--- description: The UN Ambassador talks Harry Potter and feminism title: Here's What Emma Watson Hated About the First 'Harry Potter' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e57e93be2f496f/6988709a3c16395c4b45aa87/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone_abb2d428.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What Emma Watson Hated About the First _Harry Potter_ by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 7:13 PM CUT  Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneWarner Bros. by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 7:13 PM CUT Emma Watson is synonymous with the _Harry Potter_ movies thanks to her portrayal of Hermione Granger, but the actress says there’s [one thing](http://www.vogue.it/magazine/fashion-stories/2015/11/emma-watson-by-vincent-peters "undefined") about her character she’s not a fan of: her hair in the first film. Watson revealed her dislike of Hermione’s hairdo during a magazine shoot for _Vogue Italia_‘s November issue. “When I see the images of the first Harry Potter, I immediately think of how ugly my hair was,” she told the magazine. The star also touched on her recent work and focus on equal pay through her campaign HeForShe, saying that she wants men to partner with women “in the walk towards equality.” Watson recently[ tweeted support](http://time.com/4072197/emma-watson-jennifer-lawrence-hollywood-pay/ "undefined") for Jennifer Lawrence’s essay on Hollywood sexism and was straightforward with the _Guardian_ when she was asked about gender inequality in the film industry. “I have experienced sexism in that I have been directed by male directors 17 times and only twice by women,” [Watson told the paper](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/sexism-film-industry-stories "undefined"). “Of the producers I’ve worked with 13 have been male and only one has been a woman.” Check out Watson’s photoshoot with _Vogue Italia_ below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4108829/emma-watson-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4108829/emma-watson-harry-potter/"},"headline":"Here's What Emma Watson Hated About the First Harry Potter","datePublished":"2015-11-11T19:13:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:31:43.658Z","description":"Hermione would totally understand","url":"https://time.com/4108829/emma-watson-harry-potter/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e57e93be2f496f/6988709a3c16395c4b45aa87/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone_abb2d428.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e57e93be2f496f/6988709a3c16395c4b45aa87/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone_abb2d428.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone_abb2d428","caption":"Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4108829/emma-watson-harry-potter/","name":"Here's What Emma Watson Hated About the First Harry Potter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Emma Watson - He For She - Speech","description":"Emma Watson -He For She- Speech","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0clamGjK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-22T11:27:02.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0clamGjK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4108829/emma-watson-harry-potter/","duration":"PT23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4108829/emma-watson-harry-potter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```