Screenwriter Will Reiser was only 24 years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. He, along with friend and actor Seth Rogen, thought up 'cancer comedies', a metaphorical bucket list that helped him cope. It has been six years since the diagnosis and Reiser is finally cancer-free... and has decided to write a script loosely based on his experience. The movie is called '50/50', named after the odds Reiser had in surviving. Veteran actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the movie equivalent of Reiser, a man named Adam. Seth Rogen costars as - obviously - himself. Joseph Gordon-Levitt says that he was drawn to the script because it didn't have any cliched plot points or stereotypes. "I was laughing. I was concerned. I didn't know what was going to happen next," Gordon-Levitt says. "These are all what makes me want to get involved with a project." Some of the clever plot points include Rogen suggesting to his buddy that he uses the sympathy he gets in order to get girls (it didn't work) or when the main character's mother comes to stay with him after she finds out that he has cancer, adding to the tension and annoyance he feels. '50/50' arrived in theaters on September 30. Be sure to check it out!
I for one am attracted to a script that follows along this type of plot line. Not that I search specifically for a story about a man with cancer, but it is the comedy and the heart that draws me to it. (That and the fact that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a main part in it.) I think that it is incredible how someone like Will Reiser managed to get through such a hard time in his life. The best part of it was that he always had his best friend Seth Rogen at his side, keeping him well mentally throughout the entire journey. I have yet to see the film itself, but I believe that it will be spectacular, and it will touch many people.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Will Reiser Tackle '50/50' Odds
50/50 Trailer
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