it gave me a whole new insight into what my job, or my role as an actress, could be. She's all of these things, and I realised that I really hated her. The character is everything that I felt really strongly against - she's superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. When I read the script and I realised that essentially it was a meditation on fame and what it's become to our society, I had to do it. I'm probably the least obvious choice to play the role, as she's the epitome of everything that I am considered not to be. First of all, I was a big fan of Sofia's. It's funny, but I actually fought for the role I really wanted to play it. This was obviously a very deliberate and considered strategy.
**Emma - frankly, you couldn't have picked a role more at odds with the role you played in Harry Potter. Coming off the back of a decade of Hermione movies, this is a little like Julie Andrews deciding to play a stripper after appearing in The Sound Of Music, or former child star Natalie Portman appearing in a film about a menacing, sexually charged schizophrenic. Shot in a docudrama style by director Sofia Coppola, Watson is the film's principal star, playing Nicki, a teen with an ex- Playboy model mother, played by Leslie Mann. The film she is promoting is The Bling Ring, a true-life tale about a gang of audacious, rich, club-hopping, coke-hoovering Valley kids who stole clothes, cash and jewellery from various Hollywood celebrities - including Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan - motivated by little but vanity and celebrity. The way she looks right now gives her an immense amount of power, which is why she is choosing her post- Potter roles incredibly carefully. In the flesh, Watson looks a lot younger than she tends to on film, which made me a little disconcerted, as there were moments when shedidn't look that much older than my eldest daughter, but then I would imagine my reaction is not unusual. We were there to do a job, a job that she - at least - did faultlessly. It was less like an interview and more like a meeting, and I don't say that disrespectfully. In fact, she is extremely good company - delightful, really - and professional to a fault. Emma Watson has developed her own shield, naturally, although she acts in a completely charming manner, answering questions both on and off the record with deftness, wit and skill.
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