The New York Times has published a new report featuring actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) from when they visited her on the set of her new film, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," over the summer.
Ms. Watson speaks about her new experiences on a film set worlds away from "Harry Potter," bonding with her new co-stars and influencing filmmakers in Hollywood to invest in "Perks."
“Oh my goodness, so many firsts,” she said, speaking in an excited rush
during a break from filming. “I did the prom! We all get dressed up and
we go in a limo, and get photographs. It’s been really fun for me to get
to graduate. Eating in the school canteen; all these things that I’ve
always sort of said to my American friends, ‘Oh, that looks amazing,
that looks so fun, I’m jealous.’ And I get to do it for this movie.”
“That’s a different chapter of my life, which, kind of through doing
this, feels like it’s closed,” she said [referring to Potter]. She pointed to a scene in
“Perks” as symbolic of her new beginning: standing in the back of a
pickup truck, she and her high school crew take a late-night joyride
through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, the city lights shining on the other end.
“Summit didn’t want me to do the stunt, but I insisted,” she said, even
though she was scared. “The car’s moving at 60 miles per hour, I had one
little thing attaching me to the truck,” she recalled. She ended up
going through seven or eight times, screaming her guts out. “Oh my God,
it was so fun,” she said. “One of the best nights of my life, without a
doubt.”
A new image still from the film of Ms. Watson as Sam along with co-star Logan Lerman (Charlie) accompanied the article. A release date for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" has not yet been announced.
Emma is doing very well…this film and My Week with Marilyn
trailer
http://www.slashfilm.com/my-week-marilyn-trailer/#more-113400
looks like a very good film with other HP alumni
Standing up in the bed of a pickup truck doing 60 mph? Not to blame Ms. Watson personally, but I wonder how many teens will end up getting killed in copycat stunts. I hope the movie doesn’t make it look like something that everyone should try. A member of my own high school class never made it to graduation on account of some kids horsing around like that, taking turns sitting on the back of a moving car. One slid off, banged his head on the pavement and died. : (
WeenyOwl I appreciate your concern – but isn’t it up to those teenagers’ parents to teach their off spring the difference between film/movie and reality? It is the same with this present concern about" too thin models in magazines" and so forth – children/teenagers have to learn to distinguish between an image (which is – more often than not – retouched, etc. ) and reality … the sooner the better. We cannot continue blaming film makers/journalists/designers for our children’s warped view on reality – WE, the adults, are responsible, we need to show them the difference between image/reality. I mean – there are a lot of stunts in the HP movies after all …
I cant wait to see Perks! I’ve never read the book, I’m rather behind on my reading but I’ll try and add it too the list. Going 60 mph through a tunnle in the back of a pickup sounds so wicked! But its true, some stupid teenager might get the idea to try it, I’d love to but my common sense is telling me that wouldnt be the smartest idea.
My Week With Marylin is the type of movie I’d go see even if Emma wasnt in it, so she’s a nice added bonus. :)
Excellent, now the ride in the pick up in the tunnel sounds fun :)