JG-L rocked on Third Rock from the Sun as a mature and wise scientist having to assume the persona of a teenager, so I'm not surprised he's moved on to better things.
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
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Theodosia - Apr 02, 2007 2:46:51 am PDT #8061 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
esse - Apr 02, 2007 2:48:42 am PDT #8062 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Salon has a really insightful intewview with him regarding The Lookout and his career: [link]
He's becoming a favorite of the indie circuit for his willingness to take on darker and conflicted characters. Not bad for a guy who cut his teeth on Angels in the Outfield.
Beverly - Apr 02, 2007 5:40:07 am PDT #8063 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I had seen Gordon-Levitt as a child actor, was most familiar with him for a Lifetime movie about a child who divorced his neglectful parents to stay with an adoptive or foster family. But he absolutely blew me away in the first few episodes of first season Third Rock. Amid all the buffoonery of the adults, somehow this kid seemed to embody the mature and wise scientist Theo notes above. He didn't parody it, he didn't overplay it. In quiet minutes between himself and Lithgow, he simply was this wise elder.
Of course he played human puberty for laughs, but it was the "old soul" business that got me. Similar to Christian Bale, actually.
Polter-Cow - Apr 02, 2007 5:43:32 am PDT #8064 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
JG-L fans have seen Brick, right? He's really good in that.
smonster - Apr 02, 2007 6:36:17 am PDT #8065 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I always think of JG-L in Ten Things I Hate About You, aka my favorite teen movie not made in the 80s.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 02, 2007 6:40:01 am PDT #8066 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I passed on Brick because Ehrenstein raved so much about Gordon-Levitt in it that I unfairly associated my distaste for the reviewer with the film itself. Probably need to correct that via Netflix.
Hayden - Apr 02, 2007 6:45:20 am PDT #8067 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I unfairly associated my distaste for the reviewer with the film itself
Don't say that around Evil Jimi.
sumi - Apr 02, 2007 7:02:50 am PDT #8068 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Dana - Apr 02, 2007 7:04:37 am PDT #8069 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
...huh.
Blossom! Commander and the leader! Bubbles! She is the joy and the laughter! Buttercup! She is the toughest fighter! Powerpuff save the day!
sumi - Apr 02, 2007 7:05:32 am PDT #8070 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!