The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks: Emma Watson’s First Major Role Since Harry Potter Films

Emma Watson plays Sam in her first major role since she completed the Harry Potter films that made her a star at the tender age of 11. “To me, Sam is the perfect girl,” says Chbosky. “Emma is absolutely luminous in the role. She took it very seriously. It took about five minutes for me to realize that she was the perfect person for the character and the movie. She grew up in the middle of a hurricane, and she did it with such grace and such class, but there is this loneliness about her. I knew when I met her that this was a part of her that was just dying to come out. She just needed permission.”

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks: Finding All the Kids in the Cast

Chbosky always felt that the friendship between the teenagers in the movie would have to bleed into real life for it to be believable on screen. “I told everyone that it was really important that they have the summer of their lives,” he says. “If they did that, my job would be easy. And they did. All the camaraderie led to for them staying up all night and playing music and becoming great friends, which translated to the movie. And that extended to all the kids in the cast. Mae Whitman and Emma became instant girlfriends.”

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The Hunger Games New Theatrical Trailer

The Hunger Games New Theatrical Trailer

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

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