First Images of Emma Watson and Logan Lerman in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

Friday, 14 October 2011 13:39 Written by  Jordan DeSaulnier
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First Images of Emma Watson and Logan Lerman in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

Since its first publication in 1999, Stephen Chbosky's novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower has built an incredibly passionate fanbase of young readers not unlike that of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, which is an acknowledged influence on Wallflower.  While a movie version of Salinger's classic adolescent tale has never happened, Chbosky is writing and directing a film version of his novel for Summit Entertainment, with Logan Lerman starring as an introverted high school freshman grappling with mental illness, first love, and his social life, all in the wake of his best friend's suicide.  Summit has released the first two official images from The Perks of Being a Wallflower, both of which include Lerman and Emma Watson, the erstwhile Hermione of the Harry Potter  franchise.

The first image shows Chbosky directing Watson and Lerman on location, while the second has both actors in character in, you know, a library. 


Stephen Chbosky's got a rare opportunity here; it's not often that novelists are allowed to write and direct feature adaptations of their work.  Lerman's a fine young actor, but I'm not sure how easy it will be to buy him as an painfully introverted, mostly unnoticed teenager.  After all, he's the star of The Three Musketeers and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.  Most super-awkward fifteen year old students don't have that kind of charisma,

In addition to Lerman and Emma Watson, the cast of The Perks of Being a Wallflower includes Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Dyland McDermott, Ezra Miller, Melanie Lynsky, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Nicholas Braun, and Reece Thompson.


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