Fan-Favorite Hermione Moment Emma Watson Was Secretly Hated

In the “Return to Hogwarts” reunion special, Emma Watson discussed how she hated the sight of Hermione walking down the grand staircase to Viktor Krum’s (Stanislav Yanevski) house before Yule Ball. She wore a gorgeous pink dress and caught everyone’s attention, and that was the moment she became the woman in the set. “I knew it was a big deal, and I was miserable,” recalls Watson with a laugh. “I just know that it’s, like, duckling becoming a swimming moment. I know that there’s a sudden pressure like that.”

Watson absolutely hates scenery and attention, so she needs a little help getting through it. “[Director] Mike Newell trained me to walk down the stairs in a dress. ‘Your arm is swinging too much. You are going too fast. You need to walk slower. ‘ Like, he was giving me a million different instructions on how to go down the stairs, and of course, I fell down the stairs,” added Watson. Despite feeling awkward, the actor played the part. nail the shot and it’s one of Hermione’s best moments in eight movies, hands down.