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Kings Restaurant Closed for Movie Shoot
'Perks of Being a Wallflower' is filming at Kings until 5 p.m. Saturday.
Kings Restaurant on McMurray Road will be closed for a movie shoot Thursday 2 p.m. through Saturday 5 p.m.
The movie crew will be filming scenes for "Perks of Being a Wallflower." Last week, the crew filmed scenes at a home along Mill Grove Road. from a Patch reader.
The film is being directed by Upper St. Clair High School graduate Stephen Chbosky. It is based on Chbosky's book, "Perks of Being a Wallflower," which tells the story of an introvert freshman who learns everything from drug use to suicide after being taken on the wings by his step siblings.
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The movie stars Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Nina Dobrev, Paul Rudd and Kate Walsh.
According to Kate Walsh's — star of ABC's Private Practice — twitter page, Walsh is now back in Los Angeles. However, she sent out a number of tweets while filming in Pittsburgh.
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May 16: "Just finished delicious day of shooting w/awesome pittsburgh peeps."
May 16: "Tw'orld! It rains in the burgh of Pitts, super party grateful for coffee."
May 13: "Still talking about the mussels @ Soba!"
May 13: "Also, to all the new tw'eeps, thanks for following me! Now let's get to the really important news: SOBA in pittsburgh: amazeballs!"
May 12: ":) tw'eeps, just wanna tell u I heart Pittsburgh! In other news...'Perks' cast all ROCK, especially Logan Lerman: amazeballs!"
May 9: "I guess word's out...yes, shooting 'perks of being a wallflower' it's AWESOME. A perfect script, delicious cast & fanfrickintastic director."
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