Rainn Wilson pauses during an “Inside The Office” panel discussion at the Leonard H. Goldenson theatre in North Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson have joined Natalie Portman in “Hesher,” an indie comedy-drama that begins shooting next week in Los Angeles.
The story centers on a loser twentysomething who invades the life of an awkward 13-year-old who is living with a pill-popping father and grandmother.
Gordon-Levitt is the dad trying to keep his family together after the death of his wife.
Portman, who is also serving as a producer, plays a supermarket worker for whom the kid falls for after she saves him from a bully. Spencer Susser will direct from a script co-written with David Michod.
Gordon-Levitt, who stars in this summer’s ” Days of Summer” as well as “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” recently booked a lead role in “Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan’s “Inception.” Wilson appears in this summer’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
