Ernest Gordon-Levitt Turns Director

He's developing a comedyGiven simply how much Ernest Gordon-Levitt has loved stretching themselves in a number of creative ways both cinematically and musically, it absolutely was only determined by time before his career wheel spun towards pointing. Now he's making that move, creating an untitled comedy that he's written in addition to star in alongside Scarlett Johansson. Talking with Deadline, the start star didn't desire to divulge many plot particulars, but he did demonstrate that he's playing a "selfish dick" modern-day Don Juan-type who decides to better themselves. "I written myself a helluva role, the one that people wouldn't always considered me for," the actor states, acknowledging that he's been planning to check out themselves on-screen through his online video work. "It takes practice to become accustomed to seeing yourself rather than being freaked out and nervous with the appear of the voice."He's stored in funding from Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier's Current Pictures, and expects to co-produce via his hitRecord Films company. "I used to be a youthful child actor for any very long time and quit at 19, visited school a while, together with a sizable part of why I came back was that we ultimately preferred to create movies," Gordon-Levitt describes. "I spent yearly coping with Ann Hathaway, Rian Manley, Steven Spielberg, which used to do my easier to take notice. I've been making short films for just about any very very long time now, I've directed many of them, which has turned into a part of why I'm confident in this particular.InchWe will start to see the fruits of people directors' labours this year, as Gordon-Levitt will probably be noticed in Premium Hurry, The Dark Dark evening Increases, Looper and Lincoln subsequently subsequently. But his filmmaking ambitions might keep him from sticking to his small part in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. "It'll be tricky schedule-wise, however was honest with Quentin upfront," Gordon-Levitt states. "He am awesome and encouraging. He mentioned, 'You strike me because the kind of guy who may decide to direct,' which i needed that as high praise."