Gordon-Levitt compared Arthur to the producer of Cobb's art, "the one saying, 'Okay, you have your vision; now I'm going to figure out how to make all the nuts and bolts work so you can do your thing'".
Gordon-Levitt je usporedio Arthura s producentom Cobbove umjetnosti, "onog koji je rekao 'u redu, imaš zamisao; ja ću shvatiti kako ju ostvariti da ti možeš obaviti svoje'."