March 29, 2012

[VIDEOS] David Yates about Emma Watson: "We haven't seen what she can do yet"

David Yates talking about 'Your Voice in My Head' and Emma Watson.


A propos de Your Voice in My Head:
C'est un livre par un auteur qui s'appelle Emma Forrest. Ce sont de magnifiques mémoires à propos d'une fille qui s'automutile et qui est suicidaire. Elle rencontre ce psychiatre qui peut l'aider là où beaucoup d'autres psychiatres ont échoué. Mais le psychiatre a un cancer donc il est mourant. C'est un projet très commercial (rires). Il accepte sa propre mort et lui apprend à elle à vivre. Pour un film à propos de la santé mental, c'est en fait plein d'esprit, très provocateur, très charmant, très effrayant, c'est tout ça. On est juste en train de s'organiser pour le moment.

A propos d'Emma Watson:
Je veux travailler avec Emma Watson, oui. On n'a pas encore vu de quoi elle est capable. Je pense qu'elle peut être incroyable. Elle n'a jamais vraiment eu un rôle pour le prouver, et celui-ci est un rôle très compliqué et je pense qu'elle a un don qui, grâce au bon rôle, peut être vraiment intéressant.


Je suis en train de préparer un film. J'ai un livre écrit par Emma Forrest qui s'appelle Your Voice in My Head et j'adorerais avoir Emma dedans, elle est très excitée à l'idée d'y être. [...] Pour ce premier projet, Emma est parfaite. C'est un rôle très compliqué. C'est à propos d'une fille qui s'automutile et essaie de se suicider. C'est à des années lumières de Potter ce qui est probablement la raison pour laquelle c'est marrant de le faire. Et c'est à propos de cette fille qui essaie de se suicider, et le psychiatre, qui est en fait mourant, lui apprend à vivre. C'est un livre très émouvant, fort, et intriguant.

37 comments:

Chris said...

I agree with his statement. Emma has a ton of potential, she's not there yet and I believe she has done a smart decision trying to walk instead of run once she left Potter. It's all about climbing that talent ladder and her work in Perks and now Bling is a good start to propel her to the next wrung on the ladder to get ready for Voices.

Amanda said...

Sounds like a really interesting role and can't wait to see Emma portray it. I think she is going to have a great acting career and I wouldn't be surprised to see her winning oscars in the future.

Tia said...

I met David last fall. His wife asked if I wanted a picture with him, and of course I said yes! Very lovely people, they are. He's so soft spoken and I think he knows Em can do it because he knows her on a personal level and I cannot wait to see it all come together.

Kristin said...

I agree with David, also. Emma has tons of potential as an actress. Over the course of 11 years, Emma's acting has gotten better and better. She's not only gets praise from costars and directors, but over the past few years, she's been getting a lot of praise from critics.

I really can't wait to see what she does next in her career. It's going to be an exciting next 10-20 years watching her career blossom.

Anonymous said...

Is this just me or is David not sure what to say about Emma? O__o

I think Emma has Talent and will go where she want's to go, same for Rupert and Daniel. But I won't talk about Oscars or Hollywood yet, that's to far away at the Moment. Let's see how it goes for her the next few Years and we can talk more about it :)
There will be Movies to watch at first. Then we can talk about Awards like BAFTA etc (BAFTA is a great Award)

snow said...

This is a very scary role since it's metal illness easily overdone and I have yet to see an honest portrayel of a mental ill person without it being overdramatic and over the top. Like watching Keira knightley in a dangerous method made me grid my teeth because I felt it was so badly done. It pained me to watch her portrayal.

So yeah... This isn't the easiest role and this role will prove whenever or not she can carry a movie by herself since she is the main character. I hope she does well, but at the moment I'm not sure because this is one of the hardest roles you can get and it usually takes a lot of experience to pull something off like this.

Anonymous said...

The good news is that this is based off a real story, so I imagine that Emma Forrest will be involved heavily in this to help steer Emma in the right directions.

Anonymous said...

He said very nice things about her. This is a meaty role. She could get Oscar attention if done right

snow said...

I don't know. Emma Forrest hasn't updated her blog in ages so I'm kind of worried right now that something happened to her/that she did something to herself. I hope she's just incredibly busy instead of the worst case scenarios I'm running inside my head. :|

Anonymous said...

So we still dont know if she doing the flim or not?

Anonymous said...

@snow she's twitter though. she answered questions about the film just the other day.

Snow said...

Thank you! I didn't knew that she has a twitter too. :)

Anonymous said...

Emma definitely has a great acting future and I'm sure that David Yates will encourage her to do better in this film since he also helped Em grow as an actress while doing the Potter films. I wish them success!

Anonymous said...

Emma chose intelligently, taking slow steps up the rungs, testing her strength, analysing her performance and daring the next step. Your voice in my head, after having witnessed and studied Michelle William's vulnerable portrayal of Marilyn Monroe, Emma should have observed and learned a lot from Michelle Williams, who really pulled off the role well.Emma completeyl fulfilled the role of Hermoine as a young actress. She fully captured female adolescent hysteria to a eventually maturing Hermoine. Looking at everything together about how J. K. Rowling wrote the role Hermoine and what she said about herself and the role, Emma did extremely well. She also did very well as Lucy in One Week with Marilyn. I think she did so well, that it left the viewer wanting to see more of her and develop the character. Perks is yet to be seen. But Sam the character is a difficult girl, who is kind-hearted but who has issues with drugs and alcohol and abuse.Here she also has to protray a vulnerable, damaged child, but that is not the pull of the story. Whereas in AVinyH, vulnerability and true sensitivity are the driving emotions that begin and end the story. I believe Emma can pull it off.
I am looking forward to Bling Ring and greatly anticipating AViyH.I truly wish her the best.

Anonymous said...

I am absolutely touched on much love Emma pulls from other people. This young woman is certainly gifted. I hope she used her gifts well.

Anonymous said...

"He said very nice things about her. This is a meaty role. She could get Oscar attention if done right"

I agree about this as a meaty Role and that he said very nice Things about her, but I disagree at the Oscar Attention Thing. I mean Production hasn't started yet and People talk already about Oscar and whatever Awards. Can't you just be happy for her and be excited for filming maybe?.... Why must People always exaggerate it. She is young and JUST started... watch the Movie next Year and you will see what will happen

Anonymous said...

Ok your highness for nicely telling others what to think

Anonymous said...

At this moment Ms. Watson is getting roles based solely on her status as the Harry Potter girl, who knows what will happen. One thing is for sure, though, she is not very talentes as an actress.

Mr. yates may feel protective of her, but that does not mean she is any good.

camila said...

^ I agreed with you, anon. But she could supprise us with her next movies. And I hope she does change people's opinion even mine :D

Anonymous said...

totally agree with anonymous-3.30-08:13pm!

and another, she has been "young and just started as a new actress" for over 10 years, has given more than time to show her talent.
a very intelligent girl, clever, smart and beautiful, but she is median as an actress. conform.

(sorry my BAD BAD english, I'm do not speak english or french)

Anonymous said...

totally agree with anonymous-3.30-08:13pm!

and another, she has been "young and just started as a new actress" for over 10 years, has given more than time to show her talent.
a very intelligent girl, clever, smart and beautiful, but she is median as an actress. conform.

(sorry my BAD BAD english, I'm do not speak english or french)

Anonymous said...

I disagree about the fact that she couldn't show off what she was capable of.

When you look at it closely, you see that Hermione's character is quite complicate to play. It's a very interesting role when you play it right. For me, except when she was a child, she never got Hermione's character right. To me, she was never Hermione.
Unlike Rupert, who played Ron perfectly from the very beginning till the very end.

Her acting is quite plain, tame and uninventive. And if she's doing better now and will in the future, it doesn't mean that she has a gift as Yates said, it just means that she actually LEARNED something of her nearly 12-years-experience of acting. She improved in the last HP, but she was not tremendous. And she seemed to be good in MWWM but it was too small.

So you guys chill ! Nothing there enables to speak about Oscars yet.

Anonymous said...

Hermoine was a limiting role as a hysterical adolescent, which she did pull off perfectly. There was nothing in that role that expected her to be anything else. You cannot say for any of the trio that any of them showed real acting chops in HP. The roles were pretty simple and straight forward, especially when they were younger. There was nothing to prove in these roles but to get the lines right and act like an adolescent in love and in danger. I am not with statement taking away from J. K. Rowlings wonderful book. I am just saying that for the movie. The movies were entertaining and good. There were just too many people to care for in the HP films to let any one character develop. The trio was the trio and stayed to the very end the trio, inseperable. I believe that you have to see it as a trio peformance. Neither Emma, Rupert, and even less Daniel were excellent. They were good in that role with that film material. But as a director myself I did see potential in Emma's performances that I would want to develop with her in other films. I personally believe that she will be very good in Your Voice in my head- if not excellent. Emma is an expert of weighing and defining her person in a given situation. I am by no means saying she is not authentic. I am only saying she is highly talented in personality and acting. And time will show us some true artistry. Let the Bling Ring be completed, seen and critically acclaimed, then come Your voice in my Head. She will do the job more than just well. That is who Emma is. She will rise to the occasion

Anonymous said...

Who is that child saying Emma is getting roles only because of HP- now that is jealousy pure. Emma is getting roles because she is a talented, intelligent actress, who has a lot too offer. Other actors and actresses have been in franchises before and have gone nowhere after wards. She is getting offers because directors know that she has somehting to offer. HP of the past would not hold up anymore. People have already said HP wonderful but let us move on. And Emma is moving on prudently and thoughtfully.
Lynn

Anonymous said...

I believe that Emma will be good in Your Voice in my Head and before that The Bling Ring. I agree though that it is too early to speak about Oscars. And at the end she shows that she is not developing as an actress, her excellent education of History and Literature will enable her to explore other avenues. In the long haul I also see her writing her own scripts and later in date directing her own films. And in the mean time she will have written a novel.... Emma will find her way.
Directors would not want her in their films because of HP, there are too many actresses out there that may even cost less to get in a film.
Peter

Anonymous said...

Yates is the one who auditioned her for the role, so he is the only one who is able to say if she is appropriate for the role or not. A HP background wouldn't be enough for Warner Brothers to pay millions just because... My guess is that she auditioned and Yates was satisfied and already imagined how Emma would look in a certain combination of actors.
Yates wouldn't be foolish enough to take her just because of HP popularity. That is too weak, and films are very, very expensive.
Producer

Anonymous said...

...and a word to the producer's text. Yates would be self harming, if the movie cost millions and Emma were not capable of delivering. A director can also have his career ruined.

Snow said...

"Who is that child saying Emma is getting roles only because of HP- now that is jealousy pure. "

Eh sorry to burst your bubble but directors only care about getting people to see a movie and we can't deny Emma is really popular now and has an enormous fanbase, so will attract people whenever or not she is talented (I'm not saying she isn't talented, but she still has a lot to learn in my opinion) She did good in Deathly hallows, but still has a lot to prove for people outside that fanbase. That said I am excited about her future projects.
People who already saw Perks said she did well so can't wait to watch that movie. :)

Anonymous said...

I realize that popularity is the prize for getting an actress. But no body would care to see Emma in a film if they didn't believe she has the potential to entertain them. So the potential factor has to be present in someone's mind.Cinema is just too expensive just to see Emma regardless if she can act. Only a few people would be that stupid. OK, I can admit that she won popularity through HP, and directors take a look at her because she is that sweethear Hermoine from that multi-million sucessful franchise. If she was incapable of acting, directors would not take that risk for a major film- not good directors that have already carved a name for themselves through good scripts, good directing and good actors. Maybe a low-budget slasher. The directors have analysed her in HP and my guess is have decided that she is capable of acting. Sofie Coppola doesn't need an Emma Watson to create a successful film, but Emma Watson might need Coppola to be able to develop her skill in a movie through a role. But I don't think SC would just hire Emma Watson because she is a money angle. Logic is that she hired Emma because she saw something in Emma's potentila that could make this a good, plausible film.
In the long run we will see who of the trio are now only getting roles because of HP. If they are good, they will last, and if they are not they will fade into the background.
Lynn

Anonymous said...

People always cry 'jealous' if someone dares to criticize Emma, even in a constructive way. Ridiculous reaction. It's quite arrogant too, as it assumes that the taste that the person claiming jealousy has in people is faultless.

Also, to the person who said "female adolescent hysteria" - are we back in the 1800s?

And I'm glad someone observed that saying she never had a chance to stretch herself as an actress playing the same character for 10 years is incorrect - Hermione was an innately complex character who we followed throughout the most transitional stage of a person's life. More than enough chance to stretch oneself.

I'm not saying she's utterly talentless or stupid or ugly, but her level of talent, intelligence and beauty is vastly overstated because many people lose perspective when they happen to really like someone alot, and as a result, react very badly to CONSTRUCTIVE criticism about them.

Anonymous said...

I don't know why you are upset that Hermoine role is portraying a puberty stricken adolescent.I'm a guy and thought that Hermoine portrayed 'female adosecent hysteria', she wasn't so dissimiliar to my daughters. Now try living with a kid through that period of time. Of course Hermoine had complex personality make-up but that 18th century word was one of the issues. We watched Hermoine grow up. I think Rowling nails this fact much better in the books, which isn't really built up sequentially in the films, but then we might have had 15 to 20 films.
I think it is no insult to say that- my opinion- it is a fact of the character. Hysteria is Hermoine's flaw. She messes up quite a bit with people until she learns to control herself and and her friends Ron and Harry understand her and accept her as she is. Again and again she is the brunt of their inside jokes. But that is OK, we enjoyed it tremendously.
Larry P.

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to say this :-/ but some people here seem to be jealous of emma and hate her!!!

In my opinion, she is very talented and successful actress, . . she was wonderful in harry potter , and the main reason for me to love and watch harry potter films.
I wishes her all the best and more successful with her next projects. and i'm sure she will be amazing as usual =')

Love u Emma forever <3

Anonymous said...

I personally feel Hermione is the tough one to play among the trio...if not for anything else she has to say very tricky and long dialogues

Anonymous said...

Indeed she does, but I agree with Larry, having 3 daughters in pre-adolescene and up, but she does definately play the traits of an adolescent and does so tremendously well. That was what she was supposed to portray. Girls in that difficult period of life could really identify themselves with her. Emma pulled that understanding of her role very well. It is no insult that maybe in a phase of her development, Hermoine was a bit hysterical and hypersensitive, actually that fit very well to the complete psychological make-up of Hermoine. Hermoine is written to be highly intelligent. And with this acuity a stronger sensitivity to one's environment is probable because a child like this sees the world differently and very intensely. Emma pulled that role off brilliantly in the space she was given.
a Mom

Anonymous said...

I gerade just come to this page and hear yates Video on emma Watson. I like what he says about her. She will have besser room to show her acting talent in a grown up Role.
Waltraud, Germany

Anonymous said...

Lol. I knew as soon as I heard Yates praising Emma there would be a sudden influx of people making negative comments. Some Potter fanbases are way too predictable.

Anonymous said...

I only see one negative comment on this spot. There is nothing wrong saying that Emma played the role well for what it was. I don't see Hermoine being a complex role. The role is straightforward: an teenage girl who grows up in a boarding school, has two friends with whom she finds herself in great danger and is actually the Nancy Drew of the group: keen, smart and practical. I loved Hermoine and she was a wonderful role for a child actor, but it is time to move on, and that she is with Bling Ring and A Voice in my Head. These roles will make or break her career. If she doesn't play these roles well- especially AVinmH, then she can rely on her good education.
A fan