Watson wants to play Juliet!
September 24th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) Actress Emma Watson says she want to work in a classic Shakespeare adaptation and would love to play Juliet, one of the title characters in the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”.
“I’d love to do some Shakespeare one day and play Juliet or Ophelia (of play Hamlet),” contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.
The “Harry Potter” actress also revealed the list of directors and actors she would like to work with.
“I would love to work with directors Baz Luhrmann, Guillermo del Toro, Richard Curtis and Darren Aronofsky. In terms of actors, I love Philip Seymour Hoffman, James McAvoy, Cate Blanchett and Dame Helen Mirren,” she said.
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