World News Headlines February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling 0 Joseph Gordon-Levitt reacts to footage of Uber founder being heckled on ‘Colbert’ 0 0000 0 0 more Joseph Gordon-Levitt reacts to footage of Uber founder being heckled on ‘Colbert’ February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found February 22, 2022 Under One Ceiling Joseph Gordon-Levitt reacts to footage of Uber founder being heckled on ‘Colbert’ It’s been a couple of years now since Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick left the company for good, leaving behind a controversial legacy outlined in Mike Isaac’s book Super Pumped, which has now been made into a series starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premiering Feb. 27 on Showtime. But what does Gordon-Levitt actually think about the man he’s playing in the series? “Look, disruption can be a good thing — you invent something new and it’s useful for people — but it depends on at what cost,” Gordon-Levitt tells Stephen Colbert in the Late Show interview above. “‘I think he was a really exciting guy to be around actually, and there’s good parts to that and bad parts to that. There’s probably some people who have done some pretty bad things in the world — like the president we elected in 2016 — who was pretty exciting to be around. But just because someone’s exciting to be around doesn’t mean they’re doing the right thing.” At that point Colbert pauses the interview to play a never-before-seen clip from his 2015 interview with Kalanick, featuring a man in the crowd standing up to heckle the Uber boss about the negative effect the company has on cab drivers. “What that guy is saying is fair,” Gordon-Levitt responds. “There are laws in place that Uber was systematically breaking that are there to protect labour. And those laws are there for a reason and they should be there.” Uber had a lengthy legal battle in the UK which ended in 2021 when the company lost its final appeal in the UK’s supreme court, meaning drivers had to be recognised as workers rather than self-employed. In the U.S., meanwhile, drivers for Uber and Lyft have been striking in an attempt to earn the right to push for improved working conditions. Want more? Joseph Gordon-Levitt is insufferable as Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick in first ‘Super Pumped’ full trailer Uber reveals rider ratings breakdown for first time ‘Super Pumped’ is a book about Uber, but don’t forget about Lyft Related Related posts: Apple to launch 10.8-inch iPad this year, 8.5-inch iPad mini next year, report claims Ethiopia’s Nobel Winner Can’t Rest on His Laurels Israelis protest response to economic fallout from virus tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous 'Squabble' is a 'Wordle' fight to the death next Spotify's Car Thing available to all premium users
