Summary Watson plays a celebrity-obsessed Los Angeles teenager who burgles Hollywood stars.
CANNES, France (AP) - Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Harry Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival.
The 23-year-old actress stars in Sofia Coppola s "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the French Riviera festival. Watson plays a celebrity-obsessed Los Angeles teenager who, with a group of friends, burgles Hollywood stars.
With a thick Valley Girl accent, it s a character far from the wise-beyond-her-years Hermione of "Harry Potter."
At Cannes, Watson told reporters that while she remains proud of her work on the "Potter" films, they now feel long ago.
She said she s now "re-enjoying" transforming into new roles. Making "The Bling Ring," she said, was much easier since she s used to reciting lines "people know by heart."
