Emma Watson is basically Hermione

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Emma Watson's hair may be better than Hermione's, but they both fight for what they think is right.

Since Emma Watson played Hermione Granger at the age of 10 in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in 2001, she's been intractably associated with the character.

It's not just because she played her in eight movies. Daniel Radcliffe, after all, is doing a good job developing his own quirky persona outside of Harry Potter, and Rupert Grint isn't too associated with Ron Weasley (though that might be because everyone forgets Rupert Grint exists).

But the Emma-Hermione connection remains. While Watson tried to separate herself from the character growing up, she later embraced it after realizing how alike they are.

"At first I was really trying to say, 'I'm not like Hermione. I'm into fashion, and I'm much cooler than she is,'" Watson told Paper magazine. "And then I came to a place of acceptance. Actually, we do have a lot in common. There are obviously differences, but there are a lot of ways that I'm very similar. And I stopped fighting that!"

It's true. Emma Watson and Hermione Granger are remarkably similar. Here are some examples: