But a new clip from the film proves that he's met his match in the form of Barbara, played by Scarlett Johansson. Everything seems to be going to plan as the photogenic duo bump into an apartment doorway while kissing passionately. Scroll down for video Getting hot in here:
Scarlett Johansson fends off sex-crazy Joseph Gordon-Levitt in new Don Jon teaser
ScarJo and Gordon-Levitt get steamy in teaser trailer for Don Jon
ON November 8, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been acting since he was seven years old, but with his promotion of DIY filmmaking with hitRECord in recent years, it was only a matter of time before he would write and direct a feature film himself. Back in March, ComingSoon. The movie turned out great, man. Whenever an actor directs a movie, everyone gets really cynical. Did it take a long time to write this?
ScarJo and Gordon-Levitt get steamy in teaser trailer for Don Jon
Sex with Other People: Opens Friday, September 27, at multiple locations. He's already done it in Days of Summer, where he led an exuberant ensemble routine that out-Dr Peppered any Dr Pepper commercial. If you can dance on a bike, he's pretty much done that too, in David Koepp's crackerjack bike-messenger thriller Premium Rush.
The film follows the story of Jon, a handsome young man who is unable to maintain a relationship, due to his addiction to pornography. When Jon meets Barbara Scarlett Johansson , a beautiful but high-maintenance woman obsessed with Hollywood romantic comedies, and Esther Julianne Moore , an emotionally fragile widow, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery. While the story uses pornography as a device, Gordon-Levitt emphasized it was not meant as a commentary on porn addiction. It was really, to me, more of a metaphor," he said. Mutua speaks tough on pornographic sites "Both characters create expectations that people can't authentically meet in a relationship," Moore said.