'Bling Ring' inspiration came from Kardashians, Emma Watson says

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Actress Mona Walravens, left, director Abdellatif Kechiche and actress Lea Seydoux, winner of the Palme d’Or for “La Vie D’adele” (“Blue Is the Warmest Color”), attend the Palme D’Or Winners dinner. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Actress Bérénice Bejo, awarded with the Prix d’Interpretation Feminine (best actress), and director Asghar Farhadi attend. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Director Anthony Chen, winner of the Camera d’Or for best first film, attends. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Director Jia Zhangke, winner of Prix du Scenario (best screenplay), for “Tian Zhu Ding” (“A Touch of Sin”) attends. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Actor Oscar Isaac, left, with actress Kim Novak and Studiocanal CEO Olivier Courson, receives the Grand Prix for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis” on behalf of directors Joel and Ethan Coen. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)

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Amat Escalante, winner for directing “Heli,” attends. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Jury members Naomi Kawase, left, Cristian Mungiu, Ang Lee, Daniel Auteuil, Steven Spielberg, Lynne Ramsay, Vidya Balan, Nicole Kidman and Christoph Waltz attend the winners dinner. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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South African actor Conrad Kemp, U.S. actor Forest Whitaker, French director Jerome Salle, British actor Orlando Bloom and guests arrive for the screening of “Zulu” and the closing ceremony. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)

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Uma Thurman arrives for the screening of “Zulu” and the closing ceremony. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)

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Actors Jeremy Renner and Marion Cotillard attend “The Immigrant” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Joseph Jackson attends the “Michael Kohlhaas” premiere. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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French actress and mistress of ceremonies at the Cannes Film Festival Audrey Tautou at the “Venus in Fur” premiere. (Loic Venance / AFP / Getty Images)

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Australian actress and member of the feature film jury Nicole Kidman arrives for the screening of “Venus in Fur.” (Loic Venance / AFP / Getty Images)

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Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete attends the “Venus in Fur” premiere. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)

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French director Alain Guiraudie, front center, receives the directing prize for his movie “L’Inconnu du Lac (Stranger by the Lake).” (Sebastien Nogier / EPA)

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U.S. director Ryan Coogler, center, receives the Prize of the Future for “Fruitvale Station” from jury member Thomas Vinterberg, left, and actor Forest Whitaker at the Un Certain Regard closing ceremony. (Sebastien Nogier / EPA)

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French actor Mathieu Amalric, left center, actress Emmanuelle Seigner and director Roman Polanski leave the screening of the film “Venus in Fur.” (Alberto Pizzoli / AFPGetty Images)

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Actress Tilda Swinton attends the “Only Lovers Left Alive” premiere. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)

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Actress Stacy Keibler attends amfAR’s 20th annual Cinema Against AIDS. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Janet Jackson attends amfAR’s 20th annual Cinema Against AIDS. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Model Heidi Klum. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Lara Lieto and actor Adrien Brody. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Actress Goldie Hawn attends the charity auction at the Cinema Against AIDS amfAR gala. (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

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Jessica Chastain poses for photographers at the Cinema Against AIDS amfAR gala. (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

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Heiress and model Paris Hilton. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP / Getty Images)

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Actor Dylan McDermott. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto /Getty Images)

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French-Spanish actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey attends the “Only God Forgives” premiere. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP / Getty Images)

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Actress Elsa Zylberstein walks the red carpet at Cannes. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)

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Director Maji-da Abdi attends the “Only God Forgives” premiere. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Actress Elodie Bouchez poses for photographers at the Cannes Film Festival. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Actress Audrey Fleurot at the “Only God Forgives” premiere. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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British actress Kristin Scott Thomas arrives for the screening of “Only God Forgives.’ ” (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)

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Milla Jovovich attends the “Blood Ties” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Marion Cotillard at the “Blood Ties” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Rosario Dawson at the “As I Lay Dying” premiere. (Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images)

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Zoe Saldana on the red carpet at the “Blood Ties” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Selita Ebanks attends the “Blood Ties” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Ahna O’Reilly, left, and Octavia Spencer attend the Art of Elysium, Rabbit Bandini and Leon Max event for Ahna O’Reilly. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)

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Rooney Mara and IWC Chief Executive Georges Kern at the exclusive “For the Love of Cinema” event. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Actor Eric Dane at the “For the Love Of Cinema” event hosted by Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Karoline Huber, brand director IWC Middle East, and Jimmy Jean-Louis earn their strips at “For the Love of Cinema” event. (Samir Hussein / Getty Images)

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Melonie Diaz attends the Art of Elysium, Rabbit Bandini and Leon Max event for Ahna O’Reilly. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)

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Dutch-Palestinian film director Hany Abu-Assad, second from left, and the cast of his film “Omar” are in good spirits for the screening “Borgman.” (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/Getty Images)

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Actress Sara Hjort Ditlevsen arrives for the screening of the film “Borgman.” (Lionel Cironneau / Associated Press)

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Actor and director James Franco arrives for the screening of “Borgman.” (Guillaume Horacajuelo / EPA)

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Dutch producer Marc van Warmerdam, Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam, Dutch actress Annet Malherbe, Dutch actress Hadewych Minis, Danish actress Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Flemish actor Jeroen Perceval and guests arrive for the screening of “Borgman.” (Guillaume Horacajuelo / EPA)

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Actress Bai Ling attends the premiere of “Borgman.” (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)

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Actors Oscar Isaac and Justin Timberlake and director Joel Coen leave after attending the screening of their film “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/Getty Images)

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Actress Jane Fonda poses on May 19, 2013 as she arrives for the screening of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/Getty Images)

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Indian actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)

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Director and President of the Feature Film Jury Steven Spielberg and his wife actress Kate Capshaw arrive for the premiere of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/Getty Images)

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Jury member Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the “Inside Llewyn Davis” premiere. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)

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Actress Kirsten Dunst poses as she arrives for the screening of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/Getty Images)

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Actress Jessica Biel arrives for the screening of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)

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Model Olga Sorokina arrives for the screening of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Guillaume Horacajuelo / EPA)

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Actors Garrett Hedlund (L) and John Goodman arrive for the screening of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Loic Venance / AFP/Getty Images)

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Indian actress and jury member Vidya Balan arrives for the screening of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Guillaume Horacajuelo / EPA)

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Actress Carey Mulligan poses for photographers during a photo call for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Lionel Cironneau / Associated Press)

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From left, actors Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac pose for photographers during a photo call for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.” (Joel Ryan / Invision / Associated Press)

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Eva Longoria walks the red carpet at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP / Getty Images)

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A guest wears a dress of biscuit trays. (Loic Venance / AFP / Getty Images)

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Actors Meng Li, left, Jiang Wu and Tao Zhao attend the premiere of “Tian Zhu Ding.” (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)

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Chinese actress Zhang Yuqi. (Valery Hache / AFP / Getty Images)

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Carina Lau and Tony Leung at the “Tian Zhu Ding” premiere. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)

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Actor Baoqiang Wang and his wife, Ma Rong, share a kiss. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)

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Olga Sorokina attends the premiere of “Le Passe” (The Past). (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Jury member, Gwenole Bruneau (FICAM), Chloe Rolland (Syndicat de la Critique), French director Regis Wargnier, French director Agnes Varda, Eric Guirado (SRF), French cinematographer Michel Abramowicz and Spanish director Isabel Coixet during the photocall of the “Camera d’Or” Jury. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)

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French actors Tahar Rahim, Elyes Aguis and Jeanne Jestin and Argentinian-born French actress Bérénice Bejo during a photocall for the film “The Past.” (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/Getty Images)

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David Hasselhoff and his partner British model Hayley Roberts pose as they arrive for the screening of the film “Young and Beautiful.” (Valery Hache / AFP/Getty Images)

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“The Bling Ring” actors Claire Julien, left, Taissa Farmiga, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson and director Sofia Coppola at the screening of the film. (Valery Hache / AFP / Getty Images)

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Indian actress Sonam Kapoor at a screening for “Young & Beautiful” (“Jeune & Jolie”). (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP / Getty Images)

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French actress Ludivine Sagnier arrives at the “Young & Beautiful” (“Jeune & Jolie”) screening. (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

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Octavia Spencer, left, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler and Melonie Diaz attend the “Fruitvale Station” photocall. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)

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Actor Jackie Chan kicks up his heels at the “Skiptrace” photocall. (Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images)

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“The Great Gatsby” stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan at the movie’s screening. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)

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Jury member and actress Nicole Kidman on stage during the opening ceremony of the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival. (Ian Langsdon / EPA )

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Leonardo DiCaprio kisses mistress of ceremonies Audrey Tautou. (Ian Langsdon / EPA )

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French singer Lorie arrives at “The Great Gatsby” screening. (Sebastien Nogier / EPA)

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Singer Solange Knowles arrives at the festival’s opening ceremony. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)

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Actors Christoph Waltz and Vidya Balan arrive at the “Great Gatsby” screening. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)

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Taiwanese director and feature film jury member Ang Lee greets the audience. (AFP / Getty Images)

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Actress Freida Pinto attends the Cannes opening ceremony. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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“The Great Gatsby” director Baz Luhrmann attends the opening ceremony. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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“The Great Gatsby’s” Isla Fisher at the film’s premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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“Gatsby” costars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire attend the Cannes opening ceremony and “Great Gatsby” screening. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan at the “Great Gatsby” event. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)

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Actor Tobey Maguire, who portrays Nick in “The Great Gatsby.” (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

By Nardine Saad

May 16, 2013 4 PM PT

“The Bling Ring” had Emma Watson “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”

The “Harry Potter” alum plays a character based on convicted socialite Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola’s film, which chronicles the shenanigans of those who looted the homes of celebrities including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom in 2009 and 2010.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday with stars Watson, Claire Julien, Taissa Fariga, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard and writer-director Coppola walking the red carpet. The film is not part of the French festival’s main competition; rather, the fact-based drama opened the Un Certain Regard category, Movies Now reports.

“I watched a lot of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ and ‘The Hills,’ and I tried to understand the psychology of this kind of girl as much as possible,” Watson told reporters. “I didn’t want her to be just a parody. The accent was hard as it was a particular kind of dialect. I also thought a lot about what her parents must have been like.”

VIDEO: See Emma Watson in ‘The Bling Ring’ trailer

Watson rocks a pretty offensive but totally perfect Valley girl accent for her cat-burglar character. Neiers, who along with her friend made off with designer baubles and glitzy duds, pleaded no contest in 2010 to second-degree residential burglary and was given probation after serving 30 days of a 180-day sentence. She was also paid by Coppola to consult on the film.

“It wasn’t so much about the stealing,” Watson said. “It wasn’t so much about the heist aspect. It was actually more about the fact that they wanted to pretend for two hours that they were Paris Hilton or that they were living that kind of lifestyle for real.”

Hilton, a five-time victim of the gang’s crimes, makes a cameo appearance in the film and recently divulged that she allowed part of it to be shot at her mansion.

CHEAT SHEET: Cannes Film Festival 2013

“Sofia came to my birthday party last year. She loved my house and said it couldn’t be re-created in a set,” Hilton told The Hollywood Reporter. “I really admire her, an intelligent independent woman who’s a director ... Sofia knows everything about these kids now — stuff I didn’t know — and it will be very strange to watch them break in my house five times and sell my Birkin bags and heirloom jewelry on Venice Beach. They stole millions of dollars’ worth of things from me.”

“The Bling Ring” was based on a Vanity Fair article about the group and the story served as source material for Coppola.

“I think it’s really interesting to see an actress that you’ve seen in other things really transform into a completely different character that’s so different than her,” Coppola said. “And all of them are so different than the characters in the movie so it’s always exciting to see an actor transform.”

And it seems like Watson wanted to do the story justice without making it seem as if she were mimicking a loathed caricature.

“With Nicki, I was really taking on a character. Some of her lines are so crazy and absurd — making sure she wasn’t a parody was a challenge,” Watson recently told W, saying that her risque costumes helped her get into character.

PHOTOS: Scene at Cannes

“Who wouldn’t love to go to work in Uggs and very low-slung tracksuit bottoms? The iconic detail of Nicki is her tramp stamp. It’s a lotus flower, a Buddhist-like symbol just above her butt crack. Really classy! And at one point I told the costume designer, ‘You can see my bra strap in this top; shouldn’t we pin it?’ And she said, ‘No, sweetie — Nicki is all about her bra strap showing.’ I was like, right, OK, different mind-set.”

Goodie-two-shoes Hermione Granger has been clearly and quite deliberately been left behind in the magical land of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter.”

For Watson, who has talked at length about breaking away from her frizzy-haired Muggle-born alter-ego, taking on new roles has helped cast her in a grown-up and quite alluring light. But for her, it’s just a part maturing along with “normal experiences.”

PHOTOS: Hermione Granger through the years

“I’ve always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad,” W’s June cover girl said, revealing that her own first kiss was “thankfully” not on set. “You need to have normal experiences of your own. I’ve never wanted to grow up too fast: I wanted to wear a sports bra until I was 22! The allure of being sexy never really held any excitement for me. I’ve never been in a terrible rush to be seen as a woman.”

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