WB Reportedly Having Trouble Convincing Emma Watson To Return For New Harry Potter Movie A couple of weeks ago, the internet was flooded by Harry Potter fans posting lengthy tributes to Emma Watson, expressing their heartbreak and dismay over the erstwhile Hermione Granger’s retirement from acting, although they were all keen to stress that they completely understood and respected her decision. Of course, the only problem was that she hadn’t retired at all, with her manager even having to release a statement denying that the actress had ended her career at the age of just 30. Yes, it seems that in an incredible turn of events that nobody could have possibly seen coming, social media jumped the gun and widely accepted a headline from the notoriously unreliable British tabloid The Daily Mail as fact.