Published on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 8:40pm
Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Zooey Deschanel Go Out In A "Blaze Of Glory" As SID AND NANCY!
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.
Reader Talkback
...scrambling for material
here I think. Jul 7th, 2009 Ooooh Firsties! Jul 7th, 2009 ...I dig both of these actors
though. Jul 7th, 2009 DANG! Jul 7th, 2009 I'm Usually a Full On
Apologist Jul 7th, 2009 Um... Jul 7th, 2009 JGL as The JOKER Jul 7th, 2009 Brings a whole new meaning to
the phrase "Nancy Boy" Jul 7th, 2009 JGL as Spike Spiegel Jul 7th, 2009 Crow3711 Jul 7th, 2009 Mysterious Skin remains the
only film I almost walked out
on Jul 7th, 2009 Oh, and stuntman mikey... Jul 7th, 2009 I hate when couples compare
themselves to Sid and Nancy Jul 7th, 2009 BrooseTheScharuk Jul 7th, 2009 Levitt would have been PERFET
for Spike Witwicky Jul 7th, 2009 Zooey Jul 7th, 2009 got scared at first.. Jul 7th, 2009 Happily be Zooey's Nancy Jul 7th, 2009 I agree about JGL as the Joker Jul 7th, 2009 McLovin as Denzel should be
good Jul 7th, 2009 palooka_boy... Jul 7th, 2009 that was probably a good idea Jul 7th, 2009 No, Zooey was one of the worst
things about The Crappening Jul 7th, 2009 Overdose Murder better be... Jul 7th, 2009 JGL does look disturbingly
like Ledger... Jul 7th, 2009 JGL as Spike from Cowboy Bebop Jul 8th, 2009 As for the Joker... Jul 8th, 2009 This guy is a great actor Jul 8th, 2009 Except for GI Joe. That one
confuses the F outta me. Jul 8th, 2009 Deschanel = Cinema Poison Jul 8th, 2009 Lord I thought it was another
remake. Jul 8th, 2009 Why are people talking about
the Joker? Jul 8th, 2009 Er....Sid wasn't Australian Jul 8th, 2009 as twee as a chorus of gently
flatulent dwarves Jul 8th, 2009 Zooey is a demigoddess. Jul 8th, 2009 Ooooh, ya SCARED me.... Jul 8th, 2009 Pointless Bullshit Jul 8th, 2009 Script Review at Scriptshadow Jul 8th, 2009 Perhaps Cobra Commander will
LEAD to the Joker Jul 8th, 2009 bloody hell mate!!! Jul 8th, 2009 I don't get it. Jul 8th, 2009 Third batman with JGL Jul 8th, 2009 love zooey. love the
sid/nancy sendup Jul 8th, 2009 Zooey Jul 8th, 2009 Zooey was just plain awesome
in "All the Real Girls." Jul 8th, 2009 Viral Marketing Really Is
Touching Jul 8th, 2009 "one of his generation's most
talented actors"????? Jul 8th, 2009 All the Real Girls Jul 8th, 2009 JGL has been cast by Nolan! Jul 8th, 2009 I just got off the phone with
Crispin Glover Jul 8th, 2009 LOL Jul 8th, 2009 ReelMan, if you made that
video you linked to Jul 8th, 2009 great movie Jul 8th, 2009 Jesus... Jul 9th, 2009
