If Emma can't shed her Harry Potter image after this, she never will.

For her millions of young fans, she will always be known as Hogwarts swot Hermione Granger.
But as these pictures show, actress Emma Watson has swapped her floor-length Gryffindor robe and magic wand for a micro-skirt, leather jacket and high heels for a steamy pole-dancing scene in her latest movie.

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But the scene in the Sofia Coppola-directed Bling Ring did not come easily to the 22-year-old Harry Potter actress.
Emma said: ‘You have to be very physically strong to hold your own body weight, and I really didn’t have that core strength initially, so that was pretty intimidating.’

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She added: ‘I’m just a really awkward  sexy person, so basically the scene turned into me just messing around because I think Sofia thought, “We need to give her a break.” ’
The film is based on a real-life gang of burglars – made up of middle-class teenagers – who preyed on Hollywood stars in Los Angeles.
They used the web to see when victims such as Orlando Bloom and Lindsay Lohan were out of town, with Google Maps helping to show addresses.

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The raids, which took place five years ago, netted the gang more than £1.5 million worth of  designer clothes, jewellery and art, and became the  talk of Hollywood.
Emma’s character is based on Alexis Neiers, who was with the gang when they broke into Bloom’s house and took a Rolex watch collection worth £300,000.