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Title: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 31, 2009, 10:46:22 am
I mean, he's nowhere near as hot as Jake, but he's popping up so often these days, has he replaced Jake as the darling of the indie-film set?  ???
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: delalluvia on July 31, 2009, 01:17:39 pm
When was the last time Jake was in an indy film?
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Clyde-B on July 31, 2009, 01:21:09 pm
I didn't know we needed a new Jake Gyllenhaal. 

What's wrong with the old one?
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 31, 2009, 01:28:50 pm
When was the last time Jake was in an indy film?

Good question. Some time before Jarhead?
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: LauraGigs on July 31, 2009, 01:51:40 pm
If anything, Joseph is the new Heath.  (Not that there could truly be another Heath.)

(http://queromeurolexxx.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/25_heath-ledger-and-joseph-gordon-levitt.jpg)
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: LauraGigs on July 31, 2009, 01:51:57 pm
(http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj413/adamjschooley/heathjoe.jpg)
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Mikaela on July 31, 2009, 02:12:21 pm
If anything, Joseph is the new Heath.  (Not that there could truly be another Heath.)


I saw the title of this thread and before I read any posts the above quote is *exactly* what I was thinking.

JGL looks very alike Heath in some images.

The weird thing is they don't look alike at all (IMO) in 10 Things I Hate About You.

I like JGL a lot, and I think acting-wise he's got the courageous/quirky/outside-the-box thing going that makes him quite similar to Heath too - I'm looking very much forward to 500 Days of Summer - whenever that one reaches my shores....
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 31, 2009, 03:01:32 pm
 Yes, but was Heath the indie darling that Jake was--or seemed to be?  ???
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: LauraGigs on August 01, 2009, 12:55:35 am
I mean, he's nowhere near as hot as Jake, but he's popping up so often these days, has he replaced Jake as the darling of the indie-film set?  ???

If you're worried about Joseph taking parts that would have otherwise gone to Jake, I don't really think it would work that way.  They're a few years apart in age, different physical types, at different stages in their careers, etc.
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: David In Indy on August 01, 2009, 01:28:31 am
He was very cute in "10 Things I Hate About You" but then I looked at his picture over on Wikipedia, and God! :P

What did he do to himself? He's really changed. And NO I don't think he'll ever replace Jake. Huh-uh. :(
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 01, 2009, 02:13:59 am
If you're worried about Joseph taking parts that would have otherwise gone to Jake, I don't really think it would work that way.  They're a few years apart in age, different physical types, at different stages in their careers, etc.

No, I'm not worried about him taking roles away from Jake. Time marches on. I just have the impression that critics are swooning over him in indie flicks the way they used to swoon over Jake. Plus he seems to be all over the indie flicks these days, too. Hence the question: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the "new" Jake Gyllenhaal?
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 01, 2009, 02:15:51 am
And NO I don't think he'll ever replace Jake. Huh-uh. :(

Of course nobody can ever replace Jake.  ;)  But see my response to Laura.  :)
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Berit on August 01, 2009, 03:52:13 am
I didn't know we needed a new Jake Gyllenhaal. 

What's wrong with the old one?

 :D :-* :D :-*
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Ellemeno on August 02, 2009, 03:16:44 pm
This led me to go read about JGL on Wikipedia, and Wiki quote http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt

Here's his website

http://hitrecord.org/
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: serious crayons on August 05, 2009, 10:16:31 pm
I saw 500 Days of Summer on Sunday, and as I watched I kept bemoaning the fact that JGL and Heath would never have a chance to play brothers in a movie. They would be so perfect, wouldn't they?

(Same with Isla Fisher and Amy Adams -- they could play sisters -- but they still have a chance.)


If you're worried about Joseph taking parts that would have otherwise gone to Jake, I don't really think it would work that way.  They're a few years apart in age, different physical types, at different stages in their careers, etc.

They're two months apart in age! I know, it surprises me, too.


Heath, for the record, would be less than two years older than JGL.  :-\

Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Shasta542 on August 06, 2009, 09:01:53 am
JGL was on "Roseanne" last nite as one of D.J.'s friends.
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Ellemeno on August 07, 2009, 01:18:45 pm
JGL was on "Roseanne" last nite as one of D.J.'s friends.


I think I remember those.  Doesn't he play an insecure little suck-up?

I want to see 500 Days of Summer very much.  (More than Taking Woodstock, not that I should be comparing.)  JGL and Zooey Deschanel are both so quirky.  I love them both.
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: LauraGigs on August 07, 2009, 02:08:47 pm
JGL was on "Roseanne" last nite as one of D.J.'s friends.

I always think it's cool when you spot a movie star in an early role from the past, before they became famous and all.  It's neat to see their formative work.  And it proves that adage, "overnight success takes around 15 years".
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Ellemeno on August 07, 2009, 02:58:25 pm
JGL was on "Roseanne" last nite as one of D.J.'s friends.

My internet went down and I meant to include this in my last post -

Actually, wasn't he a kid D.J. couldn't stand?

They had a real eye for talent on that show.  John Goodman, of course.  He hadn't done anything major yet when he started.  George Clooney, Laurie Metcalf, Estelle Parsons, Shelley Winters, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Ned Beatty, Sally Kirkland, Tim Curry. 
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Monika on August 09, 2009, 05:51:54 pm
this thread made me think of what Jake once said about stardom

"First, it's 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?,' then it's 'Get me Jake Gyllenhaal,' then 'Get me someone who looks like Jake Gyllenhaal,' and then 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?'...Right now, I'm between 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?' and 'Get me Jake Gyllenhaal.' "


Maybe he has moved on to the "Get me someone who looks like Jake Gyllehaal" stage? :)
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Ellemeno on April 26, 2010, 12:03:30 pm
this thread made me think of what Jake once said about stardom

"First, it's 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?,' then it's 'Get me Jake Gyllenhaal,' then 'Get me someone who looks like Jake Gyllenhaal,' and then 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?'...Right now, I'm between 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?' and 'Get me Jake Gyllenhaal.' "


Maybe he has moved on to the "Get me someone who looks like Jake Gyllehaal" stage? :)


That's a very astute statement of Jake's.
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 01, 2010, 01:46:52 pm
Even though he plays a "Jack" in (500) Days of Summer, JGL is definitely a Heath! His face is closed and open at the same time...very intriguing. I just watched the movie yesterday and so today I'm all pensive over destiny vs coincidence. Hmmm, I think it's a combination, just as it happened in the end, when his character found out that a girl he met hung out at the same spot he did, but he had never noticed her because he hadn't been looking.
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Lynne on May 01, 2010, 04:29:53 pm
My internet went down and I meant to include this in my last post -

Actually, wasn't he a kid D.J. couldn't stand?

They had a real eye for talent on that show.  John Goodman, of course.  He hadn't done anything major yet when he started.  George Clooney, Laurie Metcalf, Estelle Parsons, Shelley Winters, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Ned Beatty, Sally Kirkland, Tim Curry. 

They certainly did, and in addition, one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much, I'm sure, is that Joss Whedon (Buffy/Serenity/Firefly/etc) was a principal writer.

 8)
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Ellemeno on May 03, 2010, 03:15:32 am
They certainly did, and in addition, one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much, I'm sure, is that Joss Whedon (Buffy/Serenity/Firefly/etc) was a principal writer.

 8)


Hunh, that's interesting.
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Lynne on May 03, 2010, 01:28:48 pm
Another peripheral factoid is that Glenn Quinn, who was Doyle on "Angel" also played Becky's boyfriend on "Roseanne". It was supposed to be a one-shot deal but became a recurring role. Sadly Quinn overdosed on heroin, I believe, after his "Angel" role wasn't working out. I liked his character and hated to see him go. I'm sure HubbyMeno knows more about it than I do. 
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Kelda on May 03, 2010, 02:55:02 pm
Another peripheral factoid is that Glenn Quinn, who was Doyle on "Angel" also played Becky's boyfriend on "Roseanne". It was supposed to be a one-shot deal but became a recurring role. Sadly Quinn overdosed on heroin, I believe, after his "Angel" role wasn't working out. I liked his character and hated to see him go. I'm sure HubbyMeno knows more about it than I do. 

I never knew that he was in roseanne. I thought he was very good in Angel. I did vagult know Jss Whedon had started there.

John Galecki  too is great. He was Darlene's boyfriend in Roseanne but is now Leonard Hofstadter, in The Big Bandg Theory. He's been in a fair few things, but his comedic timing.. *love*

Sarah Gilbert (Darlne) has also done well for herself. She's been in 24 ER and the Big Bang Theory amongst others. (Did you know that she has 2 kids with her female ? I didn't)

Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Ellemeno on May 08, 2010, 04:38:29 am
I'm sorry to hear that Glenn Quinn died.  He was very good as the bad boy on Roseanne.

I've always thought it is interesting about sisters Melissa Gilbert and Sara Gilbert - one played sweetness and light on "Little House on the Prairie," and the other so snarly and dark on "Roseanne."
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: serious crayons on May 08, 2010, 11:23:44 am
I've always thought it is interesting about sisters Melissa Gilbert and Sara Gilbert - one played sweetness and light on "Little House on the Prairie," and the other so snarly and dark on "Roseanne."

I didn't know they were sisters!

Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 08, 2010, 01:19:59 pm
I didn't know they were sisters!

Technically, half-sisters. Same mother, different father.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004960/bio (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004960/bio)
Title: Re: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Jake Gyllenhaal?
Post by: Penthesilea on May 08, 2010, 01:32:56 pm
I remember being surprised when I learned that they are (half)sisters, despite the same last name (duh). But once I knew it, I totally saw it. And I remember being smitten by Melissa Gilbert as a kid, and the same goes for Sara many years later.

I never saw Sara Gilbert in anything else than Roseanne and a few episodes of ER. In the latter, she played some kind of adult Darlene. Same type. Loved her anyway.

Oh, and if Darlene weren't such an exotic name in Germany, we would have named our second daughter Darlene. Hubby and I both love the name :).