About.com. By Rebecca Murray. w/Chris Marquette. About The girl Next Door.

"Paul Dano (‘Klitz’) and Chris Marquette (‘Eli’) play Emile Hirsch’s best friends in the R-rated coming-of-age comedy, “The Girl Next Door.” Catching up with the two at the movie’s World Premiere, I had the chance to find out about life on the set and how “The Girl Next Door” compares to other teen comedies of the past.

R.M.: Paul, you’ve worked in another movie with Emile Hirsch. Did that make it easier to play best friends onscreen?

Paul Dano: Emile and I are really good buddies and actually Chris and I worked together when we were like 12 on Broadway. He used to do a lot of theater and that’s how I got started in New York.

R.M.: Did that help you two play good friends?

Paul Dano: We haven’t seen each other in so long.

Chris Marquette: We’re still good friends. The three of us are pretty good friends.

R.M.: Did the three of you do anything off the set to help you bond?

Chris Marquette: We went to the YMCA gym.

Paul Dano: (Laughing) Oh God! The first thing Emile wanted to do was go work out. We went to the YMCA and I just sat there.

Chris Marquette: We kind of tried to do something for about a second - lift some weights - but there were these really buff guys sitting around.

Paul Dano: But we all got along so well together it wasn’t like we had to get to know each other.

R.M.: What was the point of working out at the gym?

Chris Marquette: I don’t know (laughing). You have to ask Emile that.

Paul Dano: Yeah, ask Emile. It’s not explainable (laughing).

R.M.: You get the script and it’s about a porn star and there are scenes that take place at a porn convention. What did you see in the script that sold you on the movie?

Paul Dano: It’s a good part in a good movie. It’s a funny movie and I think people are going to like it – and the porn element is great. And kids are going to love it and all my college buddies are going to love it.

Chris Marquette: The 12 year olds are going to love it (laughing).

R.M.: But it’s rated R.

Chris Marquette: No, no 12 year olds. It has to be rated R.

Paul Dano: But it by no means pushes a huge limit on raunchiness. I don’t think anyone is going to get offended or disgusted. It’s not things that haven’t been said before, to an extent, but it is really new and innovative.

R.M.: Chris, your character is totally obsessed with sex. Could you relate to that?

Chris Marquette: Not really… No, I could. What I did was I borrowed Paul’s porn collection and sort of got into the spirit of getting to know Jenna Jamison and getting to know…

Paul Dano: Are you ever going to give that back?

Chris Marquette: See, everything part I go on, I sort of take a little of that person with me so I’ve got to keep them. Sorry.

R.M.: This movie has been compared a lot to “Risky Business.” Is that a fair comparison?

Paul Dano: Yeah, I think it is.

Chris Marquette: I think with the idea in mind that it’s a 90’s version. It’s not a direct remake or a direct spin-off. Really only the basic premise to “Risky Business” that is similar is that he falls in love with a call girl. Tom Cruise did, and Emile falls in love with a porn star. That’s pretty much the big thing, the romantic/funny story. It’s got those characters and Paul and I kind of play like the Curtis Armstrong type of character.

Paul Dano: All you can do is compare the two movies and that’s good. “Risky Business” was a great movie to be compared to.

R.M.: Will they be talking about this movie in 20 years, like we still talk about “Risky Business?”

Chris Marquette: My own personal opinion, I would love it if they did but I just think this is going to be one of those comedies that people are going to buy, that everybody is going to get a DVD of and keep watching it. That would be great, but I don’t know.

R.M.: Are we going to see a lot of extra scenes on the DVD?

Chris Marquette: A lot.

Paul Dano: There should be some good bonus stuff on there – all the outtakes and stuff. That should be fun."

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