Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 'Seth Rogen called me in dire straits for 50/50'

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has said that Seth Rogen called him "in dire straits" when he was approached to star in 50/50.

X-Men: First Class star James McAvoy filmed four days on the project but was forced to pull out due to a family emergency.

Gordon-Levitt told The Guardian: "The scariest part for them was there were a couple days where they didn't know if their movie was going to have to shut down.

"A movie takes such a long time to put together and plan, and once it's in production, if something like that happens it's a nightmare."

Gordon-Levitt added: "Seth called me in dire straits and asked if I would look at this script, and I was a fan of his so I did.

"We made friends really quickly, he and I - and Evan [Goldberg], his writing partner, and Jonathan Levine, the director, and Will [Reiser], the screenwriter.

"We all just became very quick buds - [it's] a very brotherly, familial vibe that they get going."

Watch Digital Spy talking to Seth Rogen and Will Reiser about 50/50 below:



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Watch the 50/50 movie trailer below: