Saturday, 24 April 2010

Something Magical

Jake Gyllenhaal talks about Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain and magical time in his life.

***

Between courses at the Ravagh Persian Grill in Manhattan (his choice), he pulls out from under his T-shirt the two chains that hang around his neck. Each has a ring at its end - one is a black diamond, the other a pendant of Saint Genesius, patron saint of actors - and he starts rolling them between his fingers. But he almost seems alarmed when I ask about them, as though he hasn't been aware of what he has been doing. A diner from another table comes over.
"Can I say hi to you?" she asks.
"Yes, you can," he says.
"Oh, my gosh," she says. "You're my favorite."
"Oh no," he says. "Oh, don't say that. You say that to everybody."
"No!" she protests. "I love The Brokenback Mountain. I really did love it. I watched it three times."

Brokenback Mountain. Once she recedes, he turns to me and says, "You don't want to know the variations of that title." He tells me how, just the other day, a lawyer asked him how he got into acting at such a young age. "I think at first I was just ambitious," he says. "It was blind ambition. I wanted to be out there. I mean, I remember watching my sister up onstage doing South Pacific when we were kids and going, 'That looks like a fucking lot of fun.'" He debates with himself. "Was it attention? Probably, but I think it was more the magic. It's magic, some of what happens in movies. I mean, people asked me many times through the experience of Brokeback Mountain what that was like. And the best way I can describe it is what we all carry with ourselves from that experience, and why we feel so close. Forget all the awards that come, with people kind of adorning each other - it wasn't about that. There was something magical in that time. We all slept in our trailers out by a trailer park the first month of making that movie. I was sleeping next to Ang's trailer; Ang's trailer was next to Heath and Michelle's trailer - they'd kind of moved in together. And Michael Hausman, the producer, brought his Airstream trailer down. And it was just us, by this river, for a month. And we would walk to set, and we would eat together, and we would all make coffee in the morning, and I would wake up in the morning and there would be Ang Lee doing Tai Chi outside of my trailer, and it was just magical. It was just magical."

Jake and Heath on Brokeback Mountain set
To promote the movie, the cast appeared together on Oprah. For the first half of the show, it was just Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger fending off Winfrey's enthusiasm and curiosity. There is a sheen cast over the movie now - to some extent because of its subject matter but mostly because of Ledger's death - that leaves it and anything connected to it frozen, untouchable. So rewatching the two actors on Oprah, I was surprised to see Gyllenhaal alluding to times that the two of them didn't get on during the filming. Gyllenhaal seems surprised, too, when I mention this, as if he wasn't aware this was something he'd shared. But he remembers. The scene with the two of them by the river, for instance.

"Where Heath's character goes into how his father knew of two guys who lived together and he ended up seeing them killed and dead. I had always read it in a certain way. I heard it in my mind a certain way. And I had worked with these incredible actors like Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon. When I worked with Dustin, he would always do things to me; in between a take, he would stop his lines, and he'd be like, 'You're a wonderful person,' or horrible things sometimes to jar me... getting a different response. And so I decided in this scene to gather the gumption" - this was when Ledger's part of the scene was being filmed and Gyllenhaal was off-camera - "and I don't subscribe to this really, changing lines on an actor, because I don't think I'm Dustin Hoffman, and I don't think I have the ability or the talent to do that to somebody. But I do think that changing intention sometimes on an actor when you're doing a scene when you're not on-camera is really interesting for them. But I did it at one point in this one scene, and I'd always heard it a certain way, so I was almost trying to move the scene to that place for him. He delivered the whole thing very, very straight, and he could feel me trying to do that, and I remember him getting really upset with me. And I remember him turning to Ang at the end of it and going, 'If he wants to tell me what to do, have him tell you'... We had these kind of exchanges, you know. But ultimately, the way I look at it was I was wrong, because he was brilliant. But at the same time I think, "Well, if I hadn't, would it have gone a certain way?" We balanced each other out. When I think about these things that happened then, we were very much alive in that movie. We were really living that movie. Not literally, but you think about those times in your life..."

One thing Gyllenhaal would do - feeding off the way Ledger had chosen to play the part of Ennis quietly, his teeth clenched - was to ask him in character, "What? What'd you say?" "Stupid me," Gyllenhaal comments now.

Did Heath never do anything that annoyed you?

"No. I always admired Heath. I always was kind of enamored by him, you know. I mean, yeah, sometimes it was hard to sit with him. He moved... He was a mover."

People have since suggested that he was really, really troubled by having to do all that promotion and campaigning. Was that your sense?

"Yeah. He was very sensitive. He didn't always really have a sense of performance in his everyday life. He was who he was. I think actors very often, they know how to present something, and that's part of their job. I think he was just really sensitive. We often used to do a lot of things together, because people were very interested in him and I think we felt safe together."

For example, he says that when he and Ledger had to introduce Ang Lee at the Directors Guild awards, Ledger refused point-blank to say anything jokey about Lee, as might have been expected at such an event. Their introduction was consequently so serious and earnest, says Gyllenhaal, that when Lee came up to the stage, he told them, "That was so gay."

Still, he also remembers how much they'd be laughing backstage at events: "For such a serious actor as Heath was, he was crazy funny. Dark funny, but funny." Out front, they came to be sobered by people's reactions, as they realized that the movie was bigger than all of them, bigger than they'd realized. Gyllenhaal tells me a strange thing about the filming, an experience he'd just rhapsodized about as so magical: "In retrospect, it just was a painful process." As though there's no reason why both memories should not be equally true. "I don't think any of us can watch it to this day," he says. "I remember talking to Michelle very recently and her being like, 'I didn't know if it was any good or not.'"

Afterward, he and Ledger stayed in close touch. "We'd talk a few times a month. I mean, he was a friend. He was like my creative partner." The news of Ledger's death came while Gyllenhaal was filming Brothers.

Could you make any sense of it at all?

A lengthy pause. "I don't really like talking about it. That period of time was... It was difficult."

What effect do you think it had on you?

"Even when we did Brokeback and stuff, it was like my work was the only thing that mattered to me. It was like I could only understand or define myself through doing that. Life, I didn't totally understand. And I think I was afraid of life. And I had success in my work, enough success that you could keep going back there. But after that happened... I think I recognized that it was work. And I recognized that this is for real."

"This" being life?

"It's for real."

What were you scared of?

"It seems to me that there are some people who go, 'All right, I'm grabbing the bull by the horns. Let's do this...,' and there are some people who it takes a while to figure out. It's an everyday struggle to be able to go, 'I'm going to follow my own instincts - I'm going to try and hear my own heart regardless...' We're getting pretty deep here. I mean, there are things that I want in my life. You can hide in your work, I guess I'm saying, or you can be alive and free and live in your work. You can pretend the people that you're going to work with for however many months are going to be the family that's going to be forever. But the truth is, they're not. And no matter what relationships you make along the way - which have been occasionally really, really influential in my life – ultimately I choose all the mishegoss, and all the complication and confusions of life, which takes courage and patience to sift through. Over the temporary moment of 'Oh, I'm comforted in the womb of this family.' I choose the other. I hate to say this, but - "Gyllenhaal smiles - "it's time to jump."

***

There is a famous scene in Brokeback Mountain where Ledger's and Gyllenhaal's characters jump together off a cliff into a river, both of them naked.

In reality, Ledger made the jump but Gyllenhaal did not. Originally the leap was to have been from a lower ledge, but Ledger wanted to go from right at the top. They were told how careful they would have to be, falling from that height, because they might hit the river's shallow bottom, and they were also warned of the hazards presented by the glacial water. Gyllenhaal realized he wasn't so sure about it. He had just been cast in Jarhead, and that shoot was starting soon. He knew that if he injured himself, he would lose the part. And he was comforted by a precedent: he remembered a story he had heard in his youth, about how Paul Newman, a family friend, hadn't actually made the leap in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He decided to let a stand-in jump in his stead.

Brokeback Mountain shirts
I ask him whether Ledger didn't, after all they had been through together, say to him, "You're wimping out on this?"

"It's interesting - he never did say that. I would have loved for him to have said that."

Would it have made you feel bad?

"Maybe. Yeah, probably. But I was actually really, really proud of myself that I didn't do it. For me, it was a great triumph. You know, there's a pressure that people put on themselves to not trust their instincts. You know, show the stunt guys I can do it, prove it to this person, prove it to that person. Who do I need to prove it to? And Heath didn't do it for any of those reasons - he did it because he wanted to jump."

Do you at all regret not doing it now?

"Yeah. But that's me now."

***

Source: GQ, May 2010 - interviewed by Chris Heath

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Anonymous said...

Live stream of a Q&A with the cast of Prince Of Persia

Everyone seems to be in a good mood :)

Anonymous said...

I don't think there's very much that is shy about Jake Gyllenhaal. At least, not in a bashful, timid way. More like cautious, distrustful...maybe even a little bit fearful about what might be asked next.

IA. In fact, I'd go further and say there isn't a shy bone in Jake's bod.

Ted said...

Dear Ted:
I was fan of the first seasons of One Tree Hill and I know I'm one of the few fans of Hilarie Burton; I've fallen for Jeffrey Dean Morgan since Grey's and loved him in Watchmen. Though they're not A-listers, is it possible they actually had a kid, kept it a secret and all this isn't just a publicity move? I'm a proud owner of an adopted puppy!
—P

Dear Baby on Board:
This seems to be the year of the hidden baby, what with this announcement and Sandy's son. People are starting to see how easy it really is for celebs to keep things secret—if they want to, that is.


Dear Ted:
I'm wondering what ever happened between you and The Answer B!tch? I know you went out to dinner a couple times. Did she lose interest when you wouldn't put out? I miss the fights you two once had. Give us an update.
—Missing the Bitch

Dear You Have No Idea:
I told her I don't date women anymore. It went downhill from there.


Dear Ted:
You mentioned that Jackie Bouffant has a beard you referred to as Missus Bouffant. As such, I'm assuming that these two have actually walked down the aisle. Thanks for clarifying. Take care!
—Cats

Dear Jackie's Girl:
You know what they say about assuming, right, darling?


Dear Ted:
What's the status on Terry Tush-Trade's "affairs of the heart"? Have they progressed into something more, or simply gone away?
—Cece

Dear Good Question:
She's still having two: her career and her beard.

Bitch Back!

Anonymous said...

Live stream of a Q&A with the cast of Prince Of Persia

Jake is funny :)

PR with monitoring device said...

Now Jake, remember when you feel electric shocks hit your neck, back and penis, STOP TALKING and do not I repeat DO NOT answer the question.

PR with monitoring device said...

Now Jake, remember when you feel electric shocks hit your neck, back and penis, STOP TALKING and do not I repeat DO NOT answer the question.

destiny said...

Straight men do not gag and make other noises or words of disgust about men kissing men just for the purposes of making a joke about say, how ugly the guy is. They do it because they want their buddies to know they're straight and that even the thought of kissing a man makes them sick.

It is homophobic behavior.

Nobody who is straight and gay-positive would do that, not even in joking. If two gay men are doing it, then yes, you could say it was because of who was involved.

The only way I could see that being about the person involved, and not the sex of the person, is to gag over kissing man X, and then say but you'd kiss man Y.

If Jake wasn't doing it to be homophobic, then the thing to have done is to come out and make a joke about how he wouldn't kiss Wossy, but he'd kiss Adam, or some other guy.

I can't believe no one else finds this as disgusting as I do. It is even worse than what he said in GQ.

Anonymous said...

Live stream of a Q&A with the cast of Prince Of Persia

That was fun! :)

Jake said...

SMASHING!

Anonymous said...

destiny you are way too sensitive IMO. Did you ever consider that perhaps Jake made the gagging gesture because he finds kissing a straight man disgusting?! Lol you didn't cover that in your examples. I guess to you every gay man wants to kiss a straight guy, because it's a GUY.

Anonymous said...

Gemma is a sweetie :)

Anonymous said...

I can't believe no one else finds this as disgusting as I do. It is even worse than what he said in GQ.

That bandwagon left town yesterday

Anonymous said...

Maybe Jake thinks kissing anyone except Austin or whoever his bf is, is disgusting.

Atticus said...

That bandwagon left town yesterday


Did they leave any food?

Anonymous said...

Oh Destiny, doth protest too much. It doesn't matter what Jake says or does, you will always find a reason to hate on him. We get it. We have BEEN getting it for months. I really think it's time to step away from the Jake hate. It's so very unbecoming for a lesbian woman of age.

Anonymous said...

I can't believe no one else finds this as disgusting as I do.

It was a joke. Maybe it was a bad joke, but still a joke.

Anonymous said...

LOL @ Atticus

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Anonymous said...

Sam_mann: A great day meeting beautiful Gemma Arterton and the v funny and handsome Jake Gyllenhaal. They were both lovely making my job really easy.
2 minutes ago

Just my opinion said...

I can't believe no one else finds this as disgusting as I do. It is even worse than what he said in GQ.

Let's just say, I don't think Jake would have done such a thing during the promotion of Brokeback Mountain. But, then he was selling his movie to a more diverse audience, wasn't he? Jake knows the rumors that have been swirling around him for...forever. He's a professional, highly polished. Fully conscious that many folks are watching how he behaves. The issue is not the isolated instance, but a pattern of behavior that seems to point to a considerable desire to distance himself from anything remotely gay (e.g. no longer associated in public with GLAAD initiatives, concerts with performers like Rufus Wainwright long forgotten, 2.5 years of Reeke, massive PR crap about what woman he is with now, the disappearance of his best bud, Austin, etc.). Gagging when Wossy makes a joke about kissing him, was not some spontaneous reaction. It was Jake, once again, ceasing another opportunity to shout from the rafters, "I'm not gay!" I'm beginning to wonder if Disney added some kind of incentive pay clause in his PoP contract. A $2,500 bonus each time he can project a manly, hetero image. Who cares about his "unique fan base." I'm an All-American action hero, now! Maybe cynical, but I don't think one can just dismiss the idea when analyzing Jake's behavior over these past three years.

Anonymous said...

There's no way to categorically state what all straight guys would do. Just as straight people can't make with any certainty broad statements about gay people and their sexuality, the same applies in reverse. Yes, a gay-friendly, secure in their masculinity straight guys can and do make jokes that may or may not be appropriate depending on the audience, but I don't think it's homophobic.

Maybe Jake didn't like the idea of kissing an older man? Is he age-o-phobic in that case?

Past not forgotten said...

Jake was known to date older guys in his youth. Probably not age-o-centric.

Anonymous said...

TBH, the thought of kissing someone I didn't find aattractive and ppealing would make me cringe too - but that doesn't mean I'm heterophobic. It's a sensitive subject, so maybe he shouldn't have done it, but I don't think he meant to be homophobic. JMO

Anonymous said...

Maybe Jake thinks kissing anyone except Austin or whoever his bf is, is disgusting.

lmao - yeah, that has to be it. He only wants other guys jerking off on him or touching his peen (otherwise known as "hanging out") :)

Anonymous said...

Put it in perspective - he kissed Heath Ledger six ways to Sundy for Brokeback. So now he makes a joke on JR and he's homophobic? IDK about that.

I'm looking through you, where did you go? said...

I don't think the theatrical gesture was homophobic, but I do think that he grabbed the opportunity to promote straight Jake like the experienced bearding pro that he is. He easily could have made one of those famous, rubbery Gyllenhaal faces, but chose to do something much more physically demonstrative. Maybe Wossy was right. Jake, at times, can be pathetic and oh so transparent.

Anonymous said...

Stop the witch hunting, destiny.

Jake made a joke and that's it. We straights make fun of gays all the time, deal with it.
Making jokes about men kissing other men is not what is stopping gay people to earn they deserved rights.
As an opressed part of the society, gays must be supported and defended but they are not sacred cows and they can be the target of mockering as any other group or individual.

Anonymous said...

Well to be honest, I was surprised he did that, knowing how it would be interpreted.

Anonymous said...

Even JR is mocked, affectionately.

Anonymous said...

I can see the point; it could be seen to play into already established negative mindsets, like the lame BBM jokes that went on and on and on and ...

Hopefully it was meant as an individual thing and a joke, not a generally finding kissing men "gross". But then, once you've kissed the best ... ;)

Anonymous said...

I don't believe for a second that Jake is homophobic + hiding in the closet cannot be fun.

2:09 PM said...

a pattern of behavior that seems to point to a considerable desire to distance himself from anything remotely gay (e.g. no longer associated in public with GLAAD initiatives...

I tend to agree.

Anonymous said...

Fingers crossed for Michelle and Ryan. :)

Ryan likes to wear gold watches and Michelle is wearing a golden bracelet in the new pics. I've rarely seen her wear jewelry or gold (she seems to like silver) before. I wonder who gave it to her? I doubt she bought it herself. You know, there were rumors of Ryan and Michelle dating a few months ago. Where is smoke there usually is fire too. ;)

Anonymous said...

a pattern of behavior that seems to point to a considerable desire to distance himself from anything remotely gay (e.g. no longer associated in public with GLAAD initiatives...
I tend to agree.


So do I.

Anonymous said...

^^ :) She deserves to be happy.

Talking of kissing, I happened to be watching a part of a video from Candy the other day, and does HL know how to kiss, that bit of tongue. *swoon*

Jake said...

and does HL know how to kiss,

He does!!! :D :D :D

Anonymous said...

Did JR make the kissing joke before or after he ate the pickled onions? No wonder Jake gagged. :)

Michelle + Ryan = Baby Trap II said...

I hope it's a boy this time,Michelle!!

Anonymous said...

3:00 PM - before, during Adam Lambert's interview.

Anonymous said...

jcheiffetz: Beautiful, GIANT yellow dahlias at the farmers market. Maggie Gyllenhaal & daughter looking adorable- a post card for Park Slope.
19 minutes ago

Anonymous said...

ITA Just My Opinion. The gagging is just one thing in a long line of things Jake has gone out of his way to do to sell straight.

Put it in perspective - he kissed Heath Ledger six ways to Sundy for Brokeback. So now he makes a joke on JR and he's homophobic? IDK about that.

And how many times have people here gone on about actors making obnoxious comments about kissing men for a movie? Kissing a man in a movie doesn't give you a pass to engage in homophobic behavior.

As Just My Opinion said above, Jake's behavior has to be taken in context. This is not post-BBM, sexually ambigous Jake. This is Jake, I have to prove I'm straight because Disney would crap all over itself if Jake even gave off the least little hint of gay right before PoP. Jake is going out of his way to say and do things to counter what he thinks are things that he thinks will make him look gay if he doesn't.

How often do you see other actors gagging over guests talking about kisses on a talk show?

Anonymous said...

Not good, if so. :(

I hope we get pics of Maggie & Ramona with those gorgeous flowers. :)

Note of levity said...

How often do you see other actors gagging over guests talking about kisses on a talk show?

Maybe Mark Walhberg, after consulting with his priest? *big grin*

Anonymous said...

Michelle + Ryan = Baby Trap II said...
I hope it's a boy this time,Michelle!!


Ha!

Anonymous said...

If Ryan and Michelle get together and maybe even have a baby, I hope he will also be good to Matilda and that Michelle stays a good mom and doesn't leave her head for the guy. Yeah. :)

Anonymous said...

^^and doesn't lose

Anonymous said...

How often do you see other actors gagging over guests talking about kisses on a talk show?

I hope the whole JR show will be on youtube soon then I'll judge how he could have meant it.

Anonymous said...

Talking about kisses and Jake's answer to that was part of Adam's segment and Adam was on before Jake.

Anonymous said...

Sophia and Austin attend an event:

Just Jared

Anonymous said...

How nice!

Anonymous said...

3:22 - lol and priceless

Anonymous said...

Austin's body language is a bit awkward.
Like the hair, but Austin please shave.

Anonymous said...

3:34 - I hope the whole JR show will be on youtube soon then I'll judge how he could have meant it.


The segment is already available on YouTube because it occurred during Ross' interview with Adam. Ironically, they were discussing the adverse public reaction in America to Adam kissing his male keyboardist at the AMA. The discussion starts around 7:40:

Jake reaction

Anonymous said...

Austin's body language is a bit awkward.

Austin should take some salsa lessons and learn from Ricky Martin how to look relaxed and sassy around female friends.

Anonymous said...

Jake reaction

Thanks for that. I think he was totally kidding and didn't mean it in an offensive way.

Anonymous said...

I really don't want to believe he meant it in such a bad way. :(

Anonymous said...

Video - Jake on Jonathan Ross

Anonymous said...

Thanks for that. I think he was totally kidding and didn't mean it in an offensive way.

What bothered me was the context of Jake's reaction. Here JR was making an important point about the American double standard when it comes to men kissing dudes, versus the much more open acceptance of girl on girl action. Jake knew Ross was making an important point. He was listening in the Green Room, after all. Heck, Jake made a similar comment in his acceptance speech when he and Heath won the MTV award for best kiss in 2006. Remember, something like what an honor and how important it was that the MTV audience had picked that particular kiss.

Of course, that was a different time and place. Pre-Reeke. That’s why I was taken aback. It was like he was proving the very point that Ross was trying to make.

Anonymous said...

The only thing Jake is guilty of is being a very bad quipster.

Anonymous said...

learn from Ricky Martin how to look relaxed and sassy around female friends

LOL :)

Anonymous said...

Oh those Brits -

There's a better quality vid of the JR show. I haven't gotten to "the" part yet, but some funnies:

JR: Jake, did you indulge in the hashish?

JG: Oh, no, no, no

JR: How about you, Adam?

AL: I'm gonna take the fifth -

JR: It's sold by the gram!

LOL :) Sorry, couldn't help myself

Back to watching.

Anonymous said...

The only thing Jake is guilty of is being a very bad quipster.

Oh, I think he's guilty of more than just that. Gagging over the thought of kissing a man was more than just gauche. You didn't see Lord Sugar reacting that way to Ross' playful banter. No, Jake felt it necessary to equate nausea with men kissing. Good job, Jake. Disney must have been proud of you.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, JR says:

JR: Adam, are you one for the recreationals?

AL: I'm gonna take the fifth. Hee!

Anonymous said...

JR: Jake, did you indulge in the hashish?

Video:

Jake, Adam, Wossy and light drugs segment

Anonymous said...

See, Jake never touched any drugs! ;)

Anonymous said...

Of course not! ;)

Anonymous said...

Oh, I think he's guilty of more than just that. Gagging over the thought of kissing a man was more than just gauche. You didn't see Lord Sugar reacting that way to Ross' playful banter. No, Jake felt it necessary to equate nausea with men kissing. Good job, Jake. Disney must have been proud of you.

ITA.

And since when has it been Jake's style of humor to do that sort of thing. Never. Usually he kind of pokes fun at himself or tells funny stories about something he has done.

Anonymous said...

Jake said...
and does HL know how to kiss,

He does!!! :D :D :D


Hey, what with the ":D :D :D"? Why aren't you gagging???

Anonymous said...

Lord Sugar was the straight man foil for JR's joke. He wouldn't have said anything.

Jake said...

Hey, what with the ":D :D :D"? Why aren't you gagging???

Because Heath was young, sexy and cute.

I have standards!

Anonymous said...

Heath

Jonathan

Wossy said...

Jake and Adam as hilarious black women

Anonymous said...

IDK in this case.

Personally I prefer don't let the doorknob hit your ass on the way out. Anybody can say that. ;)

British humor is like an art.

Anonymous said...

5:37 PM, awww that's not fair, poor Jonathan.

Anonymous said...


ONTD - Prince of Persia on Jonathan Ross

Anonymous said...

Did JR make the kissing joke before or after he ate the pickled onions? No wonder Jake gagged.

3:00 PM - before, during Adam Lambert's interview.


A-ha. This might be the answer: on ONTD (the Adam Lambert on J Ross post a day ago) a commenter said she knew someone who went and saw the show taping. IIRC she said, from the info her friend gave her, that Adam went on first - which makes perfect sense, because live shows have the first-billed person on last whereas TV tapings usually have the first-billed on first. Also her friend said that each interview was really long, like almost 2 hours (she said Jake's interview was much longer than Adam's) and there was A LOT edited out for the TV show (for time). So the kissing/gag: IMO it was probably after the onion, but the TV show changed the order and content, thus changing the sequence of events.

Anonymous said...

Maybe Jake thinks kissing anyone except Austin or whoever his bf is, is disgusting.


lmao - yeah, that has to be it. He only wants other guys jerking off on him or touching his peen (otherwise known as "hanging out")


No, it makes perfect sense not to kiss anyone other than the bf, because the other guys are hookups just for sex. Prostitutes don't kiss clients on the mouth; it's too personal. Maybe Jake and Austin have a pact to kiss only each other, for acting roles, and beards if necessary.

Anonymous said...

That makes no sense. Lord Sugar was in the green room with Jake when he made that geture while Adam was being interviewed, Sugar appeard last as witnessed the clip of Jake and Adam doing their ghetto woman schtick. Ross offered Jake the pickled onion during the end of his segment, the cooking segment. From the tweets, the girl was called up onto the stage at that time but that didn't make the cut.

It makes no sense since as you insist, Adam was on first, even if they aired it out of sequence, the onion segmant happened after Adam.

Anonymous said...

she said, from the info her friend gave her, that Adam went on first

OK, so taping order was:
1. Adam
2. Jake

TV show order was:
1. Adam
2. Jake

So the onion part was the last, after kissing/gag, and they didn't change the order.

Anonymous said...

Why the fuck does it matter if Jonathan ate the onions before or after the kissing comment? (it was after, btw) It’s not like Jake would’ve literally had to kiss him. You're making yourself dizzy with your own spinning, it was a stupid gesture and not funny, unless you're an immature fratboy. Simple as that. Why didn’t Lord Sugar, who’s probably straight mock-gagged too?

Anonymous said...

Question! When are the NYC, L.A. PoP premieres?

Anonymous said...

No, it makes perfect sense not to kiss anyone other than the bf, because the other guys are hookups just for sex. Prostitutes don't kiss clients on the mouth; it's too personal. Maybe Jake and Austin have a pact to kiss only each other, for acting roles, and beards if necessary.

But since Jake is in the closet, the general public wouldn't get that message from what he did - they would simply get the "joke" that he's gagging at the thought of kissing a guy in real life, which is what he wants them to think.

Anonymous said...

LA premiere - May 17

I think there will be no NYC premiere.

Anonymous said...

Why didn’t Lord Sugar, who’s probably straight mock-gagged too?

Because he was the comic foil for JR's joke - kept a "straight" face. He also is a different person than Jake, wouldn't have the same reactions. I just wondered about the onion sequence, because he and JR had eaten them, maybe it grossed him out. It's not dumb in that context, but a natural reaction. It doesn't necessarily stand to reason that it's a homophobic reaction to kissing another man, Lord Sugar or Jonathan Ross, which is what JR asked him, if he wanted to join in.

Anonymous said...

6:38 PM - TY.

Anonymous said...

It's not dumb in that context, but a natural reaction.

LOL!! Jake didn't have to kiss literally him, ya'know. Oh, and you may remember that Jake himself ate onion too.

Come on, we all know it had nothing to do with onion. Let it go.

Anonymous said...

It's not dumb in that context, but a natural reaction.

LOL!! Jake didn't have to literally kiss him, ya'know. Oh, and you may remember that Jake himself ate onion too.

Come on, we all know it had nothing to do with onion. Let it go.

Anonymous said...

No we all don't. Even a thought could still trigger a reaction. Or it was just a joke. It's just a possiblity that there could be some other reason than the kneejerk of homophobia by the PC police.

Anonymous said...

zzzzzzzzzzzz

Jake Gyllenhaal, A Frying Pan And An iPad said...

Jake showed off both his cooking skills and destruction skills on Friday Night with Jonathon Ross last night.

At the very least, it's a creative way to wreck the device. More so than this.

Towleroad

Anonymous said...

I don't think Jake's gagging "joke" was necessarily homophobic. But I do think it was lame, immature and not funny. I also think he was trying too hard to appear straight. He wouldn't have done that a few years ago, but now he feels compelled to do so, and that's kind of sad.

lol said...

the_condor: @icetofubar There's a third video, but it's not exactly jake/adam. Mostly Adam being cute and Jake pretending he doesn't smoke pot.
about 21 hours

Anonymous said...

etacanis: PEOPLE ARE CALLING JAKE GYLLENHAAL HOMOPHOBIC. Um. Guys. HE'S JACK MOTHERFUCKING TWIST. HE'S NO HOMOPHOBE, BBS.
40 minutes ago

ONTD 'Jake is homophobic' comment

Anonymous said...

This reminds me of the manufactured allegations of homophoby against Heath - the "teacup" posture. Heath was disgusted when they went to "get him", make him fail at the Oscars. He was right. Why start the same shit with Jake?

Anonymous said...

What's the "teacup" posture?

Anonymous said...

There is an Anon. on ONTD desperate to protect Jake from accusations of homophobis, sounds like the fangirl that was posting here.

Homophobia no, stupid frat-boy humor to prove he is straight (given the subject that was being talked about when he did it ) yes.

Anonymous said...

It looks like nobody on ONTD takes it seriously, considering Jake portrayed Jack Twist. Next.

Anonymous said...

Jake and Heath became giggly over the description of Ennus and Jack in the BBM clip they intriduced, it sounded like something from a Harlequin novel. Heath put his hand on his hip like a teacup, he was nervous and didn't know what to do with his hands and was trashed.

What Jake did was totally diferent, Ross and Adam were ralking about the doule standard of f/f kissing vs m/m kissing, and Ross made the comment. Jake didn't have to do or say anything, he was in the green room but he did.

Anonymous said...

Nobody outside of this blog, OMG and ONTD are talking about it, no one out side of that circle in the US gives a shit about the JR show, most have never heard of it.

Anonymous said...

No, Lord Allen was asked if he wanted to kiss JR, and then JR asked if Jake wanted to join in, while they were in the green room. In JR's greenroom, you might as well be right there being interviewed because they hear and can interact.

I think Heath was just nervous.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure Heath was just nervous.

Anonymous said...

Jake looked nervous in his interview. British interviewers are more brazen than US so he was probably on guard. I think he meant the gagging as a joke and that it was directed at kissing J Ross, not men in general. It was a bad one, but hey we all make mistakes.

Did you hear Jake say some people think he behaves like a princess. I do believe he reads the blogs or knows what is being said about him. He is trying to be butch but his feminine side leaks out.

Anonymous said...

Did you hear Jake say some people think he behaves like a princess.

Jake: "Some people might say that I'm in a lot of ways a princess ..."

Buff Jake Gyllenhaal talks stunts in Prince of Persia

Anonymous said...

Nobody outside of this blog, OMG and ONTD are talking about it,

Not for lack of trying though. Who do we know that posts on this blog, OMG and perhaps ONTD who's a huuuuuuuge Adam Lambert fan, but who's ALSO a Jake hater? I think that person's hands are all over this trying to make it more than it was.

Anonymous said...

I think you are wrong on both accounts - 'trying to make it more than it was' and 'Jake hater'.

DL gossip said...

Keram knows that Jake Gyllenhaal met Henry Cavill at London's Groucho Club while there filming "Prince of Persia," and a torrid two-month affair quickly commenced. Jake flew to Dublin to see Cavill, where "The Tudors" is shot, three weekends in a row via private charter for a series of 48-hour romps. The fling ended civilly, and things may start to heat up again now that Henry is in Keram's home country of Canada filming his latest picture.

Anonymous said...

Henry Cavill is filming Immortals in Canada, Isabel Who is in the same movie.

Anonymous said...

*swoon*

Jerry said...

Jake, you've promised!

Anonymous said...

What a lovely thought! :)

Austin said...

A lovely thought?!

Anonymous said...

Sorry Austin. :)

Anonymous said...

Keram knows that Jake Gyllenhaal met Henry Cavill at London's Groucho Club while there filming "Prince of Persia," and a torrid two-month affair quickly commenced.

So that's why there was no Jake sightings - he was filming or in the bed the whole time!

Anonymous said...

Jake and Henry Cavill. How much hotter can you get. Sorry Austin, you may have met your match this time.

Anonymous said...

a series of 48-hour romps.

Not much hotter - the guy is gorg. So is Jake. *swoon*

Anyone But Kagan said...

"More like cautious, distrustful...maybe even a little bit fearful about what might be asked next."

IA. Ninety percent of the time, Jake looks like he's scared shitless.

"If Jake wasn't doing it to be homophobic, then the thing to have done is to come out and make a joke about how he wouldn't kiss Wossy, but he'd kiss Adam, or some other guy.

I can't believe no one else finds this as disgusting as I do. It is even worse than what he said in GQ."

I also agree. This incident, along with the GQ interview and the least convincing bearding fiasco in recent Hollywood memory, are proof that Jake is not only gay as a goose, but he's also scared shitless. He is so frightened right now, it's amazing. It's almost painful to watch him.

"Did you ever consider that perhaps Jake made the gagging gesture because he finds kissing a straight man disgusting?!"

Jake's twisted, simple, anti-gay, Dinsney-addled brain is not going to distinguish between kissing a straight man and kissing a gay man, and his even dumber audience of clueless kids, semi-homophobic fanboys, sexually frustrated straight girls, completely homophobic parents and dick/abs-obsessed gay men won't make such fine distinctions either.

With Jake right now, Ockham's razor is the safest bet : the simplest explanation is usually the right one. His gagging appeared to be homophobic because it was intended to be homophobic.

"Stop the witch hunting, destiny. "

Destiny was right. Stop making excuses for Jake's homophobia. He has 10 million reasons, as well as, I suspect, a contractual obligation, to be anti-gay now. Deal with it.

"This is not post-BBM, sexually ambigous Jake. This is Jake, I have to prove I'm straight because Disney would crap all over itself if Jake even gave off the least little hint of gay right before PoP."

ITA. And remember, he doesn't have a beard to deflect attention away from his incipient nelliness. He has to do this himself. Disney/CAA muzzled him for two years because they knew that he wasn't good at this anti-gay, straight-acting macho business. Reese did all of the talking. Well,they can't muzzle him now.

"Jake felt it necessary to equate nausea with men kissing. Good job, Jake. Disney must have been proud of you."

You better believe it. Check that one off the list, JB says to himself. Sony said that same thing when Ricky Martin made similar comments in 2004.

"Jake: "Some people might say that I'm in a lot of ways a princess ...""

And you wonder why Disney muzzled him for two years?

Anonymous said...

Sorry Austin. :)

Why sorry? They aren't together anymore and there is no baby. I think currently Jake is messing around with various guys.

Anonymous said...

6:02 watch out, you will be called a trolly if you don't hang on every word of Ted C.

Anonymous said...

Ted doesn't know everything. I have my own opinion.

Anonymous said...

Jake is married to Austin and have 2 BT's.

Anonymous said...

Witherspoon with boyfriend at son's soccer game:

JJ

Isn't it interesting how happy and comfortable she looks with this guy?
We all agree that Reeke wasn't good for Jake's image, but I don't think it brought so much for her either. JMO.

Anonymous said...

I believe Jake and Austin are still very much together. If the Henry Cavill gossip is true (which I doubt considering it comes from Datalounge), then maybe they have an open relationship when they are appart. Wasn’t there a rumor that Austin hooked up with Robert Buckley and Jake was very jealous?

Anonymous said...

Jake is a wuss, he's always been a wuss and he'll contine to be a wuss.

End of story.

Anonymous said...

Hai 6:25 trolly

Anonymous said...

If the Henry Cavill gossip is true (which I doubt considering it comes from Datalounge)

ITA. So Henry Cavill is what number now? Let’s see, according to Datalounge there was also David Annable, Jamie Bell, Justin the model guy, Israeli cello player, the soap opera actor, am I missing someone?

Anonymous said...

Jake will stay in the closet and eventually pull a Cruise, Travolta thing and marry a woman and have a kid. I think he's that type of guy. We are waiting for Toothy in vain. Sorry to say.

Anonymous said...

Jake is a wuss, he's always been a wuss and he'll contine to be a wuss.

Sadly yes, yes and yes.

Anonymous said...

"We are waiting for Toothy in vain. Sorry to say."

IA. Can we all go home now, and can someone turn out the light!

Anonymous said...

Jake will stay in the closet and eventually pull a Cruise, Travolta thing and marry a woman and have a kid.

He won't, Times change and it is easier to be gay now than 20-30 years ago.

Anonymous said...

which I doubt considering it comes from Datalounge

Datalounge is one of the BEST sources for gay gossip ever. Not everything is true, like on all Internet forums, but trying to sell 'considering it comes from Datalounge' is just silly.

Anonymous said...

Wasn’t there a rumor that Austin hooked up with Robert Buckley and Jake was very jealous?

No, there wasn't, OMG and WFT2 posters were joking about Austin and Robert.

Anonymous said...

So Henry Cavill is what number now? Let’s see, according to Datalounge there was also David Annable, Jamie Bell, Justin the model guy, Israeli cello player, the soap opera actor, am I missing someone?

Justin the model guy source wasn't DL. Are you trying to say that Jake doesn't sleep around? Are you serious?

Anonymous said...

I wonder who is using this moniker now when posting that gossip. I think whoever it is picked up the fact that both Cavill and Isabel Lucas are starring in the same movie in Montresl. The poster is also under the impression that Jake is still filming in Canada, hence the "heating up part.

*Keram Malicki-Sanchez - Keram, a Canadian actor, after becoming an in-joke of sorts on DataLounge, various (alleged) Hollywood insiders have posted salacious celebrity gossip tidbits using a signature "Keram knows..." lede. Some of the Keram items are clearly fictional, but many others are considered either partially or fully rooted in truth.

Anonymous said...

I think whoever it is picked up the fact that both Cavill and Isabel Lucas are starring in the same movie in Montresl.

Only OMG and WFT2 noticed Isabel Lucas fiction.

Anonymous said...

^^^^OMG, WFT2 and GB. lol

Anonymous said...

Henry is gorgeous, and seems to have a great body, from what I have seen.

This may be a rumor, but it's one of the most delicious ones yet.

:)

Anonymous said...

Hmmm. This was posted by someone using the old DL moniker Keram, and right after Jake's homophobic jesture hit the net.

Gossip that supposedly happened back in 2008, and is now being reported along with some other gossip that has been recycled (the Meg Ryan crap I have read elsehwere)
There have been gay rumors about Cavill's co-star, Rhys,so they skip him the obvious and link him with his co-star who so happens to be in the same film as Lucas.

Made up DL gossip 101 with the added pissed off at Jake angle.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to hear that Henry Cavill wanted to "hang out" with Jake :)

Anonymous said...

added pissed off at Jake angle

Huh? What does that mean?

Anonymous said...

There have been gay rumors about Cavill's co-star, Rhys,so they skip him the obvious and link him with his co-star who so happens to be in the same film as Lucas.

Isabel Who? Remember how beard Kirsten was in Montreal at the same time as Jake? Coincidences happen.

Anonymous said...

Made up DL gossip 101

Gossip might be true and you know that.

Anonymous said...

I do have the feeling it isn't true; it's too hot to be true. :)

Anonymous said...

"Did you ever consider that perhaps Jake made the gagging gesture because he finds kissing a straight man disgusting?!"
Jake's twisted, simple, anti-gay, Dinsney-addled brain is not going to distinguish between kissing a straight man and kissing a gay man...


It is obvious that Jake made a joke about not wanting to be kissed by Jonathan and I don't see anyhing homophobic about that.

Anonymous said...

If it was true it would have been posted when it happened, not almost 2 years after the fact on the DL.

It involves 2 actors while one was filming a movie and one filming a TV series flying back and forth. This would have gotten out even though it was supposedly lasted only 2 months.

I used to post fake gossip on the DL, you don't believe how many fools believed it, ti involved Orlando Bloom, snort.

Anonymous said...

This incident, along with the GQ interview and the least convincing bearding fiasco in recent Hollywood memory, are proof that Jake is not only gay as a goose, but he's also scared shitless.

I agree that bearding is bad and homophobic, but to call GQ interview homophobic is clearly overreacting.

Anonymous said...

9:27 AM - all that is bullshit, please stop insulting us.

Anonymous said...

If it was true it would have been posted when it happened, not almost 2 years after the fact on the DL.

LOL! You should try to find 'arguments' that make sense.

PoP said...

KittenWithAPen: Just back from world premiere of Prince of Persia. Great Q&A with stars, director and Bruckheimer. Jake Gyllenhaal's guns are good ladies.
about 1 hour ago

PoP said...

EmieLemmola: Just had brunch with Jake Gyllenhaal's agent again :) she's so lovely and so is her hubby. Wish I was going to Westfield for the premier ...
about 1 hour ago

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Anonymous said...

9:41 AM #1 - Hi trolly!

Anonymous said...

I agree that bearding is bad and homophobic, but to call GQ interview homophobic is clearly overreacting.

He used heterosexuality as the "default setting" throughout that entire GQ interview - you can argue whether that's "homophobic" or not. But it's clearly a different tone and attitude from the person who used to talk openly and positively about his "gay godfathers" and how he wouldn't mind being thought of as bi-sexual. He didn't talk in neutral terms about people finding the right person for them, he very specifically used heteronormative language in speaking, not just about himself, but about people in general.

Anonymous said...

He didn't talk in neutral terms about people finding the right person for them, he very specifically used heteronormative language in speaking, not just about himself, but about people in general.

Straight people do it all the time and no one presumes they are homophobic or find heteronormative language homophobic.

10:06 AM said...

Neutral terms would be better, but heteronormative language isn't homophobic per se.

Anonymous said...

Anon said:

It is obvious that Jake made a joke about not wanting to be kissed by Jonathan and I don't see anyhing homophobic about that.


Even if this is true. It was not very nice and was very immature.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
This incident, along with the GQ interview and the least convincing bearding fiasco in recent Hollywood memory, are proof that Jake is not only gay as a goose, but he's also scared shitless.

I agree that bearding is bad and homophobic, but to call GQ interview homophobic is clearly overreacting.



Jake is desperate to convince everyone that he is heterosexual. The words he used in this interview are not the words of the same man from just a few years back. Jake is just one mistake away from being outed and the deeper he digs himself into the closet is going to make him look so bad when he is outed. He certainly can now never come out on his own. That possiblity is gone.

Ricky Martin said...

He certainly can now never come out on his own. That possiblity is gone.

Why?

Anonymous said...

Jake is desperate to convince everyone that he is heterosexual. The words he used in this interview are not the words of the same man from just a few years back.

I agree, but the point is that Jake didn't say anything homophobic.

PoP live streaming said...

The world premiere of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time takes place in London from 5pm UK time. Here’s how the schedule looks:

5.00pm: Cast and crew of the film arrive and walk the red carpet
5.40pm: Parkour demonstration
5.50pm: On-stage introduction of Jake Gyllenhaal, Sir Ben Kingsley, Mike Newell, Jerry Bruckheimer and Gemma Arterton. This will be hosted by Alex Zane

6pm: The on-stage introduction ends, and off they all go to watch the film

Live streaming of the world premiere

Anonymous said...

London time is 15:35

Anonymous said...

Straight people do it all the time and no one presumes they are homophobic or find heteronormative language homophobic.

You need to read my entire post - I didn't say it was homophobic - I said that was debatable. And, yes, straight people do it all the time. Again, read my entire post - the difference is that a few years ago, Jake didn't fall back on that heteronormative b.s. He wasn't afraid to talk about gay people that he knows or about being considered bi-sexual. The difference is that Jake's attitude and tone have changed remarkably. And you have to think about why that is.

Anonymous said...

What did you expect after years of shameless bearding?

Anonymous said...

The difference is that Jake's attitude and tone have changed remarkably. And you have to think about why that is.

Years ago Jake decided to be very "heterosexual" in public and to quit ambiguous talk.

Gay Teen Savagely Murdered in Scotland said...

Very savagely. Jack Frew and a friend were attacked and slashed with a knife in Glasgow while walking home Thursday night. The Scotsman reports:

"The 16-year-old was stabbed on a cycle path in East Kilbride's Mossneuk area on Thursday night.

Frew, who stated his sexuality as "gay" on his MySpace profile, was a pupil at Duncanrig Secondary in East Kilbride and was described as a gifted actor who was well liked and respected in the school. Another schoolboy is understood to have been hurt in the incident. Fellow pupils were told about the murder on Friday." Frew died soon after the violent assault and the other victim, 17-year-old Craig Roy, remains hospitalized.

Police are still seeking a motive, but at least one news source claims that "it's been suggested this was a homophobic attack."

Towleroad

Anonymous said...

In this moments, Jake must be so nervous! With this whole PoP premiere and stuff... The movie is going to be a major hit,I have no doubts about it, but still... I can't even inagine the anxiety he must be feeling right now!!!

Anonymous said...

Premiere is easy, everyone will be nervous about the box office - PoP European release date is May 19.

Anonymous said...

Why worry about box office? This shit is gonna make tons of money.

This is a movie from Disney'studios. People there knows how to make BUSINESS, they are not artist and their movies are not made "to see how it goes in theaters". If Disney's executives have to drag their relatives to the cinemas to full the theaters,they'll do it. But they definitely don't leave to chance the results of box offices.

However, I think the critics are going to be very mixed, and i'm not very sure how Jake's ego is going to endure that...

Anonymous said...

Why worry about box office?

Because there are no guarantees.

Anonymous said...

"Because there are no guarantees"

Really???!!!
It's a Disney's studio movie. They convinced public Jake is straight.....they could rule the world if they wanted to.

Anonymous said...

Really???!!!

Really. Even Jerry can produce a flop, but PoP will have a great box office and Jake will get a chance to do even more good and meaningful movies :)

Anonymous said...

If PoP is a success Jake will be cemented in the closet, make no mistake about it.

Anonymous said...

He cemented himself while bearding with America's sweetheart,11:40 AM

He could come out someday...only to be treated like that douche Jesse James. I don't think it's what Toothy wants for his life.

Anonymous said...

Jake can come out whenever he wants - that depends ONLY on his decision.

Anonymous said...

Jake can come out whenever he wants - that depends ONLY on his decision.

Are serious? If he's under contract with Disney for 2 more movies he most definitely cannot come out for at least 5 years.

Anonymous said...

He could come out someday...only to be treated like that douche Jesse James.

????????

Anonymous said...

Are serious?

Yes. Contracts can be terminated. Jake always has a choice.

Anonymous said...

He could come out someday...only to be treated like that douche Jesse James.

????????




You don't fuck up America's sweetheart's public image and remain without punishment. At least, not in HW.

Anonymous said...

Yes. Contracts can be terminated. Jake always has a choice.

Well, there's always a choice but do you see how much promo Jake does for PoP? Watch or read the interviews, it's obvious he really, really wants it to be a hit and have his own franchise. So if it is, he's going to what, terminate his contract because he wants to come out? Ain't gonna happen, Jake is MUCH too ambitious for that. If he really intended to come out in the next few years he would keep the ambiguity, not say homophobic crap like every man needs to find the right woman.

Anonymous said...

You don't fuck up America's sweetheart's public image and remain without punishment. At least, not in HW.

Reese is irrelevant.

is ON now! said...

PoP premiere LIVE video stream

Anonymous said...

PoP premiere - will Henry Cavill be there? ;)

Anonymous said...

Jake flirting with some interviewer ...

Anonymous said...

Gemma is beautiful, love the dress.

Anonymous said...

WE WANT JAKE!!!

Anonymous said...

BIG hair x 2

Anonymous said...

I love English English.

Anonymous said...

So if it is, he's going to what, terminate his contract because he wants to come out? Ain't gonna happen, Jake is MUCH too ambitious for that.

You can't predict life. Jake might stay in the closet forever, or fall in love and come out next Spring.

Anonymous said...

Parkour is COOL!

Anonymous said...

I finally watched Jake on JR. I think the hurling was just a bad juvenile joke. It seemed both impulsive and exaggerated, though, so maybe he did it out of nervousness about being on the show with Adam Lambert. :( I can't picture Ryan Gosling or Peter S - or even George Clooney - doing such a gesture.

Jake said...

They are so vanilla!

Anonymous said...

Gemma is adorable.

Anonymous said...

Yes, she is :)

Rope of Silicon /Brad Brevet said...

"Last night I shot over to a midnight screening of Iron Man 2 [the AMC Cinerama midnight showing] so I could catch the trailer for the super secret J.J. Abrams project Super 8...The crowd was quite rowdy. The first of the batch was Touchstone's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which received a generous welcoming though there were definitely some snickers and then an overall laughter followed the title shot.

Comments -
Kabir (May 7th, 2010 | 1:13 pm)
We only got three trailers. Prince of Persia, which looked awful and the audience was laughing of bits of it. ..

Macho, exfoliating Jake said...

from the DailyRecord.co.uk -

AWARD-WINNING movie star Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed his true ambition - to play for the USA in the World Cup.

But, as a kid, the star of new swashbuckler Prince Of Persia only wanted to shine on the football pitch.
He still has that burning love for the beautiful game and is excited about the World Cup kicking off in South Africa next month.

He told the Sunday Mail: "There is a very early entry in my diary, from when I was six, and it says 'soccer is my life!' "I played school soccer and it became my obsession.

Although he is a fitness fanatic, the actor had to go through rigorous preparation to get in shape for the film's demanding action sequences. Jake said: "There's no reason to do a movie like this if you can't do the stunts. Despite the careful planning of action and stunts, Jake still got a few injuries along the way but shrugs offthe knocks and bruises.

Jake had the same true grit attitude about filming on location in Morocco where cast and crew had to cope with sandstorms and temperatures that soared to 125F. He said: "It was hot but it was fun. The desert is really cleansing, the sand exfoliates your skin and there is a nice, warm, dry sun. I definitely breathed in my share of sand."

Gamer Jake said...

"I used to play the side-scrolling version of The Prince of Persia on the first Mac computer in elementary school," Gyllenhaal told journalists via Internet this weekend from London. "And then I took a 20 year hiatus from the game."

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b180202_jake_gyllenhaals_prince-ly_secret.html#ixzz0nSDvuZbH

Anonymous said...

He still has that burning love for the beautiful game and is excited about the World Cup kicking off in South Africa next month.

What? Really?

Anonymous said...

Jake,

Ricky Martin loves football, you two could go to South Africa together. Maybe Henry would like to join you?

twits said...

Skipped Mr Gyllenhaal and watched The Human Centipede instead. Pretty sure there's no ass to mouth stitching in Prince of Persia.
half a minute ago via web
Name sizemore / Location London
Bio Writer / 4,005 followers

LoveGayPorn More Previews of Jake Gyllenhaal in "Prince of Persia": More Previews of Jake Gyllenhaal in "Prince... http://bit.ly/b3vmg6
13 minutes ago from twitterfeed

Amber_Candy saw the Prince of Persia premier at Westfield!!!! wow, Jake Gyllenhaal is cute! xx
23 minutes ago from web

trentondowntown RT @wikifacts: Disney's "Prince of Persia" is to be released on May 28th, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, and the color orange.
39 minutes ago from UberTwitter

matthewhorwood RT @sweuxth: Most annoying trip to #Westfield ever. I hate Prince Of Persia.
about 1 hour ago from Twitter for BlackBerry®

justinrubio Must... resist... jealousy........ RT @Pronzato: Just met jake. At prince of persia premiere. Amazing.
about 1 hour ago from Seesmic

Phoenixbird72 Prince of Persia movie looks good too.
about 1 hour ago from web

xomagic12 Prince of Persia looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD OMG.
about 1 hour ago from Echofon

homophobic and closeted footballer? said...

The above candid photo has created speculation as to the nature of the relationship between soccer stars Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerard Pique (pictured) in Spain.

It's not often that men go dick to dick and cuddle in this exact position without a romantic bond of some sort, previous, present or future. Now, Ibrahimovic has been confronted about the snap by a female reporter. His testy response?

Translated: "Come to my house to learn if I am a faggot [maricon]. Bring your sister, too." The reporter responded with, "Don't get angry, man!" She was, after all, just doing her job. And, Irahimovic was, after all, possibly just doing Pique. Note that the "maybe he was just consoling a friend" theory is out the window since that wasn't brought up by Ibrahimovic to the reporter when he had the chance.

ONTD - Zlatan Ibrahimovic Not Too Happy About His Precious Moment Being Seen.

Anonymous said...

twits said...

That first tweet ... AY!

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