- FUN FACTS:
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower is based off of a best-selling novel
- The author of the book and director of the movie, Stephen Chbosky, was writing another book when he came up with the idea. Once he wrote the line "I guess that's the perk of being a wallflower," he knew he had literary gold.
- Chbosky knew Emma Watson was perfect for playing the role of Sam when in the Harry Potter movie, The Goblet of Fire, she acted out a crying scene after the Yule ball.
- The main character Charlie is loosley based on Chbosky.
- For the rest of the characters, Chbosky said he took inspiration from different people in his life.
- Sam was inspired by someone that Chbosky has an equal passion for as Charlie has for her._
- Patrick was inspired by a friend of Chbosky's from college.
- The only completely fictional character was Mary Elizabeth.
- The movie was filmed in Peters Town, Pennsylvania.