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one of those mind blowing theater experiences for me. So as soon as I heard they were making Speed Racer, which was also a show that I loved growing up on cartoon network they were replaying it, it was just that right combination. Molotov Cocktail!”

With great success in smaller films like Into the Wild and Alpha Dog and even The Mudge Boy, Emile has gotten a certain amount of attention from fans, but even he’s not sure how that will change after being the lead in a major summer blockbuster like Speed Racer.

“I don’t know how that kind of thing will change,” he says. “Maybe I’d suspect that more people would recognize me after this movie just because of the size of it ya know? Which is of course a mixed blessing because you lose some of your privacy and anonymity.”

So how many more adventures from good Ol Speed can we expect to see young Mr. Hirsch in? “Ahh… 10... No I’m just kidding,” he laughs.

“Who knows? I wouldn’t want to speak out of turn except in saying that I’m signed for two more and we’re probably gonna make em. No. I don’t know but I think we will though. I think the film was really great. I love the movie and I think that there’s just a lot more story and the world is so rich and interesting I think there’s a lot more to explore in it.”

Now before Emile rushes off to make another great adventure behind the wheel of the Mach 5 he has a date with a far more serious film that reunites him with his former director Mr. Sean Penn in the Gus Van Sant directed film, Milk.

“Sean is just a one of a kind guy. I love Sean. It’s just been so educational for me to know him as a person, as an actor and as an artist. I had absolutely no idea what he’d be like to work with as an actor I only knew him as the director. And we got along great and we had a really good rapport on set and we just had a great time. I think it’s [Milk] gonna be a really great film.

No green screen effects to worry about in the historical account of the first openly gay political official in San Francisco in the 1970’s but there was a dramatic costume change for the normally hip and edgy young actor.

“They curled my hair and they gave me these massive, massive glasses. The thickest black frames you could find. I looked like a nerd,” he laughs.

Working on Milk in the city where these events took place gave Hirsch an opportunity he didn’t have on Speed Racer to really be in the environment and the opportunity to talk to people who had actually lived through these events.

“There were a lot of people that were actually in San Francisco in the 70’s that we ...

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