School days, post-Hogwarts

Emma Watson can't cast a spell on Brown professors.

May 7, 2010 at 7:07PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

She thought she'd skate by, "studying" acting at Brown University, but Emma Watson says in the latest Vanity Fair that "I think actually I'm the worst in the class." Watson, who has a fortune estimated at more than $15 million and really doesn't have to, you know, go to school, said she had second thoughts about college life when she arrived on campus. "I was like, 'I must be mad. Why am I doing this?' " She relaxed after she was assigned a roommate who had no interest in Harry Potter (and probably wondered what that owl was doing in their dorm room). Watson adds that she was born to play Hermione Granger: "If I'm honest, I was her. i was very keen. I was super-eager to please and be good. And I was always kind of bossy."

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Cynthia Dickison

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Cynthia Dickison is a features designer. She is a St. Paul native and graduate of the University of Minnesota. She has worked at the Star Tribune since 1978, starting on the copy desk. Dickison has worked in every department — news, sports, features, even a short stint on the business cover.

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