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| Hirsch's First Role in Teen Comedy- Source: About.com "The Girl Next Door" will probably be the film that introduces Emile Hirsch to audiences - and it's far from his normal choice of roles. With starring turns in "Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" and "The Mudge Boy," Emile Hirsch is working hard on establishing himself in the world of independent films. And according to the young actor, taking a chance on a role in this teen comedy wasn't something he was interested in doing. It took some convincing to get him to consider the project. Find out why Hirsch was so unsure of "The Girl Next Door," his thoughts on nudity, and Hirsch's research of the porn industry in this interview with "The Girl Next Door" star. Director Luke Greenfield said you were hesitant to take this role. Yeah. I mean, before I said it I was like, "Well I don't really want to do a teen comedy." I was doing all these dramas and I was like, "Oh, I can't do a teen comedy." But the deciding factor for me was when I met Luke Greenfield, the director, because he was so driven, so passionate, so relentless, that I became completely convinced that he would make a great movie. He said he wrote you a letter. What did it say? It was telling me how passionate he was, like this is the thing, "This is not a teen comedy. I am determined to make this a great movie..." And then he dropped, "Ed Norton read the script too, and he was a little surprised when you wouldn't like [it]." And it was just funny, like he was trying to scare me into taking the meeting so it was funny. What you finally sat down with him, what convinced you to take the part? He said so much stuff. We literally sat down for four hours at Jerry's Deli. I just sat there and we ordered food and we talked about the movie to Leonardo da Vinci to music. We talked about everything. I just wanted to get to know him, because in an hour meeting sometimes it's too fast and someone might be nervous. But when you sit down with someone for four hours, you're going to get to know them a little bit, you know? Did Luke try to make you watch any of the teen films he grew up on? Yes. I had already seen "Risky Business" and it was always my wish that we surpass "Risky Business." I was always like, "This has to be better than 'Risky Business.' Let's make this better." I didn't want to re-do it, make it for the ages, I wanted it to be better than "Risky Business." That was my goal from Day One. Does it surpass "Risky Business?" Oh yeah - in my opinion, a lot more. I watched "Risky Business" recently and I was just - I don't know, I don't know why - maybe it's because I'm competitive with it, I don't know, but for some reason I don't click with that movie. Did you shot a lot more of the strip club scene? Yeah, there was some strip club stuff where the girl actually had her top off. But I guess it didn't make the final cut because I was told, with the girls' tops off, because there's lines in the scene, nobody got any of the jokes because they were all staring at the girls. It didn't get any laughs and it's these hilarious lines. Were there a lot of hoops to jump through on the set because you were only 17 when the film was shot? Yeah, when I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put this massive pillow between me and the girl when she was, like, grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable. Were there other scenes they had to change as well, like the sex scene? I was 18 when we shot that. I turned 18 during the movie. It was ironic because I could have done all the nudity in the movie, but because they scheduled that stuff first for some reason, I was 17 so they had to use a body-double. I would have gotten naked or whatever, but... Is it every boy's fantasy to date a porn star? I think we have a big problem in America if that's every boy's fantasy, but I'm sure it's crossed the minds of many a person. Has this film changed your view of the sex industry? No, it's kind of like what you see is what you get. Everything you imagine it is, it is. It's not like, "Well, it's actually like this..." It's like, "Well, it's like you thought it was." And you went to a convention? Well, I didn't go to a convention. They brought the convention to where we were. But it was a real convention, they just didn't have the fans there. The fans were, I guess extras, but they had all the real booths, all the real toys, all the real personnel who normally worked there. I mean there were these freaky deaky toys. There were all kinds of strange toys, you know, it was wild and neon lights and beautiful girls everywhere. Next Page --> |
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