Logan Lerman, the star of the upcoming high-action depiction of ‘The Three Musketeers,’ talks about portraying one of literature’s most beloved characters – in a contemporary retelling of the tale.

Last week at WonderCon Summit Entertainment screened a sneak peek of their upcoming action adventure The Three Musketeers.
In addition to the footage that was presented, Summit offered select press interviews with Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson, 3:10 to Yuma) who plays D’Artagnan in the film.

Lerman found the experience of portraying “one of the most iconic characters in literature” to be an incredible one.
The young actor embraced the opportunity to be a part of the retelling of one of his grandfather’s most beloved tales. When asked how his interpretation would differ from the previous depictions of D’Artagnan, Lerman replied:

“It’s much more badass. We definitely wanted to up the action, and give it a cooler spin. A well deserved cooler spin. This is nothing that anyone’s going to expect when thinking about the long line of D’Artagnans, and how much older they were than the character is. Paul (W.S. Anderson) wanted to get somebody who was closer to the actual age of the character, because he’s 18 in the novel. So, yeah, expect a badass D’Artagnan who actually is the most dangerous character in the film, because nobody knows who he is when he comes to the city from a small town, and he’s trying to prove himself.”

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# 0:40 – Says this is his first pop culture convention
# 1:10 – Is excited to check out stuff from Hanna at WonderCon
# 2:05 – Tells a story about doing karaoke while promoting Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
# 3:00 – Talks about shooting the film in Germany
# 4:10 – Discusses how filming on location rather than on a soundstage enhances his performance
# 4:55 – Describes the film’s story and his role as D’Artagnan
# 6:20 – Talks about his involvement in Perks of Being a Wallflower and touches on the story
# 7:40 – Says he hasn’t heard anything from the studio about a possible Percy Jackson sequel

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“I was so glad that Andrew Garfield got it. Just because he’s an awesome actor,” said Lerman, “I mean as long as they give it to someone who is, you know, worthy of having that opportunity it always works out well. And I’m always happy to see when good actors get good parts.”

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“It’s definitely happening, we’re shooting that soon,” Logan assured us, when asked about the film’s production status. “We’re starting in a month now, so I’m excited. [Emma and I] haven’t worked together [before], but we met up and everything,” he said.

Logan added that everyone involved with the film is very attached to the book as well.

“We’re all really passionate about that movie. It’s a book that’s affected us all,” he said. “The story is ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ it’s a book that we’ve all known, Emma and I, some other people, it’s really affected us since it came out. I read it years ago. It’s an honor to be in that film and to be able to portray Charlie.”

Although an official start date is unknown, the shooting location isn’t.

“We’re shooting in Pennsylvania,” Logan said. “I’m not sure the exact start date, but it should be a month from now or so, and I’m excited.”

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At the age of 19, Logan Lerman (The Patriot, Jack & Bobby, Gamer) has been acting for over a decade and later this year will take on the most iconic character of his career — one of the most recognizable heroes in literature, even: D’Artagnan in Paul W.S. Anderson’s Three Musketeers. Lerman made his first trip to WonderCon with footage from the October 2011 3D action pic in tow and sat for a quick chat with Movieline about Anderson’s insane-looking take on the Alexandre Dumas novel, the reportedly in-the-works sequel to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and a little-known YouTube user known as monkeynuts1069.

What was the appeal of playing D’Artagnan?
When it first came about, the first thing that came to mind was my grandfather; it was his favorite novel growing up, and D’Artagnan’s one of his favorite characters — one of the most iconic characters in literature. It was a big deal for me, and I looked at it as an opportunity unlike anything I’ve ever gotten to do. Really different from me — he’s a really cocky, cool, suave guy. I’m nothing like him. But it was a fun challenge, a cool time.

You were surrounded with quite a cast — Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Matthew MacFayden, Christoph Waltz, Orlando Bloom…
Everybody was fantastic. Everybody brought what they wanted for their character to play. The musketeers and I, we all became very close because we were around each other for five months straight. We made a pact that we were really going to do something cool with this, that it was going to work. Everything has an intention, there was nothing that was gratuitous.

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Nothing gratuitous, except for those flying pirate ships! But really, with a story like this that’s been adapted many times before, how do you make sure you’re doing it in a fresh new way?
Well this Musketeers is kind of like an untold chapter of the story, where the Musketeers are like weaponry experts, the James Bonds of their time. They’re the Navy S.E.A.L.s of their day, and that adds a different element to that story. It really separates itself from the rest of the Musketeers films that you’ve seen — it’s not just sword fighting.

Your most recent film was Percy Jackson and the Olympians, which was oriented to younger audiences. Do you consider Three Musketeers a first step in your adult career?
Yeah, definitely. Every day that I get older, hopefully. You know, I was younger back then when I started. It’s definitely more mature, another step. I just don’t want to repeat the same thing over and over again, so I’m always looking for something that’s going to be challenging and make me nervous every time I start a project.

It was recently announced that a sequel to Percy Jackson was in the works. What’s the status of your involvement in that, and what have you heard so far?
I know nothing about it, actually. I heard about it from everyone [at WonderCon] but I don’t know much about it. I know what you guys know. I’m very curious to see what’s going to happen with it.

Lastly, let’s talk about monkeynuts1069.
Hmm? Oh, that’s my best friend’s YouTube account!

A while ago I stumbled across it and found the shorts you two made.
Yeah, those are a little embarrassing. [Laughs] My buddy Dean [Collins], my best friend and I growing up, we made all these videos. That was our childhood. Whereas other kids would be playing sports or whatever they do, we would be making films. So we thought, hey! Especially when YouTube started becoming really popular. Why not throw them on there? It’d be fun. We can show people something a little inside, what we did when we were younger.

Do you and Dean plan on making more films together?
We haven’t had any time or any reason, really, to make a new short. We’re kind of hoping to cross over into real, legitimate filmmaking. [Laughs] But Dean’s a great guy.

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Percy Jackson vs. Harry Potter

“I know nothing, to be honest,” Lerman told MTV News. “As for that movie, Marc Webb has got to be one of the most talented directors out there. Whatever he does, whatever Sony does with the film, they’re going to make an awesome movie. But I know nothing about it.”

Was the actor ever actually in discussions? Is he still a contender or has he been knocked out? While Lerman remains tight-lipped about exactly how extensive his conversations with Sony were, it’s clear now from his words that the actor is no longer in consideration for the part.

“Basically I was just a fan,” he said. “Just a guy who was interested in the movie and I was just hoping to be considered for it. As of right now, I don’t know where they’re going with it. Whoever they get and whatever happens with it, I’m sure they’re going to make an awesome movie out of it.”

So with Lerman seemingly not fated to land the Parker role, who in fact will take over for Tobey Maguire? Rumor has it that Sony has narrowed its sights to five actors: Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield and Josh Hutcherson. As for Lerman, the kid didn’t even get a chance to try on that iconic Spidey suit.

“No,” he said when asked about the suit. “No.”

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Here’s a video of Logan’s interview with Christian Siriano at MTV Movie Awards.

A new interview for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards surfaced. Screencaps have been added to the gallery.

As awesome as fight scenes often look on film, much less when they’re intense enough to earn a nomination for Best Fight at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, it turns out that they’re not always as exciting on set as they ending up looking on the silver screen. Describing the process of putting together his scuffle with Jake Abel in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” Percy Jackson himself, Logan Lerman explained that shooting the scene was occasionally a little uncomfortable.

“It was awkward,” Lerman admitted in an interview with MTV News.”I felt really stupid doing it. You’ve got to put your mind outside of the room and embarrass yourself a little bit and feel comfortable to be in the moment.”

Notwithstanding his fight in the movie itself, Lerman will soon find himself battling with a capable group of candidates for the Best Fight award, including showdowns between Beyonce and Ali Larter, Hugh Jackman, Live Schreiber and Ryan Reynolds, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Strong, and Sam Worthington and Stephen Lang. But even as a budding bruiser, the young actor seemed confident about his fight scene’s chances. “You throw ‘em all in the ring, I think ‘Percy Jackson’ is going to win.”

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