old Emma Watson (II) (qv) was  embarrassed about having to hug the boys in front of the entire  cast, Chris Columbus (qv) allowed her to change the scene so that  Hermione just hugs Harry then starts to hug Ron but the two get  embarrassed and resolve to only shake hands. Watson also stated in a  recent interview that she kept letting Daniel Radcliffe (qv) go  too quickly, so the film was "frozen" for a few seconds to make the  hug look like it lasted longer than it actually did.