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Catherine Hardwick once screened Sean Penn's film "Lord of Dogtown" for him in order to co-operate. One of the leading actors was Emile Husky. Sean Penn remembered the young actor and met him several times. He also asked Husky to go back and read the original book, and finally told him after finishing the script: If you want this role to be yours NS.
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Emile Husky weighed 156 pounds when he got the role. He lost 26 pounds before shooting, and continued to lose 15 pounds during the arduous shooting process.
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Sean Penn had originally hoped that Leonardo DiCaprio would play Christopher McCandless.
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In the film, Emile Husky, who plays McCandless, did not use a stand-in. Among them, he personally completed the thrilling scenes such as rock climbing, encountering a brown bear, and advancing in rapids.
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In order to set scenes in different seasons, the crew went to Alaska four times.
Into the Wild behind the scenes gags
2021-10-13 18:32
Extended Reading
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Wayne Westerberg: Outdoorsman. What's your fascination with all that stuff?
Christopher McCandless: I'm going to Alaska.
Wayne Westerberg: Alaska, Alaska? Or city Alaska? Because they do have markets in Alaska. The city of Alaska. Not in Alaska. In the city of Alaska, they have markets.
Christopher McCandless: No, man. Alaska, Alaska. I'm gonna be all the way out there, all the way fucking out there. Just on my own. You know, no fucking watch, no map, no axe, no nothing. No nothing. Just be out there. Just be out there in it. You know, big mountains, rivers, sky, game. Just be out there in it, you know? In the wild.
Wayne Westerberg: In the wild.
Christopher McCandless: Just wild!
Wayne Westerberg: Yeah. What are you doing when we're there? Now you're in the wild, what are we doing?
Christopher McCandless: You're just living, man. You're just there, in that moment, in that special place and time. Maybe when I get back, I can write a book about my travels.
Wayne Westerberg: Yeah. Why not?
Christopher McCandless: You know, about getting out of this sick society. Society!
Wayne Westerberg: [coughs] Society! Society!
Christopher McCandless: Society, man! You know, society! Cause, you know what I don't understand? I don't understand why people, why every fucking person is so bad to each other so fucking often. It doesn't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. All that, the whole spectrum. Well, it just...
Wayne Westerberg: What "people" we talking about?
Christopher McCandless: You know, parents, hypocrites, politicians, pricks.
Wayne Westerberg: [taps Chris' head] This is a mistake. It's a mistake to get too deep into all that kind of stuff. Alex, you're a hell of a young guy, a hell of a young guy. But I promise you this. You're a young guy! Can't be juggling blood and fire all the time!
[laughs]
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Christopher McCandless: You don't need human relationships to be happy, God has placed it all around us.