The Joseph Gordon-Levitt Re:Acting & Recording event scheduled to be at the Ohio Union at 7 p.m. Thursday has been canceled, along with the rest of Gordon-Levitt’s tour dates.
Gordon-Levitt is an actor best known for roles such as Arthur in “Inception” (2010), Tom Hansen in “(500) Days of Summer” (2009) and Cameron James in “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999).
Tickets to see the Ohio Union Activities Board-sponsored Gordon-Levitt event went on sale at 5 p.m. Oct. 18. The tickets were available until last week, when the event was canceled.
Gordon-Levitt was supposed to come to Ohio State for a interactive discussion about his acting career and his website, hitRECord.org, said Daniel Walls, OUAB lectures chair, in an e-mail. Gordon-Levitt started his website almost five years ago and it has grown into a professional production company. HitRECord.org serves as a place where anyone can gather and collaborate to create digital multimedia projects.
Although Katie Krajny, OUAB adviser, said about half the tickets had been released OUAB didn’t expect upset students.
Alexis Wang, a second-year in molecular genetics, said she and her friends got to the ticket release early to get in the front of the line.
“I’ve always liked him as an actor,” Wang said. “It’s really upsetting that it’s canceled.”
Wang said she heard rumors that the cancellation was because of to the death of Gordon-Levitt’s brother. Dan Gordon-Levitt died Oct. 4 at age 36 in Hollywood, Calif. of an alleged drug overdose, according to news outlets. OUAB did not mention his death.
Krajny said the re-shooting of an undisclosed movie and personal reasons prompted Gordon-Levitt’s tour to be canceled.
“The agent decided and Joseph decided that he needed to cancel the rest of his tour dates,” Krajny said.
Gordon-Levitt has two roles in post-production movies: Adam in “Live with It” (2010) and Wilee in “Premium Rush” (2012), and a pre-production movie, “Looper” (2012).
OUAB would not have paid Gordon-Levitt until after the show, so there was no financial loss.
