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The Best Under-30 Actor in Hollywood Adds Another Film

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (28)

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Here’s a nice way to start your morning: If you haven’t actually had a chance to see Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a movie since he left “3rd Rock from the Sun,” you really are missing out. He’s bloody remarkable. Do yourself a favor: Watch Mysterious Skin, Brick or even The Lookout, and make sure and see 500 Days of Summer this July. The guy is flat-fucking-out: Likable, quick-witted, and charismatic without being in heat about it. He exudes a brilliant dorky-coolness, and so far, he’s been really great with his movie choices (save, I expect, for G.I. Joe).

He’s been doing a lot of indie flicks and smaller films, and besides G.I. Joe, he’s got a few more coming up — Women in Trouble with Carla Gugino and Connie Britton, for one (please, refrain from Cougar jokes). He’s also starring in a sequel to that same movie. In both, directed by Sebastian Gutierrez , he plays Bert Rodriguez, and in both, Carla Gugino plays porn star Elektra Luxx. He’s also been cast in Christopher Nolan’s next flick, alongside Ellen Page and Leonardo DiCaprio.

All of which to say: By this time next year, Levitt will probably be in the top five of our 2010 Most Bangable Celebrities list.

To what brings us here: Yesterday, Levitt was cast in a indie flick, Hersher, starring alongside Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. The film centers on Levitt’s character, who befriends a 13-year-old with a pill-popping father (Wilson). Portman plays a grocery story cashier, who the 13-year-old develops a crush on after she saves him from bullies. Portman produces, and the film comes from Spencer Susser, a music video director who recently directed an acclaimed short film, set in a post-apocalyptic world, about a 13-year-old who falls in love with a girl and is willing to beat off zombies to prove his affection.









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willing to beat off zombies
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The zombies might like that, if their peckers don't come off in his hand.

Ba-dum!

(Yeah, that was about a 13-year-old's level of joke.)

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 30, 2009 10:21 AM

This is awesome. He's working with Christopher Nolan, Ellen Page, and Natalie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
And Cillian Murphy? I hope this is good.

Posted by: KP at April 30, 2009 10:22 AM

Mmmmm mmmmm.

All I have to say is I look forward to watching all of these movies. Alone. So as to prohibit anyone from seeing my lip licking any time he makes an entrance.

Posted by: Kate at April 30, 2009 10:22 AM

I'm feeling the need to watch Brick again.

I'm glad he's in more stuff, he deserves a bit more recognition. Also, he's very cute.

Posted by: Carrie at April 30, 2009 10:23 AM

I love JGL and can't wait to see 500 Days, but man, I hated Brick so much.

Posted by: Carla Girlpants at April 30, 2009 10:24 AM

KP, don't forget Sir Michael Caine is also in that same film with them. (Seriously, Inception is sounding better and better by the day.)

As for Ms. Gugino and Britton, I've seen them play many a good part on television, and both were on Spin City...in my pants. (Seriously though, they were both pretty good on that show.)

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at April 30, 2009 10:26 AM

...with Carla Gugino and Connie Britton, for one (please, refrain from Cougar jokes).

No wonder Connie Britton didn't come back after season 5 of 24. Since they intended to bring Kim back, I guess the Fox execs would have been afraid she'd get eaten by a cougar.

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at April 30, 2009 10:28 AM

Bleh....


Murder She Wrote and Roseanne, oh yeah, this guy is a winner...


Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 30, 2009 10:30 AM

i like ellen page.
i just don't like ellen page.

Posted by: gp at April 30, 2009 10:38 AM

"Portman plays a grocery story cashier, who the 13-year-old develops a crush on after she saves him from bullies..."


Let me see, oh yeah, okay...Portman will play her stock Natalie Portman character, which is...eh..mmmmm..... Natalie Portman. She'll look like a little man, she'll smirk, she'll do that stupid shit she does with her shoulders and ...that's it.

Go back to Harvard, honey...or wherever.


Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 30, 2009 10:53 AM

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU!

(Sorry, it just needs to be mentioned. I love you, JG-L.)

Posted by: jamiepants at April 30, 2009 11:03 AM

I skimmed the post and then reread after my initial take was natalie portman in a zombie movie? Awesome!

I was very sad. While that sounds awesome, for some reason my unadulterated crazy passionate love for Natalie Portman and Zombie movies tricked me into thinking for one second that my dream movie come true.

Here is my fantasy: a 22 year old law student gets stuck in a luxury apartment with natalie portman to spend eternity having crazy monkey sex and fighting zombies during the apocalypse.

And no, it would not be as good if it was just crazy sex - zombies are an integral part.

Posted by: "luker" the barbarian at April 30, 2009 11:13 AM

No, no - if Nat's involved it'll be the deepest, most intellectual, bestest movie EVER.

Posted by: samantha t at April 30, 2009 11:21 AM

This just in! Slim hates on a woman that doesn't look like a Playmate! Film at 11!

Posted by: Snath at April 30, 2009 11:41 AM

Posted by: Snath at April 30, 2009 11:41 AM

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Oh wait, let me conform to accepted Pajiban protocols for hot women lest I be banned for life:

Natalie Portman's boyish face and mosquito bite nipples are "teh" hot. I've had a pervy fetish for "her" since The Professional.

There.


Is that good enough for you. honey?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 30, 2009 11:54 AM

Hahaha, good answer.

Posted by: Snath at April 30, 2009 11:57 AM

I enjoy JGL - yeah, I just initialed his name, what of it? I don't have a crush or anything (I'm, like, older than he is, not that there's anything wrong with that), but he was entertaining in "Third Rock from the Sun," which was goddam hilarious.

RE Natalie: yeah, she's a tiny little woman, I can see where not every dude would be into that. Not everybody cares that she was in a Star Wars movie (and one of the sucky ones, at that).

Posted by: Slash at April 30, 2009 12:06 PM

By this time next year, Levitt will probably be in the top five of our 2010 Most Bangable Celebrities list.

I am sooo ahead of the curve. He's already number 1 on my list. Not only is he smoking hot but he also seems like a stand-up guy.

Posted by: io at April 30, 2009 12:07 PM

He was also in a little-seen indie called Manic back during his 3rd Rock days that I liked quite a bit. It never got distributed, I don't think, but it was the first onscreen glimpse of his post-3rd persona -- a lot going on just under the surface. Good stuff if you can find it.

Posted by: sansho1 at April 30, 2009 12:53 PM

I hear you, io. He sneaked into my number one spot with Mysterious Skin, and despite strong competition from Gosling, Showalter and Obama, he's not been dethroned yet.

Posted by: Caspar at April 30, 2009 1:03 PM

If they ever wanted to bring back the Joker in a future Batman movie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt it their man for the job. He's one of the few people out there who has the acting chops and the comic timing to pull off the role. And Brick was proof that he could do the Heath Ledger/Joker look.

Thanks for this article. I loved Brick and will look for Mysterious Skin and The Lookout.

Posted by: David at April 30, 2009 2:40 PM

I like where you're going with that, David, but it's not enough. If they're going to use him as the Joker, they could add Larisa Oleynik as Harley Quinn, then maybe bring in Julia Stiles as Catwoman, and they could kind of have a feel-good 10 Things I Hate About You reunion moment.

At one point they could be passing a TV and it could be playing the movie, and one of them could have a little meta moment and say something like "Heath Ledger was so good in that movie, we'll all miss him."

I smell Oscar gold, baby!

Posted by: Snath at April 30, 2009 4:37 PM

That was mostly a joke, but now that I think about it, Larisa Oleynik could make a really good Harley, if she really brought her A game. Throw her in some motley and she kind of has the look, and I bet she could do a good crazy voice.

Posted by: Snath at April 30, 2009 4:41 PM

"an acclaimed short film, set in a post-apocalyptic world, about a 13-year-old who falls in love with a girl and is willing to beat off zombies to prove his affection."

Come on, Dustin, how the hell could you mention that and NOT post a link to it? It's called I Love Sarah Jane, and quite frankly, it is bad ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XMBGYsU1lI

You likey zombies? You will likey this.

Posted by: Mick J at April 30, 2009 6:42 PM

hee. Gordon-Levitt's been in my personal top ten most bangable celebrities list for a while now.

Posted by: s. pisaster at April 30, 2009 10:00 PM

Love, love, love JGL. I watched the extras on The Lookout DVD and he is intelligent, well read and charming. He's not one of those precocious types that say shit to sound smart either, he really is smart. I imagine (read: hope), if he chooses well over the course of his career, that he will be a lot like Phillip Seymour Hoffman (PSH) when he gets older.....but damn, do I wish he was older! The bangableness of that boy is off the hook.

Posted by: Kelly Booth at April 30, 2009 10:52 PM

No mention of his amazing work in 'MANIC'???
If you haven't already, see 'MANIC'. It stars Joe, and Don Cheadle.
Warning: it is NOT a happy movie.

Posted by: CoolWhip416 at May 4, 2009 9:55 AM

BarbadoSlim - go sit in the corner and slit your wrists because clearly you are a very unhappy person who misdirects their anger on people who you have never even met. you are sad.

Posted by: rockla at June 6, 2009 7:10 PM