For most 19-year-olds, deciding to attend college is a normal rite of passage. But Emma Watson hasn't lived anything close to a normal life since she was cast as Harry Potter's friend Hermione Granger at the ripe old age of 9.
Quicker than one could say "Expecto patronum!," her life was magically transformed into a decade-long succession of grueling days on movie sets, screaming fans and the constant glare of paparazzi flashes. Just how far removed she is from normality became apparent last week after news that Watson was taking a break from acting to attend an Ivy League college in the United States ignited a worldwide flurry of gossip headlines.
"I really hope [her roommate] is a massive Harry Potter fan," quipped her co-star Daniel Radcliffe during a press conference for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment in the franchise, opening Wednesday. "I really hope you walk in and see your face on a duvet."
Watson, who wouldn't confirm rumors she'd be attending Columbia or Brown, has an entirely different vision of her future.
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