the brightest witch of her age (requested by winslet)
15/100 caps of Hermione Granger
DIRECTOR DAVID YEATS ON TORTURING HERMIONE (x)
“I didn’t shoot it like a scene where you [say] action [and] cut. I kind of let the camera roll for four or five minutes and I let Helena and Emma improvise… build an intensity together. It was getting scary. Emma was able to just let go a little bit and forget for a moment that she was acting. And the screams were quite horrible to listen to. It was a very odd energy in the room. In that moment and in that day and in that room, she kind of crossed the line as an actress. She discovered something within herself that will make her a great actor.”
#there it is #the defining moment #everything hermione is #because she KNOWS she’s smart #she knows she’s clever #but harry #she sees that he’s special #because he may not be a genius #he may be #when it comes to most things some people find important #relatively average#but he is brave #and he is strong #he is a hero #and hermione sees that #and she admires it#she strives for that #because she knew #from age fucking eleven #that books weren’t everything #and that she had an awful lot to learn
“I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled.”
Spells & Incantations - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
