Joseph Gordon-Levitt Says Spouse Squealed When He Stunned Her with Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’theinsiderinsight

Joseph Gordon-Levitt knew he wanted to get inventive when he realized he could be out of city for his spouse’s birthday.

The actor, 43, who lives in L.A. along with his spouse, Tasha McCauley, and their two sons, was doing press for his new Netflix film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and was scheduled to seem on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 19.

“I felt completely horrible and knew I wanted to do one thing,” Gordon-Levitt tells PEOPLE for One Final Factor on this week’s situation. “And the night time that I went to do Jimmy’s present was her precise birthday.”

Understanding McCauley is a super-Swiftie with regards to Taylor Swift, Gordon-Levitt proposed stunning his spouse by serenading her on the present along with his rendition of the singer’s hit track “Lover.”

“I feel she could be embarrassed for me to say how large a fan of Taylor she is,” he says, laughing. “We went to the Eras Tour collectively. She’s been a fan lengthy earlier than it was cool to be a Taylor Swift fan.”

Step one was securing the rights to make use of the track on the present and the remaining was set in movement. “We did not know if we’d get the rights as a result of it’s extremely troublesome so I needed to additionally decide a backup and that was very troublesome,” the actor explains.

“I truly gained much more admiration for Ms. Swift as a songwriter as I used to be looking for one thing else that will concurrently be significant to my spouse and significant to the broader world. It is a actually arduous stability to strike. She’s a grasp, she’s really superior.”

Given the greenlight, Gordon-Levitt practiced a number of instances after which went for it throughout his look. As for his spouse’s response? “Oh, she was shocked, yeah. In the easiest way,” he provides. “She sunk down into the sofa squealing, I feel.”

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The actor admits he is set fairly a excessive bar to match for future birthdays. “Here is the factor, although. The subsequent yr, I haven’t got to do it from New York,” he says. “I get to do it in personal, which is far simpler.”

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is now streaming on Netflix.