Wild child: Emma Watson shows off her provocative dance moves in the new trailer for The Bling Ring
She spent years playing well-behaved Hermione in Harry Potter, but now Emma Watson is trying her hand at being a bad girl.
On
Friday the first glimpse of the star going from wizard to bad girl in
The Bling Ring was released showing a Hollywood obsessed, sexy dancing
Emma leading a gang of privileged teens to steal from Hollywood's elite.
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The
British actress plays the leading role in the Sofia
Coppola-directed movie about the real life Bling Ring or The Hollywood
Hills Burglar Bunch as they were known whom were arrested in 2009 for a
string of break-ins at the homes of stars including
Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.
The group of four girls and three boys
targeted their idols in a stealing spree of luxury goods, jewelry and
cash worth more than $3 million - most of which belonged to Paris.
Despite being relatively affluent, the girls in particular became
obsessed with the lifestyle led by the celebrities and looked through magazine
shoots and TV interviews to see what items belonging to the star's they wanted
to steal.
Ready for trouble: The Sofia Coppola-directed
movie is based on the real life Bling Ring or The Hollywood Hills
Burglar Bunch as they were known whom were arrested in 2009 for a string
of break-ins at the homes of stars including Paris Hilton
Art imitating life: While names and roles have
been changed the film features the core group of four girls and one boy -
two more men were charged with dealing with the stolen goods - who
targeted their idols
Paris, who was then at the height of her fame, has a cameo in the film which will be released June 14.
Their biggest victim: The Bling Ring stole around $2 million worth of jewelry from Paris Hilton, who has a cameo in the film
While The Simple Life star does not feature in the highly stylised trailer, her home and her image certainly do.
As
one of the group declares 'Let's go shopping' - the only dialogue in
the trailer - the teens run amuck in the heiress' extensive closet
surrounded in designer shoes and bags.
The film is
released by A24 the same distributors as competing edgy film Spring
Breakers starring Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, who was ironically
set to be targeted by the group before their arrest.
The
sneak peak, which stays true to Coppola's stylised story telling
technique, is more music video than trailer with the superficiality of
the group put on display as they steal to meet their expensive tastes
and splash out their victim's cash on bottle service at
Hollywood's top clubs - the same venues where their rich and famous
targets partied.There has been great anticipation about Emma's role as the leader of the group. The star's character 'Nicki' is based off Bling Ring member Alexis Neiers, who was not the ring leader but become the best known of those convicted.
The daughter of a Playboy model, the now 21-year-old served some of the least amount of time of the group, but managed to covert her notoriety into fame starring in a reality show Pretty Wild about her and her family's lives.
Let's go shopping: Two of the teens are seen running amuck in Paris' closet in the trailer
Easy target: The real life Bling Ring allegedly
targeted the reality star first as they thought she was 'dumb' enough to
not lock her doors or secure her valuables
Despite
previously claiming she wanted to stop acting and
spend more time studying, Emma has completed a number of movies,
including a small role in My Week with Marilyn and an adaptation of The
Perks of Being a Wallflower.
The
film also stars Leslie Mann, who plays Nicki's mum and newcomers Israel
Broussard and Katie Chang, who's charters are inspired by the real life
ring leaders.
Katie's character 'Rebecca' is based on the reality television-obsessed Rachel Lee who was accused of masterminding the heists. She is currently serving a four year prison term.
Not such a free bird: Emma's character is based
on Alexis Neiers. Alexis went on to have her own reality show following
her arrest and was arrested again in 2010, mug shot pictured, for
possessing heroin
Spot the difference: There has been great
anticipation about Emma's role as the leader of the group despite the
real life girl her character 'Nicki' is based not being the ring leader
Critics are
already gearing up for the film about the fame-obsessed to be a cult hit
as many of the director's have been before including Marie Antoinette
and the Virgin Suicides.
Commenting on the casting, Sofia said: 'I'm excited
about the young cast we're assembling and I'm looking forward to shooting on
location in Los Angeles.'
High expectations: The film is expected to be well received when it is released in June
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