--- title: Check Out James Franco's Emma Watson Tattoo description: The Harry Potter star's portrait is on her former co-star's neck canonical: https://time.com/4093064/emma-watson-hermione-james-franco/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T17:43:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:51.463Z og:title: James Franco Trolls the World With Emma Watson Tattoo og:description: But he can't spell Hermione og:url: https://time.com/4093064/emma-watson-hermione-james-franco/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: James Franco Trolls the World With Emma Watson Tattoo twitter:description: But he can't spell Hermione twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # James Franco Trolls the World With Emma Watson 'Tattoo' > Sponsored content. 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Emma Watson -He For She- Speech_ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 29, 2015 5:43 PM UTC by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 29, 2015 5:43 PM UTC James Franco posted an Instagram Thursday showing off a neck tattoo bearing Emma Watson’s face. Franco, in a nod to Watson’s role in the Harry Potter series, captioned the photo with “I ❤️ Hermoine,” spelling her Potter character Hermione’s name wrong. 10 points will certainly be deducted from his Hogwarts house (Slytherin, right?). Of course, the portrait of the Harry Potter star wasn’t really inked on Franco’s neck. It’s an image from artist [Cheyenne Randall](https://instagram.com/indiangiver/), who uses photoshop to add tattoos to photos of celebrities. Watson and Franco are friends, though she’s yet to comment on social media about the image. The two starred in the black comedy _This is the End_, where Watson played herself. “This is my first ever comedy,” Watson said in [a 2013 video promoting the film](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUuivP7ILI). “How could I miss out on the chance to work out with the most impressive line up of the best comedians in the world right now?” ### Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Illustrations  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hermione Granger Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Ron Weasley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Draco Malfoy Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Rubeus Hagrid Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hogwarts Grand Hall Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Dragon Alley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hagrid Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  An owl Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  The Golden Snitch Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ## Transcript I want men to take up this mantel. So that their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice. But also, so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too. Reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned. And in doing so. 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