I knew I had to do the work, and I had to be where I had to be.
Emma Stone may have picked up the Academy Award for Best Actress thanks to her role in Damien Chazelle’s hit (momentarily Oscar-winning) musical, La La Land – but it was another Emma entirely who nearly snapped up the role.
“I knew I had horse training, I knew I had dancing, I knew I had three months of singing ahead of me, and I knew I had to be in London to really do that,” Watson said of her Beauty and the Beast schedule.
There are plenty of rumours which attempted to provide an explanation; from claims Watson was “too demanding” or that Teller asked for $2m (£1.6m) more than he was offered.