If you've never been to Jersey, pop culture has given you a pretty
colorful idea of the sort of people that reside in the Garden State:
walking aerosol cans of unmitigated bravado, singing tall tales of
sexual escapades and social dominance through Mid-Atlantic affects. Now,
some real life Jersey folk will proclaim this stereotype to be unfair,
inaccurate, and offensive. But those who know and love the state best
appreciate it for these vividly real eccentricities.
Don Jon director, writer, and star
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his screen partner
Scarlett Johansson
do not hold back in their illustration of a flavorful Jersey. Having
grown up in Manhattan, Johansson was hardly a stranger to the identity
of the Shore folk, infusing her
Don Jon character with the
attitude and flair of the people she knew in her younger days. In the
above interview for the film, JGL and ScarJo chat about creating the
strange, frenetic world we see in the new picture, infusing it with the
melodies of the Jersey they know.
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But
Don Jon is more than just a love letter to ol' N.J., and
is instead Gordon-Levitt's attempt at subverting the rom-com genre in
entirety. The filmmaker discusses his motivations in tackling the tropes
with which he has come to take issue, and how they have effected our
society in a particularly troubling way. Learn about Gordon-Levitt's
vision, Johansson's inspirations, and the personal "addictions" of the
two stars in the above video, and catch
Don Jon in theaters now.
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http://www.hollywood.com/news/movies/55034967/don-jon-joseph-gordon-levitt-scarlett-johansson-video-interview
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