There's an amusing scene in Marc Webb's upcoming (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (limited release begins July 17th) in which Zooey Deschanel's title character, Summer, confounds Joseph Gordon Levitt's hopelessly romantic Tom by suggesting that they're in a "Sid and Nancy" relationship. A few seconds later, she completely emasculates him by clarifying that he's the Nancy of the duo.
Here's the scene (I should note that I wasn't aware it was online until reading Monika Bartyzel's piece for Cinematical):
And now, in a very clever bit of viral marketing, here are Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt making like Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb for Mean Magazine's "Cinemash" project.
Though Deschanel acquits herself nicely as the knife-toting Sid, Gordon-Levitt's commitment to what could've been just another Funny-or-Die-style lark is stunning. He's actually kind of heartbreaking as the distraught, ill-fated Nancy. Not that I'm surprised. As anyone who's been paying attention since MYSTERIOUS SKIN knows, Levitt's firmly established himself as one of his generation's most talented actors. I haven't seen him phone in a role yet (though we'll see if I'm still singing that tune after GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA.
Oh, and I'd highly recommend that you check back next week for Cinemash's second offering: TRON as performed by Cheech & Chong.
