Emma Watson turned down 'Cinderella' role before taking on 'Beauty and the Beast'

Emma Watson turned down a chance to play Cinderella because the role didn’t resonate with her, Torontosun.com reports.

The British actress stars as Belle in the upcoming Beauty and the Beast, a live-action remake of Disney’s 1991 animated classic of the same name.

However, Emma reveals that she previously had the chance to play another Disney princess, Cinderella in Kenneth Branagh’s 2015 remake, but rejected the part because she wanted “so much more” for her character.

“I didn’t know they were going to make Beauty And The Beast at the time I turned down Cinderella,” she told Total Film magazine. “But when they offered me Belle, I just felt the character resonated with me so much more than Cinderella did.”