GORDON-LEVITT: Well, it's such a common thing, especially with love. I think people use it to explain a certain kind of feeling. It's almost, like, a trope that's carried on now. This is one of the things people most seem to remember. GORDON-LEVITT: This is one of the more brilliant turns of filmmaking, the reality/expectations.ĭESCHANEL: Yeah. So it was like, I could only play that cool for that time that they were rolling, and then I'm not. We were dancing in the makeup trailer every day.ĭESCHANEL: I always watch this, too, and I think, she's so much cooler than I am. GORDON-LEVITT: And I think that's a big part of why it turned out so well, because we were like, really comfy.ĭESCHANEL: We had so much fun - we had the best time making this movie. GORDON-LEVITT: We could! We could watch that movie that we did together when you were 19! Manic was the first movie that we did together. I more just beat my younger self up in my mind.ĭESCHANEL: At least we're not watching something I did when I was 19. GORDON-LEVITT: That's a healthy attitude. Everyone's like, "What?! Why would you turn him down? He's so cute!"ĭESCHANEL: I always watch things and go, "I would do that differently now." But you know, it's who you are at the time that you do it, and I always have to think, "Well, I respect that I made that choice then." GORDON-LEVITT: Summer is completely honest the entire movie.ĭESCHANEL: I'm just so surprised when women will be like, "I hated your character in that movie!" I'm like, really? She said everything from the beginning! But I think it's also a testament to how, like, adorable you are in the movie. They were in the car last night.ĭESCHANEL: This, by the way - this is key! She is representing her point of view here. GORDON-LEVITT: Relaxing is obviously not what I'm good at, because I tear curtains down when I'm karaoke-ing to The Black Crowes.ĭESCHANEL: Listen, you were putting on a show for more than the four people that were in that karaoke. You're so good at that! I remember you telling me about this, that the low notes are often underappreciated, especially with female vocalists.ĭESCHANEL: I actually think live low notes are harder to hit, because if you're nervous or anything, it's harder to relax to hit those. But you hitting that note - Summer Finn would not really hit that low note. GORDON-LEVITT: Because Summer Finn shouldn't be, like, a phenomenal singer. GORDON-LEVITT: What's funny about you singing karaoke in this movie, though, is you had to pretend like you were not as good a singer as you really are.ĭESCHANEL: We had to pick this song because there was not much vocal range. The harder I went, the better it would be.ĭESCHANEL: There was, like, some tough dancing. GORDON-LEVITT: I'm pretty sure it was The Black Crowes? "Hard to Handle"? That was in my younger days when I just thought a performance would be better as long as I just went for it as hard as I possibly could. GORDON-LEVITT: Yeah, well, it was a grand exit. You once tore a curtain down at karaoke! I think you might have gotten kicked offstage! He explicitly has said this is something that pretty much happened to him - but it's from his point of view.ĭESCHANEL: By the way, I've done karaoke with Joe, and he's, like, no joke. This is sort of autobiographical of Neustadter's life. GORDON-LEVITT: I think a really actually fun thing to do is try to watch it and just put yourself in Summer's shoes the whole time. I love the movie, but it's interesting how much it draws people into his perspective. GORDON-LEVITT: And starts talking about Tom! If that voice is Tom's voice, that means that while Summer is telling him about her dream, he is just thinking about how special he is.ĭESCHANEL: Which is kind of cool, like, it's a cool storytelling device. But life's actually a lot more subjective than that.ĭESCHANEL: And also, it's like, the moment she starts expressing herself - the moment she starts being like, "Okay, I can trust you, I'll tell you about myself" - the voiceover drowns her out. We all think that our perspective is authoritative, and Tom thinks that his perspective is authoritative. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (Tom Hansen): And a lot of it has to do with this voiceover, and I think that's sort of part of the point, that the voiceover sounds authoritative, so you believe that it's true. It is 100 percent from Tom's point of view, which we've talked about before, but it's one thing people very much misunderstand about the movie. ZOOEY DESCHANEL (Summer Finn): This is a movie with zero dramatic irony.
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