Actor Gordon-Levitt plays villain in `G.I. Joe` film

Los Angeles, April 17: It`s one of the most shrouded summer movie mysteries: What will actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt look like as masked baddie Cobra Commander in "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"? The 28-year-old actor isn`t giving away any details, but Gordon-Levitt says the villain`s look was the main reason he signed on for the movie, based on the popular Hasbro toy line.

"The way the character looks, that`s what ultimately convinced me to do the part," he says. "I saw the designs and drawings of the way they interpreted my character for this movie — the costume, the whole getup — and I was like, `Oh, wow. I get to be that guy? Fantastic. Sign me up. Please. Thank you.`" Spoiler alert! Many fans are miffed that the character`s hood has been replaced with a scubalike mask in images of a new Cobra Commander action figure that have appeared online. But Gordon-Levitt doesn`t think that action figure looks like him. "That toy is not my face. It`s a mask. I like that I get to keep my face," he said. "It has less to do with me and more to do with this character that I helped create. That`s more thrilling to me. It`s this thing that was born out of a creative, collaborative process between me and a bunch of other people that all worked on creating this character." The film, which also stars Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller, will be released Aug. 7. Bureau Report