Comic-Con: Joseph Gordon Leavitt shares insight on “being Bruce Willis”July 14, 2012 - 11:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Joseph Gordon Leavitt plays a young Bruce Willis in “Looper” a time-bending thriller presented at Comic-Con on Friday, July 13 in which the actors are past and future Joe, an assassin sent back in time to kill his older self, TheWrap said. While the character is named “Joe,” Gordon Leavitt actually is playing tough-guy Willis, facing himself down in clipped, understated dialogue, and with a surprising resemblence to the older actor. It was not easy, the actor explained. He spent three hours a day in make-up having prosthetics applied that would suggest Willis, and he spent hours listening to Willis’ dialogue in old films. “I’m not a good mimic, I don’t do good impressions,” said Gordon Leavitt at the panel presentation in Hall H on Friday. “I didn’t think an impersonation would be distracting, but I tried to internalize him and do something that made sense.” He put Willis movies on his iPod, but “the most I learned was by hanging out with him,” said Gordon Leavitt. “He’s a super cool guy. He loved this job. He was clearly there to play.” Willis didn’t make it to Comic-Con this year, but the director Rian Johnson was there along with Emily Blunt. Johnson wrote the part for Gordon Leavitt, who is a long-time friend. But, he said, “After we cast Bruce we realized, uh-oh they don’t look anything alike.” The movie will be out in late September. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |