Emma Watson spoke about the photo mix-up in the Harry Potter Reunion special – and classify her answer as “sweet.”
As Emma was talking about her childhood in the recent television special “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” a photo of a young girl wearing Minnie Mouse ears appeared on the screen.
It later turned out that the photo used was actually a snapshot of Emma Roberts, the star of “American Horror Story,” and not of the actor who played “Hermione Granger.”
After attentive fans noticed the mix-up, vowed that the error would be correctedand now it has been confirmed that a photo of the real Emma Watson has replaced that of her fellow actor of the same name.
On Wednesday, Emma shared the photo of her namesake on Instagram postThe picture shows young Roberts sitting at a table wearing Minnie Mouse ears.
“I was NOT that cute,” Emma wrote in the post. The Harry Potter star also added the hashtag #emmasistersforever.
Emma Roberts originally posted the photo on Instagram 10 years ago.
The producers of the TV special thanked the fans for discovering the error.
“Well spotted, Harry Potter fans!” they said in their statement. “You have alerted us to an editing error with an incorrectly captioned photo. The new version will be published shortly.”
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost UK and has been updated.
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