If you were wondering why you haven’t seen Joseph Gordon-Levitt in any movies for the past few years, there’s a reason for that.
The 500 Days of Summer star took three years out of acting to be at home with his two young children. Gordon-Levitt’s last movie came out in 2016, so it’s been a good wee while since he last graced our screens, but he’s back with three (!!!) movies this year.
James Corden asked the actor about his experience of taking extended paternity leave. “I just felt really lucky I got to do that,” said Gordon-Levitt. “There are some parts of the world that give a lot of paternity leave, where the government thinks it’s so important that dad gets to spend time their babies that there’s government paid paternity leave.” Read more…
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