Sometimes Josephs enthusiasm can get the better of him when signing on for something, which was definitely the case with Rise Of Cobra. He jumped at the chance to play a campy villain in a blockbuster, especially after he was shown artwork of how his character would look. While he may have been happy to stick on layers of make-up his performance didnt benefit from it. He looks and sounds ridiculous the entire time, with a raspy voice that makes it hard to believe anyone would be menaced by him. Levitt himself appears embarrassed in a few of his scenes, like he had immediate buyers remorse once the make-up was on and he had to spend all day looking like someone doing G.I. Joe cosplay; and doing it badly. He wisely decided to duck out of the sequel Retaliation, a movie that somehow managed to be even worse.
