Overheard: Emma Watson on '50 Shades' rumors
March 18th, 2013
12:46 PM ET

Overheard: Emma Watson on '50 Shades' rumors

While we wait to hear who will star in the adaptation of E.L. James' steamy best-seller, "Fifty Shades of Grey," it seems Emma Watson has taken herself out of the running.

After rumors persisted last Friday that the 22-year-old former "Harry Potter" star is attached to the project, the actress posted a tweet the following day that seemed to contradict the gossip.

"Who here actually thinks I would do '50 Shades of Grey as a movie?'" she wrote. "Like really. For real. In real life."

The rumors were so dogged last week because of an Internet group's reported hacking of a German movie studio, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The studio confirmed the hack, but said that the documents accessed were "out of date and widely accessible" to the company's employees.

Watson, meanwhile, teased her fans on Saturday by following up her earlier tweet with just a question mark. She then simply concluded, "Good. Well that's ... sorted then."

While her remarks could easily be read as a diss against the film, the actress didn't explicitly say she's not involved with the project, so who knows.

What do you think - did Watson shut down the rumors, or is she doing a bait-and-switch?


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  1. Jose Reines

    Emma Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson.Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her parents separated when she was young; following their divorce, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Oxfordshire, spending weekends at her father's house in London.*"

    All the best
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    May 4, 2013 at 9:50 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  2. Its That

    thanks

    May 4, 2013 at 8:00 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  3. Jessie Uptmor

    Emma Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson.Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her parents separated when she was young; following their divorce, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Oxfordshire, spending weekends at her father's house in London.::

    Ciao
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    May 4, 2013 at 7:57 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Salon

    Emma is not what we call talented....

    April 20, 2013 at 9:34 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  5. She's 45 --and we have all seen her pic...nuff said

    NEXT

    April 19, 2013 at 2:21 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  6. katya21

    Catch the new L-I-V-E BOOK ‘Between Strangers” at thegreaterbooks. A CIA head get caught up guarding a Greek heiress.

    April 19, 2013 at 2:19 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  7. mjd

    Good for Emma! She doesn't need to wreck her career doing that piece of juvenile trash. Let Kristen Stewart do it. She could just be herself.

    April 17, 2013 at 9:21 am | Report abuse | Reply
  8. kant

    Hot Model and Celebrity Brooks-Lee Unseen hot pics

    download;

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    April 17, 2013 at 4:09 am | Report abuse | Reply
  9. SHE HAS TOO BLOB SO SHE CAN BUY FURNITURE...

    DID YOU READ THAT.

    April 12, 2013 at 7:24 am | Report abuse | Reply
  10. EMMA CAN'T SING, DANCE AND SHE SUCKS

    -

    April 12, 2013 at 7:24 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • txborngal

      Anastasia did very little singing and dancing. But Emma is all wrong for this part.

      April 20, 2013 at 8:33 pm | Report abuse |
    • Again

      Emma can't Sing Dance and She Sucks

      April 20, 2013 at 9:27 pm | Report abuse |
  11. Stephane Mallarme

    The latest celebrity gossip are just funny!

    April 12, 2013 at 7:21 am | Report abuse | Reply
  12. gaoyan

    i like you since your first movie.

    April 12, 2013 at 5:38 am | Report abuse | Reply
  13. Beefburger

    I have it on good authority that Selena Gomez will be in the role.

    April 12, 2013 at 3:44 am | Report abuse | Reply
  14. *

    *

    April 11, 2013 at 10:33 am | Report abuse | Reply
  15. Hannah

    Emma Watson is awesome. She probably wont do Fifty Shades of Grey because that would be massively different from Hermione. While she is trying to lose her good girl persona, I don't think she would ever go this far, as she is perfect and at least has some self respect.

    April 11, 2013 at 10:28 am | Report abuse | Reply
  16. ???

    Good God, I hope she doesn't do it. I respect her waaaaaaaaay too much

    April 9, 2013 at 2:11 am | Report abuse | Reply
  17. The_Mick

    The photo is not a flattering picture. She's been on late night shows recently looking VERY hot – enough to take me by surprise.

    March 31, 2013 at 12:36 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  18. Mark

    The book sucks...the movie will too.

    March 31, 2013 at 5:37 am | Report abuse | Reply
  19. dana

    fifty shades of gray as a movie....... isnt that just a porn movie

    March 30, 2013 at 12:21 am | Report abuse | Reply
  20. Motor Hacking

    goes directly too security now...so we can see what she's doing ...... its all her fault....

    March 25, 2013 at 5:45 am | Report abuse | Reply
  21. You exposed employee's parents

    she is a no talent in the business world

    March 25, 2013 at 5:44 am | Report abuse | Reply
  22. Emma...you exposed everyone and what they do

    its all your fault....nobody is bother you, your are bother everyone...its all your fault...every single bit of it is you fault

    security has all your motor hijinks and why because its all her fault this happened..

    March 25, 2013 at 5:41 am | Report abuse | Reply
  23. Voted Bye Everyone

    She will tell him another version of what happened..so she gets banging points.

    March 25, 2013 at 5:40 am | Report abuse | Reply
  24. the reason why the motor hacking had to go to security

    was because its all emma's fault....

    March 25, 2013 at 5:37 am | Report abuse | Reply
  25. karen's father

    ITS YOUR FAULT YOUR EXPOSED, ITS YOUR FAULT EVERYONES KNOWS...ITS ALL YOUR FAULT...

    March 25, 2013 at 5:26 am | Report abuse | Reply
  26. Your a disgrace Emma and everyone knows it...

    you caused your own exposure, not to your boyfriend, not your family...YOU are what we call a dud.

    March 25, 2013 at 5:24 am | Report abuse | Reply
  27. She will tell him another version of what happened..so she gets banging points.

    ;p

    March 22, 2013 at 4:36 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  28. She tell him another version of what happened..so she gets banging points.

    ;p

    March 22, 2013 at 4:35 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  29. Its ok boo...doesn't affect anything

    me lub him...

    March 22, 2013 at 3:39 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  30. No weekend blogging PLEASE

    me, the boyfriend's personal life, and her life.....the usual no challenge material.....can i go....i'm in tears from boredom

    March 22, 2013 at 3:30 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  31. heythere

    is she suppose to be hot. she went from child to a face of a 50 year old 2 pack a day smoker

    March 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • lolok

      if that's what they look like then I wish everyone was a 50 year old 2 pack a day smoker

      March 25, 2013 at 5:11 am | Report abuse |
    • MotorHacking

      by the way all motor hacking has been security for months now....

      March 25, 2013 at 5:36 am | Report abuse |
  32. she would pass the pencil test.

    she's not that endowed. still nice though when you get to take them out and play with them.

    March 20, 2013 at 3:48 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  33. Claude Gothic

    This young lady is not aging well...

    March 19, 2013 at 4:10 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Mike in NYC

      Unfortunately she, like so many other young women, seem to think if they slap on enough makeup it will make them 'mature.' I'm sure she't doing everything in her power to lose the Hermoine character ... even if that mean tarting up!

      March 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm | Report abuse |
  34. maryanne

    everyone knows emma

    March 18, 2013 at 5:16 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  35. Emma is a dud...

    hands down

    March 18, 2013 at 5:13 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  36. janine

    she fills her ego...FK HER.....

    March 18, 2013 at 5:12 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  37. THIS IS ALL FLAT SO

    because we didn't remember until we pulled out the reference–

    March 18, 2013 at 5:10 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  38. tom

    I have to point out that she didn't deny it. She did the ol' "I can't believe you think I'd do that!" trick. Keep hope alive.

    March 18, 2013 at 5:06 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  39. Put you hand on the screen and go!

    haha

    March 18, 2013 at 4:59 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  40. cecilia

    please noooooo

    March 18, 2013 at 3:34 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  41. Peace ✌

    I'm guessing she's not doing the movie. That would be quite a switch from the Potter movies.

    March 18, 2013 at 2:36 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • TriumphTheInsultComicDog

      It certainly sounds like she is pooping all over the rumors of her being in it. Much like I would like to do to her hair.

      March 18, 2013 at 4:53 pm | Report abuse |
    • triumph..your so intelligent

      -

      March 18, 2013 at 4:55 pm | Report abuse |
  42. kinda like "the boss"

    springsteen is probably the only movie id see right now also.

    March 18, 2013 at 1:49 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  43. Maya Ayala

    Good for Emma! This is nothing more than porn.

    March 18, 2013 at 1:47 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Rich

      Amen! Shes too good for those trashy roles.

      April 22, 2013 at 12:45 am | Report abuse |
  44. Nick M

    All kidding aside... She would be the only actress that would get me to see that movie.

    March 18, 2013 at 1:23 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  45. TriumphTheInsultComicDog

    Pictures of that should say.

    March 18, 2013 at 12:56 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  46. Pliny

    You could write your own book: "Fifty Retellings of The Same Joke That Wasn't Funny The First Time."

    The book would be boring. But that's OK. You are boring.

    March 18, 2013 at 1:21 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  47. lol

    you failed

    March 18, 2013 at 3:39 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  48. why would emma be saying that....is she a lesbean

    March 22, 2013 at 4:30 pm | Report abuse | Reply

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