ON THE SET WITH EMILE HIRSCH
ON THE SET WITH EMILE HIRSCH
Sept. 18, 2008 · New Lebanon, N.Y. · 4:20 p.m.
Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe
''The mud's pretty cold,'' says Emile Hirsch, explaining what it's like on the
upstate New York set of Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, a behind-the-scenes look at how the 1969 music fest came together. ''It's later in the year than it was during Woodstock
[which actually took place in August]. We were all shivering, and we had these silver-foil space blankets that miraculously keep you really warm.'' But they don't keep you clean: ''I did a Superman slide down a hill, and started turning on my back,'' he says with glee. ''I was covered in mud. I think there was pig crap mixed in, because we all smelled like crap.'' His good mood reflects that of his character, a Vietnam vet. ''Woodstock becomes a way for him to find the joy he has left in his life.'' (See four more pictures of Emile Hirsch in Taking Woodstock in this week's issue of EW.)
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