Why Brick Was So Tough For Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Rehearse
Joseph Gordon-Levitt says Rian Johnson's Brick was one of the toughest movies to rehearse due to the «stylized» language of the crime thriller. Gordon-Levitt starred in the 2003 film as Brendan Frye, a high school student who finds himself pulled into the criminal underworld of his California suburb after his ex-girlfriend calls him begging for his help. In his search for her, Brendan will be forced to form tenuous relationships with those running the drug ring through his high school and enlist the help of his friends and ex-girlfriends to solve the mystery.
Alongside Gordon-Levitt, the cast for Brick included Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Richard Roundtree, Meagan Good and Brian White. Johnson wrote and directed the film in his feature debut, drawing from the hardboiled detective genre, namely Dashiell Hammett's novels, which he discovered after the Coen brothers cited them as a key inspiration for their acclaimed neo-noir gangster film Miller's Crossing. Hitting theaters in 2003 with a limited release, Brick proved to be a critical and commercial success, grossing over $3.9 million against its reported $450,000 budget and receiving largely positive reviews for its genre homages and Johnson's direction.
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In the latest episode of Vanity Fair's «Scene Selection» series, Joseph Gordon-Levitt reflected on some of the more iconic movies from his career. One such movie was Rian Johnson's Brick, which the actor recalls being one of the toughest movies he's ever made to rehearse due to the film's unique language style. See what Gordon-Levitt shared below:
“That’s the trick of Brick, because the language is so
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