Emile Hirsch Blaming ‘Speed Racer’ Failure On His Agent

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May 15, 2008

Emile Hirsch, perhaps distressed by his new flick Speed Racer crashing and burning at the box office, has fired his agent, United Talent Agency’s Shari Rosenzweig.

The hugely hyped Speed Racer did only 18.6 million in its opening weekend, despite its ads trying to hypnotize us with all the bright colors and fast cars. Emile’s most recent flick before Speed Racer was playing the doomed traveler Christopher McCandless in Sean Penn’s Into The Wild. The film earned rave reviews and Oscar nominations. Maybe he didn’t like going from quality filmmaking to cartoon bullshit that geeks like me drool over.. Despite the presence of John Goodman. Because King Ralph makes everything better.