Emma Watson copies Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman cut-out dress for her sexiest EVER shoot



She's transformed herself from child star into fashion icon over the past few years.

But now Emma Watson has had another image change for upcoming movie The Bling Ring, and is clearly loving her new-found look.

The 22-year-old actress is seen copying Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman style in a cut-out dress for her sexiest ever shoot in the pages of Britain's GQ magazine.



Sexiest ever shoot: Emma Watson is seen in character as her Bling Ring alter-ego Nikki on the cover of Britain's GQ magazine

Inspiration? The dress looked very similar to the one worn by Julia Roberts in 1990 movie Pretty Woman



On the cover of the publication, Emma, who is dressed as her character Nikki in the film, is seen provocatively pulling the already revealing dress down some more to show off a tattoo on her hip.

With another inking on her left wrist, Emma clutches an iced coffee as she stares defiantly into the camera.

In the interview, Emma told GQ that she relished the opportunity to play an 'amoral' character such as Nikki.

She said: 'When I read the script and I realised that essentially it was a meditation on fame and what it’s become to our society, I had to do it.

'The character is everything that I felt strongly against — she’s superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She’s all of these things and I realised that I hated her. How do you play someone you hate?

'But I found it really interesting and it gave me a whole new insight into what my job or my role as an actress could be.'

Emma plays the leading role in the Sofia Coppola-directed movie about the real life Bling Ring or The Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch as they were known, who were arrested in 2009 for a string of break-ins at the homes of stars including Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

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Emma also told GQ that she is doing her best to vary the roles she signs up for in a bid to avoid being pigeonholed.

She said: 'I was open-minded about doing anything but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset because I was worried I would never get out again.

'This has been a really big departure for me. It's a really big character. That's so exciting for me because it meant I was really acting.'