“I didn’t know they were going to make Beauty and the Beast at the time I turned down Cinderella.
But when they offered me Belle, I just felt the character resonated with me so much more than Cinderella did,” she explained.
Watson stars alongside the likes of Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Indeed, Watson revealed to Total Film that she was originally offered the role of Cinderella in Kenneth Branagh’s live-action remake, but turned it down, with the role eventually going to Lily James instead.