He’s made it past the often impossible hump, from child actor to fully fledged male lead, but the best thing about Logan Lerman is he’s not blase about beating the odds.
The young star of the new Three Musketeers movie is all too cognizant of his statistically unlikely success, and appreciates every single opportunity he’s ever been given, from landing the starring role in the Vancouver-shot Percy Jackson and the Olympians, to playing opposite Orlando Bloom and Milla Jovovich in the latest take on Alexandre Dumas’ swordsmen.
“I realize this wasn’t even a realistic career option for me until about two years ago,” says Lerman, who plays D’Artagnan, the “fourth musketeer.”
“I was close to graduating from high school, and, at that point, acting was still really just a hobby for me,” he says. “I had no real plans, but opportunities were presented to me, and I decided to take them.”
Those opportunities were 2010′s Percy Jackson, which is currently gearing up for a sequel with Lerman in the lead once more, as well as Three Musketeers and a new movie for John Malkovich’s production company, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, with Emma Watson (Harry Potter) and Paul Rudd (Our Idiot Brother).
“I never imagined being able to be in movies like this,” he says, gesturing at the movie poster for Three Musketeers propped on an easel. “I think not having any expectations about the future was a good thing. I’ve always tried to look at it from a work perspective, and just embrace every moment and every job that came along.”
Lerman says he made the decision to defer university for a while to pursue his options, but he’s not ignorant of the consequences. “They say every year you put off university is like three years, if you want to go back, but for now, this seems like the right path.”
Lerman is 19, but he looks more like 16, as a result of his smooth white skin and baby-blue eyes framed by long black lashes. He grew up in Los Angeles, but he has the feel of a kid from the Midwest: straightforward, honest, wholesome and just a little bit shy.
“I am, I guess (a little bit shy),” he says, blushing. • READ FULL STORY »
