[Movies] Joseph Gordon-Levitt Says His (500) Days of Summer Character is No Romantic Role Model
Posted by Larry Csonka on 08.18.2012
So he says…
- In a recent interview, Joseph Gordon-Levitt spoke about his character in (500) Days of Summer. Here is what he had to say…
"The (500) Days Of Summer attitude of 'He wants you so bad' seems attractive to some women and men, especially younger ones. But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.
He develops a mildly delusional obsession over a girl onto whom he projects all these fantasies. He thinks she'll give his life meaning because he doesn't care about much else going on in his life.
A lot of boys and girls think their lives will have meaning if they find a partner who wants nothing else in life but them. That's not healthy. That's falling in love with the idea of a person, not the actual person."
