Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 5 Awesome Roles And 5 That Sucked
3. Neil - Mysterious Skin
This was the role that marked a turning point for Levitts career, where people stopped seeing him as the kid from 3rd Rock From The Sun and started to take him seriously. In Mysterious Skin he plays a man who was abused as a child, and the film looks at the emotional fallout this has on him later in life. Theres no getting around the fact that Mysterious Skin is a difficult watch and deals with some really uncomfortable subject matter but Levitts performance is so heartbreaking and committed that it's worth the effort. The movie came at a time in his career just after he made a commitment to only making good movies; which meant that he didnt work much. After his fearless performance here - where he does scenes that would scare most actors away - hes worked almost non-stop ever since.
