--- ---  # Watch Emma Watson Cringe at a _Harry Potter_ Scene She Ruined by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 7, 2017 7:53 PM UTC  ABC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 7, 2017 7:53 PM UTC [Emma Watson](http://time.com/4689999/beauty-and-the-beast-review/?iid=sr-link8) may have risen to fame playing Hermione Granger in the [Harry Potter](http://time.com/4413658/donald-trump-harry-potter-study/?iid=sr-link1) movies, but that doesn’t mean she looks back fondly at her work. Watson, who is currently starring in the live-action remake of [_Beauty and the Beast_,](http://time.com/4690579/alabama-theater-beauty-and-the-beast-gay/?iid=sr-link1) stopped by _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ on Monday and went on a stroll down memory lane. She was just nine-years old when she took on the role of [Hermione](http://time.com/4041511/hermione-granger-36th-birthday/?iid=sr-link2) and enrolled in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and she didn’t have much experience acting in a major motion picture. That’s all to say, she should be forgiven for making a few mistakes. During her visit to the show, Kimmel played an outtake from [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4455746/j-k-rowling-pottermore-new-harry-potter-books/?iid=sr-link6) _and the_ [_Sorcerer’s Stone_](http://time.com/4450975/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-typo/?iid=sr-link7) that made Watson double over in embarrassment. Turns out she had a bad habit of memorizing all of her co-star’s lines and then mouthing the words along with them to help out, which is seriously such a Hermione that Watson should be proud that she was a method actor at such a young age. Watch Emma Watson Funny Embarrassing Harry Potter Scene VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4693434/emma-watson-on-filming-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4693434/emma-watson-on-filming-harry-potter/"},"headline":"Watch Emma Watson Cringe at a Harry Potter Scene She Ruined","datePublished":"2017-03-07T19:53:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:41.288Z","description":"Jimmy Kimmel revealed one of Emma Watson's bad habits from the Harry Potter set","url":"https://time.com/4693434/emma-watson-on-filming-harry-potter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Harry Potter","Emma Watson","jimmy kimmel live","Beauty and the Beast"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1f752ceb04cb37f/6988bd6bab6d77df766ad1ff/emma-watson-jimmy-kimmel.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1f752ceb04cb37f/6988bd6bab6d77df766ad1ff/emma-watson-jimmy-kimmel.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"emma-watson-jimmy-kimmel","caption":"","creditText":"ABC","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4693434/emma-watson-on-filming-harry-potter/","name":"Watch Emma Watson Cringe at a Harry Potter Scene She Ruined"}}]}] ```