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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Slams GQ for “Irresponsible” Handling of Brother’s Death

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is upset with the way GQ treats his brother’s death in a new cover profile of The Dark Knight Rises star.

In the article, the magazine describes the 2010 death of the actor’s older brother, Dan, as “an alleged drug overdose.”

On Tuesday, Gordon-Levitt posted a message to his own site claiming GQ had printed ”factually incorrect” and “irresponsible” allegations.

The actor explains that he doesn’t like discussing the death, but that GQ rehashed rumors spread by “a handful of gossip websites,” and he felt the need to speak up.

He says the GQ article “really made me feel terrible.”

Here’s Gordon-Levitt’s full post on the matter:

“First of all, I’d like to thank both of the Jims and everyone else at GQ for putting me on the cover of their magazine this month. That kind of exposure is a huge help to all the work I love to do, and I’m deeply appreciative.

I’m writing this because I have a problem with what their article says about my brother. I’ll be honest, it really made me feel terrible. Here’s a quote:

‘…the elder Gordon-Levitt died of an alleged drug overdose in 2010. “It was an accident” is all Joe will say about that.’

Using the word “alleged” technically allows the writer to say whatever she wants. The “allegations” to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner’s office and the police department. I don’t like publicly speaking about my brother’s death, but I’m making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim.

By the way, while I asked the writer not to dwell on how he died, I did say quite a bit about how he lived, and how much he means to me. Dan was a brightly positive, genuinely caring, and brilliantly inspiring person, and I liked the idea of such a wide readership learning about him. My parents and I are disappointed with what the article chose to focus on regarding this sensitive subject.”

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From GQ:

"Amy Wallace and her editors understood the pain Dan's passing caused the Gordon-Levitt family, the story sought to be respectful—and brief—in the way it described his death, which GQ felt was a relevant fact in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's biography.

The story stated that Dan, 36, who was close to his brother and often collaborated with him, 'died of an alleged drug overdose in 2010. 'It was an accident' is all Joe will say about that.'

The magazine stands by its reporting, the facts of which are fully supported—and have been confirmed in detail—by the Los Angeles County coroner's office."

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Gary Oldman has been involved in all of Christopher Nolan's "Batman" films, playing Police Detective (and, later, Commissioner) Jim Gordon, an honest man in a world of deception; Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins the franchise with this film as John Blake, a freshly-minted Gotham cop who enters Gordon and Bruce Wayne's world of intrigue. On-screen, they give Nolan's films a sense of human scale and endeavor; off-screen, they're busy mocking each other and talking about Gordon-Levitt's soon-to-be-released '"Looper." ("People keep mentioning that movie to you," Oldman noted to Leavitt as I joined them. "I've got to bloody see it ..." ) We spoke with the two actors in L.A.

MSN Movies: You both do a lot of action and stunt work in the film, but did you at least get to say to yourself “Thank God I’m not wearing a suit made of 130 pieces”? Is it easy to think that you’re taking it a little easier than some of the other actors?

Gary Oldman: Uh … well, I was in a hospital gown and spent a great deal of the movie on my back …

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: (Laughs)

Oldman: … acting from a bed so I feel particularly guilty …

Right.

Oldman: … because it wasn’t fair of me. You actually walk in with a costume.

Gordon-Levitt: (Laughs)

Oldman: I was in a robe…

Gordon-Levitt: You were …

Oldman: … in a bed …

But you did catch up on your summertime reading?

Oldman: Yeah. (Laughs)

I mean for these films, which are so arduous, and so big, do you just look to Mr. Nolan to go, “It’s your vision, it’s your scene, how do we best make it happen?”

Gordon-Levitt: Absolutely, yeah.

Oldman: Yeah.

It’s very hard to talk about this film because there’s so many terms and reversals in it, but I mean, the first film thematically is about "How far is too far?" And the second films this interesting meditation about the rule of force versus the rule of law. To you, thematically, what’s this movie about? What does this movie have to say to people, the audience, more than just "It’s neat to dress up like a mammal and have your own helicopter?"

Oldman: (Laughs) It might be that’s enough for some.

Gordon-Levitt: (Laughs)

It may very well. But I mean, your character is certainly heart sake about deception and your character is certainly troubled by the lack of effort to improve…

Oldman: I think, probably, thematically it’s about actually finding out who you are. I think somewhere along the way he sort of loses himself and this whole thing of the outfit talks about you know, you’ve got to be, in a way you’ve got to be afraid of death to embrace life, you know, to really live. And he wasn’t really living in that sense. And I think with this, (Bruce Wayne) comes out of it. He gets a sense of worth, and just who he is as a man.

I’m also curious Mr. Oldman, you’ve been involved in all three of the Batman films. Mr. Gordon-Levitt, you were involved in “Inception” along with Miss Cotillard and Mr. Hardy. Were there aBat-crew versus "Inception" basketball games ...

Both: (Laugh)

… poker tournaments, or did it just meld together into one happy family?

Oldman: (Laughs: starts pinching Gordon-Levitt) Yeah, I mean, no, we used to … I used to just go like this to him and say, “I was in Batman 1 and 2,” and he would ….

Gordon-Levitt: "Chris! Chris, Gary's hitting me!"

Oldman: … and then he would punch me back and go, “Well, I was in ‘Inception’…”

Both: (Laugh)

I’m willing to bet it was slightly more mature than that.

Both: (Laugh)

These films pull off this incredible magic trick which is that they’re extraordinarily well received by audiences and they’re also critically acclaimed. What to you is the secret of that besides, of course, each of your work?

Oldman: Talent! Talent with a capital T. Just commitment, focus, perfectionism, application, vision, choices, and you know, he has a great sense of storytelling, he kind of knows. He has a real sense of where to deliver, when to push it, when to pull back, what an audience would want right now, and this is what they all want later. He just sort of, it’s like, how does Miles Davis know how play a trumpet like that?

He just does.

Oldman: He just does. And I think it’s as simple as that.

Gordon-Levitt: Yeah.

Oldman: He’s just very good, isn’t he?

Gordon-Levitt: He’s very good. I think also he respects his audience. Not every filmmaker, especially who makes big movies like this, does respect the audience. They’re just trying to kind of pander to somebody ...

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Apologizes For “Pretty Girls Aren’t Funny” Comment, But In Case He Needs A Refresher…

For someone who declared “most pretty girls aren’t funny” recently, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is doing a pretty good job of not making us want to bang our skulls against a pile of Margaret Cho DVDs. The Dark Knight Rises actor allegedly blurted out that factually inaccurate statement at the Looper panel at Comic-Con while talking about costar Emily Blunt, but has since offered an explanation. “I’m actually glad you asked me about that, because I was embarrassed,” he told a reporter for Yahoo’s OMG. “Sometimes the words come out really wrong, and sometimes the words come out really wrong in front of thousands of people. I do apologize.” We should hope so, JGL! You’re friends with Zooey Deschanel! You’ve seen New Girl! You should know better!

So what was Joseph trying to get across? “In our culture, girls do tend to get pigeonholed,” he explains. “And I was trying and failing to pay [blunt] a compliment about the fact that she really succeeded in avoiding those traps and not getting pigeonholed, and even though she’s a very good looking young women she is so funny and plays such a badass and a strong woman in Looper.” We’ll accept your explanation, JGL, but mainly because we still want to see Looper. In the meantime, in case you need a refresher course on how attractive women are capable of saying funny things, please take a moment to look through our Funniest Lady In Film This Summer gallery, where women from Anna Farris to Rashida Jones, Elizabeth Banks to Mila Kunis will remind you how exactly it is done.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Scarlett Reached New Levels In Don Jon's Addiction

Joseph Gordon-Levitt insists Scarlett Johansson reaches new levels of acting in his directorial debut 'Don Jon's Addiction', and he believes people won't have ever seen her do ''anything like this before''.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt insists Scarlett Johansson reaches new levels of acting in 'Don Jon's Addiction'.

The 31-year-old star directs the 'Avengers Assemble' beauty in the forthcoming movie - which tells the story of the titular character's porn addiction and how he attempts to become less selfish - and he doesn't think people will have ever seen her do ''anything like this before''.

Speaking at the European premiere of 'The Dark Knight Rises' in London's Leicester Square, he told BANG Showbiz: ''We just finished shooting it and when I get back from doing this tour then I'll begin cutting it.

''Scarlett is fantastic in the movie, you've never seen her do anything like this before. She's got a whole other character - her voice, her nails, everything.''

Joseph's latest role sees him play police officer John Blake in 'The Dark Knight Rises', and he revealed the movie's helmer Christopher Nolan was ''super encouraging'' when he told him he was making his directorial debut in 'Don Jon's Addiction'.

He added: ''I loved the transition from acting to directing. I've had the good fortune to work with a lot of excellent directions, Christopher Nolan being a prime example.

''I was finishing writing this movie while we were filming 'The Dark Knight Rises' and I told him I was directing it and he was super encouraging - I just thought that was the sweetest thing.''

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