Zooey Deschanel has revealed the extent to which she was abused by members of the public over her titular role in the romantic comedy 500 Days Of Summer. Speaking in an interview with Heart to promote her new film Harold And The Purple Crayon, Deschanel explained that people would confront her on the street, calling her “such a bitch, Summer!” The actress has frequently defended her character, whom many viewers perceived to be the villain of the story for rejecting what appeared to be a perfect romance.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who co-starred with Deschanel in the movie, has also come to the defense of her character, offering his own take on the film’s plot. While some people view the movie as a story about an innocent guy who is dumped for no reason, he argued that his character was guilty of ignoring everything Summer said.
Deschanel also spoke during the interview about her willingness to play her doppelganger Katy Perry in another music video. The actress played Perry in the video for the song ’Not The End Of World’ to general acclaim, with many remarking on the similarity in their appearance. Despite filmmaking Kylie Eaton reportedly sharing her hopes to make Deschanel and Perry work together again in future, Deschanel stated that she had not received any further calls from Perry’s team, adding: “I’m waiting, I’m waiting. I’m ready, I’m ready. It’s the part I was born to play.”
The 2009 movie starred Gordon-Levitt as a writer of greeting cards who tries to figure out why his relationship with his girlfriend (Deschanel) fell apart. Although popular with audiences, it was criticized for perpetuating the stereotype of “the manic pixie dream girl”, a trope in which a quirky, whimsical female character serves only to illuminate the inner turmoil of a male protagonist, with no agency or goals of her own
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