Interview w. Emma/Hermione's body double.interesting.

EADT has a new interview with Charlotte Hunter, the woman who is Hermione Granger's body double in both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.

But then I got an audition to be Hermione's double. At first I thought: 'Loads of people are going for that. I will never get it. But I was persuaded to try for it even though I left the house saying: 'I don't even look like Hermoine Granger.' But to my amazement I landed the job. I happened to be the right size, shape, height, hair colour and they liked the way I worked and so I got that job and it meant that I had to say goodbye to the modelling. I was working without a safety net, so to speak, but I was finally at where I wanted to be - a full-time actor.”

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She said that working on a big budget Hollywood movie was an eye-opening experience. "Because the rules governing children's working hours are so strict it means that whenever Daniel (Radcliffe), Emma (Watson) or Rupert (Grint) are on set they want to use them - so it's all close ups and shots where you can see their faces.

"When they are done it's back to the school work and my fellow doubles and I are used for long shots and cut aways. If you see Hermoine's legs running along somewhere or a pair of hands picking up a wand or a quill then they are probably mine."

http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/features/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=Features&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=features&itemid=IPED07%20Nov%202007%2009%3A38%3A22%3A143