Just as Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Lupita Nyong’o and Anne Hathaway have all been the darlings of the promo circuit ahead of much-lauded films, maybe it’s time for Daniel Radcliffe to have a go. As well as making a great point about society’s willingness to sexualise young girls from the get go, in reference to ex-Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson, he’s back again with a few interesting tidbits from his Reddit AMA.
The AMA means members of the public can, so long as they’re registered to Reddit, ‘Ask Me Anything’ and then the celebrity (or a keen typist, carefully making sure none of the mean questions reach the celeb’s ears) answers.
We could give you a rundown of the answers he gave to legitimate questions, such as his dream dinner party guests (include Einstein and John Lennon), the fiction he’s enjoying the most right now (Star Wars) or how he takes it in his stride when he gets confused for Elijah Wood. However, we thought we could show you just how weird people are about Emma Watson.
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Another strange thing worth noting is that, a good 20 hours since he (or that typist) logged off the AMA, people are still asking questions.
‘did you ever actually make love to Emma Watson?’ asks xdiablox123. ‘So, Hermione, you ever tap that?’ queries Megaross,and roborovski007 sweetly asks: ‘Would you give up your left nut to marry Emma Watson ?’ Then there’s harassment-keen SilverHairCurse wondering: ‘Have u ever wore a keep calm and bang Hermione shirt next to emma as a joke?’ and creepy zackboomer wondering: ‘What does the inside of Emma Watson’s mouth feel like?’
Gross. It’s probably for the best that these people are indoors tapping away at their computer screens instead of out there in the real world. But it's also worth noting that this is exactly the sort of sexualisation that Daniel was on about before.
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The most unsettling thing we’ve seen on the page is krakow056 wondering: ‘we know you seen it one time or another, and it’s on everyone’s mind here on reddit, believe that: how curly are that girl who plays Hermione pubes???’
Let’s bear in mind Emma Watson was under 18 through most of the filming of Harry Potter…
It’s great that Daniel didn’t give these commenters the time of day (well, he couldn’t, he’d logged off), but we do wonder if these comments, however throwaway, deserve the pixel-space they’re screened on. Boiled_Potatoe saliently asked: ‘Why do you guys only do AMA’s when you are trying to promote something?’ but we sort of think all of the above answers that.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.