Emma Watson bares all for daring Vanity Fair cover shoot

Publish Date
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 9:20AM
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She is currently blazing the promotional trail with the live action take on 1991 fairy tale cartoon classic Beauty And The Beast.

And Emma Watson proved she slots perfectly into her title role as she posed for a stunning shoot in the March issue of Vanity Fair, in which she dazzled as she went topless in an artistic image while protecting her modesty with just a caged bolero.

The 26-year-old Harry Potter actress, who is famed for her staunch feminist views and activism, discussed growing up in the spotlight and her disregard for being prized with an Oscar, the Daily Mail reports.

Emma looked sensational for the latest shoot in which she scooped a cover image - where she marred her punky hair do with a frothy white gown, in an image sitting alongside the words: "The Bewitching Emma Watson".

In her most daring snap to date, she went topless from beneath an intricately caged bolero which left nothing to the imagination, in a truly high fashion style.

It seems Beauty And The Beast has been Emma's true coming-of-age film, as she attributes the blockbuster for helping her become "a woman" - in her transition from Hermione to Belle.

She explained: "When I finished (Beauty And The Beast), it kind of felt like I had made that transition into being a woman on-screen". 

The staunch feminist, who uses her celebrity as a platform to promote women's rights, proudly acknowledged that Belle is "absolutely a Disney princess, but she's not a passive character — she's in charge of her own destiny."

Emma was determined to make Belle her own, as she reworked the famed character from a dreamy bookworm to her inventor father's assistant, who is in the midst of inventing a modern washing machine so she can read while the washer did its work.

In original costume sketches for the character, Belle was intended to wonder around in ballet pumps - an idea which irked Emma - who insisted she was to wear riding boots to ensure she could muck in with work in the French village setting. 

While she has determinedly created an impressive catalogue of work at just 26, it seems Emma contrasts to her peers in some ambitions as she admits to having no interest in winning an Oscar. 

Prepare to enter the enchanted world of #BeautyAndTheBeast on March 17. 🌹✨

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Emma revealed that she showed the final cut of Beauty And The Beast to both her mother and legendary feminist Gloria Steinem, who she revealed she was desperately seeking a seal of approval from so as to ensure her portrayal of Belle was true to women.

Insistent that her focus was on how movies convey to the public rather than on accolades, she said: "I couldn't care less if I won an Oscar or not if the movie didn't say something that I felt was important for people to hear".

@oursharedshelf's March & April book is #WomenWhoRunWiththeWolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes 📚

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- Daily Mail

 

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