With all the sword fighting and the dueling on top of buildings, were you ever really high up or was that fake?
LL: Well, I mean, I'm not that high up but there's that fight with Mads Mikkelsen when we're up on top of the building and I remember they had one rig that was about 40 feet in the air and usually when we're walking, we're wired in. But you couldn't really do the fight like that because with the wires, the swords are constantly hitting them, so we did that fight on a 10-foot platform, but it was still very difficult because we're doing it on something that's only about a foot wide, the whole way, back and forth. It was crazy. It was nuts. If you fall, you fall for real. They have mats down there, so it wasn't too bad. But we were constantly cutting each other with our swords because it was one-on-one. The other times you are fighting several people, it is a little bit easier to swing and make open movements but the movements for these are very precise and the timing is so quick that if I go up here and he hits me here, you are going to get tagged. But it didn't happen too often!
Did any of the cast play pranks on each other?
LL: Yeah. My stunt double is a good friend of mine, and him and my assistant buddy - we all hang out and have fun, and they pranked me a few times. One time, I had a night shoot from 7pm to six in the morning and that day they had needed to get something from my room, so I gave them my key. I had completely forgotten about it, and I walk in my door, and they had put clear Saran Wrap [Cellophane] over my toilet seat that I could not see. I just had no idea. And it got me. It was everywhere, and as it was happening I was screaming, "Noooo!" It was very funny. It was a great prank.
Did you get revenge?
LL: I was never able to get revenge. I tried, I was setting a trap one time but they walked in on me. They were too good!
How do you feel knowing that after this film you will be called a heartthrob? Because the character is so confident and dashing around women.
LL: I don't know. It's hard to think about it in that way. That's the title you get in a poll or in a magazine, but I don't know. In my own life, I'm living at home still; I'm still at my parents' house. I'm 19 so I can't really relate to that situation or that title. I am just kind of reserved and quiet!
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Logan Lerman who is best known for playing Percy Jackson, or for a Spider-Man fancast, is trying to make the leap to stardom with
The Three Musketeers. This film visually looks impressive, but has most people wondering why it is even being made. The guess is that this movie is really being made for the foreign box office and less about the domestic take. It should have a strong appeal in Europe, and if the story is any good could make a splash in the states, I guess.
The other question is why is this movie going to be in 3D? When Logan is asked about the effect that has been used as a gimmick and a cheap way to add revenue with a pricey ticket cost, Logan defended the addition of the technology to the film. But, Logan only really brags about the point of the sword at times coming at the audience. Obviously there will be many 3D gags throughout the film, but when your best defense is a sword coming at the audience, I just don't see the need for it in a swashbuckling affair.
Synopsis - The hot-headed young D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) joins forces with three rogue Musketeers (Matthew MacFadyen, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson) in this reboot of Alexandre Dumas’ story. They must stop the evil Richlieu (Christoph Waltz) and face off with Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) and the treacherous Milady (Milla Jovovich). The action adventure is given a state of the art update in 3-D.
Starring Logan Lerman, Milla Jovovich, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelson, Gabriella Wilde, Juno Temple with Orlando Bloom and Christoph Waltz.
The Three Musketeers hits theaters October 21st!
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