NY Times have released an indepth and cohesive interview with Emma from the set of ‘Perks’. In the interview, Emma talks about the different experiences on set, her fondest memories, eating in a cafeteria, going to prom and much more! The movie is rumoured to be having a mid-2012 release. The entire interview can be read here in our press archives.

Accompanying the new interview, our first official look at Emma as Sam from the movie! The first promotional image from the film, also featuring Logan Lerman as Charlie, can be seen in our galleries; as can a new behind-the-scenes photo of Emma, Logan and director-writer-screenwriter Stephen Chbosky, which can be seen here in our galleries.

Edit! Both pictures have been replaced with high quality.

“Oh my goodness, so many firsts,” she said, speaking in an excited rush during a break from filming. “I did the prom! We all get dressed up and we go in a limo, and get photographs. It’s been really fun for me to get to graduate. Eating in the school canteen; all these things that I’ve always sort of said to my American friends, ‘Oh, that looks amazing, that looks so fun, I’m jealous.’ And I get to do it for this movie.”

And Ms. Watson, accustomed to acting alongside people and in a story she had known for a decade, “started freaking out,” she said. She threw herself into research, e-mailing friends about their high school experiences and worrying about how to create a bond with this new, unfamiliar clique. (Shades of the encyclopedic Hermione are there, and of Ms. Watson’s semesters at Brown University, where she plans to return to complete her undergraduate degree.)

But studiousness wasn’t necessary. They just hung out. They formed a hotel-room band: Mr. Miller drummed, Mr. Lerman played guitar, and Ms. Watson sang. They jokingly called themselves Octopus Jam. Friends dropped by; noise complaints followed. Before she knew it, the world of Hogwarts had receded.

Read more at the press archives.