The actor faces death head-on in his upcoming film 7500.
It’s not the first time he’s done so.
He had only a 50 percent chance of living in50/50.
He perilously balanced on a high wire forThe Walk.Don’t get us started onLooper.There’sInception,duh.
Oh, did we mention he played Death himself inHesher?
Gordon-Levitt recognizes this trend.
His next death-defying role is in7500,which hits streaming on Amazon Prime June 18.
Speaking to EW, the actor first mentions the mystery of death as an enticing place for exploration.
Maybe that’s why he keeps coming back to it.
But then, he takes a pause.
There’s no distraction from the harrowing situation, no flashback or dream sequence.
Gordon-Levitt was captivated by Vollrath’s filmmaking process.
“Where the script really becomes a springboard.
He likes to leave the camera running for a long, long time.
Let the actors just really immerse themselves in the reality of the story.
Just be there.”
The actor’s7500character Tobias is in a claustrophobia-inducing conundrum from the get-go.
Throughout its 92-minute run time, that moral quandary proves unrelenting.
“One of my favorite movies isLifeboat,” Levitt says of the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock drama.
Levitt adds, “This is an art movie.
To be perfectly honest, you know sometimes distributors of this movie will call it a thriller.
And I think they’re so wrong.
It’s just not that.
It never was that.”
Don’t expect the movie to be “typical Hollywood entertainment,” Levitt says.
It’s a sequence that highlights how complex the “good vs. evil” trope can be.
It’s not black and white.
It’s not heroes versus villains."
When reflecting on his own eventual death, he admits he has a fear of what lies beyond.
“I love living.
I feel really really grateful for every day I’m alive.
I never want it to end,” he says.
