Logan Lerman Video Interview On ‘Perks Of Being A Wallflower’

Published in 1999, Stephen Chbosky’s first novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, received critical acclaim and became a cult favorite for its depiction of teenage life and the introversion and awkwardness that accompanies it. Thirteen years later, the book has come to the big screen. Directed by Chbosky, the film stars Logan Lerman as the protagonist, Charlie, as well as Ezra Miller, Emma Watson and Nina Dobrev as his crowd of eccentric misfits.

Born in Beverly Hills, Calif., Lerman, 20, began his film career playing Mel Gibson’s son in The Patriot (2000) and a younger version of Gibson in What Women Want (2000). But his first breakthrough role came as “Bobby” McCallister on the WB series Jack and Bobby. From there he went on to star in the movie Hoot and appear in such films as The Number 23, 3:10 to Yuma, and Meet Bill. Lerman is perhaps best known for his work as Percy Jackson in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010).

That Olympic gear training may have come in handy while filming Wallflower. Lerman got to go shirtless — and pantless — in a gold thong for a scene in which he played Rocky from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. “That was uncomfortable,” Lerman told Uinterview exclusively. “It was one of the moments you try not to think about before you do it and you try to forget it really quickly afterwards. I was really nervous to see the film and check that scene out. But I saw the film recently and I was dreading seeing that sequence and I was really surprised. They had a lot more footage than what was shown in the film and they were really nice to kind of condense it into clips that would be suitable for like a PG-13 film, which was nice. “