FILM · 2013 · USA
Don Jon
38 archived facts 5 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
PornHub, a real-life pornography video site, supplied videos for the production, as Jon continues to watch.
- #002
Barbara Sugarman's (Scarlett Johansson) Facebook page is real, and her friends are celebrities using fake names.
- #003
The original cut shown at Sundance in 2013 was given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. Writer-director Joseph Gordon-Levitt cut some of the graphic pornographic footage his character watches throughout the film from the final R-rated version. He chose to cut some of this footage because he did not want people to think the film was only about porn after encountering the uncensored sexual content.
- #004
The film's original title, as announced when it was shown at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals, was "Don Jon's Addiction." Joseph Gordon-Levitt later decided to change the title because he felt it placed too much emphasis on the pornography story.
- #005
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski appear on a fake movie poster titled "So Hard So Fast" in the cinema scene.
- #006
Despite appearing in several scenes, Brie Larson has only one line in a single scene.
- #007
Before taking the role himself, Joseph Gordon-Levitt considered casting his friend Channing Tatum as Don Jon. Had Tatum been cast, it would have reunited him with Brie Larson after 21 Jump Street (2012).
- #008
Porn star Alexis Texas appears in most of the porn scenes.
- #009
It is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's first feature film directing effort.
- #010
Channing Tatum, Anne Hathaway, Meagan Good and Cuba Gooding Jr. appear in small roles as actors in the romantic comedies that Barbara (Scarlett Johansson) loves.
- #011
On The Howard Stern Show, Joseph Gordon-Levitt claims he came up with the idea for Don Jon while under the influence of marijuana.
- #012
The Carl's Jr./Hardee's commercial featured in the film was a real ad that premiered during Super Bowl XLVII and starred Danish model Nina Agdal.
- #013
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is good friends with his Havoc (2005) co-stars Channing Tatum and Anne Hathaway. These actors take small roles as a couple in a romantic comedy that Don and Barbara (Scarlett Johansson) go to see in this film. He is also good friends with Looper (2012) star Emily Blunt, who appears with her husband John Krasinski on a movie poster in the cinema scene. He is also good friends with his Inception (2010) co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, whom you can see on the Titanic (1997) poster in Barbara's childhood bedroom.
- #014
Some of the club regulars in the film are members of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's production company, HitRecord.
- #015
Jon's sister is only seen with the family, at the dinner table or at church, and she is always talking on the phone. She does not speak until 1:17 into the film, and she says very little. This is because the character Monica Martello did not actually exist in the original script. She was created during production by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in line with actress Brie Larson's preferences.
- #016
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character in Don Jon was designed as an avid consumer of Swiffer cleaning products. This parallels 50/50 (2011), in which his character also expresses a particular fondness for Swiffer products.
- #017
When the poster for "Special Someone" is seen a second time, it no longer shows Anne Hathaway and Channing Tatum. Instead, an altered poster for The Lucky One (2012), featuring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling, is used.
- #018
The blonde woman in the yellow dress and black thong with whom Jon climaxes on his laptop is Alexis Texas. The scene is from the 2009 release Push 2 Play.
- #019
The "football game" Jon watches near the end is from the film The Replacements (2000).
- #020
Sir Christopher Nolan, who worked with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Inception (2010) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), supported Gordon-Levitt's move into directing but also warned him about the greater challenges the film would bring: "I'm putting my hand up now and saying you might want to think about this. This is a whole extra challenge you might want to do maybe the second time."
- #021
The opening montage includes visual clips, though no audio, from Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction" music video.
- #022
The poster for the film "Special Someone" shows Channing Tatum, but the name actually listed is Conner Verreaux, who was a production assistant on Don Jon.
- #023
This is Julianne Moore's second film to deal with the subject of pornography; in Boogie Nights (1997) she played a porn star.
- #024
The blonde standing in front of the refrigerator in one of Jon's porn videos is porn star Kayden Kross.
- #025
The first football game Don Jon watches while arguing with his father (Tony Danza) about the DVR/TiVo is an Arena League Football game from 3-29-13, in which the San Jose SabreCats beat the Orlando Predators 65-62.
- #026
Rian Johnson, a longtime friend and collaborator of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, was the first person to see the script and viewed several cuts of the film throughout post-production.
- #027
The women on the magazine cover in the supermarket scene are Demi Lovato and Salma Hayek.
- #028
The cast includes four Oscar winners: Julianne Moore, Brie Larson, Anne Hathaway and Cuba Gooding Jr., plus one nominee: Scarlett Johansson.
- #029
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway share the lead in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
- #030
In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Phoebe Cates, who played Linda Barrett in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), appears as one of Jon's key images. She is the second person shown after the animated clip.
- #031
Arielle Reitsma, who plays Pink in the film, had previously won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic title in 2009.
- #032
This is Nina Agdal's debut.
- #033
This is Sarah Dumont's debut.
- #034
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Meagan Good had previously appeared together in Brick (2005).
- #035
This is Tanya Mityushina's debut.
- #036
The pinball machine in the movie theater is Stern's 2007 Family Guy.
- #037
Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson are left-handed.
- #038
Sarah Dumont is of French origin.
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