The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[memento]

If Jake were to appear in a film directed by his father and also starring his sister, he would play the part of Jake/ Blue Kahan in the film Homegrown (1998).

[southendmd]

If Jake wanted practice for the big 2006 awards year, he would present at The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards in 2005.

=aside= Players
I'm heading off to NYC soon; not sure about computer availability.

[Fran]

If asked whether the experience of making Brokeback Mountain had changed his perspective on anything in particular, Jake Gyllenhaal would say, "You know, it's very hard to make this experience into a literal one, or the movie into a literal one.  I think it's about the struggles of two people dealing with intimacy, ultimately.  But what I learned from the movie was that you don't have this ideal idea of love, like this thing that you see in movies all the time... We don't usually talk about that in movies, and when we do, it's with a guy and a girl.  But this was like putting it in an environment where we had never seen it before.  If I learned anything, I think it's [that] working with Ang Lee, there's a real benevolence in everything he does. I think you walk out of this film feeling kind of devastated in a lot of ways, but also feeling a real sense of benevolence. And I think the process of making the film produced that, too."

=aside= Paul

[memento]

If Jake were to have a sister, she would be named Maggie.

=aside= Paul
Have a great trip.

[Ellemeno]

If Jake had three movie projects "in development," one of them would be a biopic of Joe Namath, with Jake "inexplicably" cast as the New York Jets quarterback with rock star status.


"Jake Gyllenhaal Inexplicably Cast As Joe Namath"
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/jake_gyllenhaal_inexplicably_c.html

=aside= Paul
Have fun Namathing it up in New York!

[Fran]

If given the opportunity to act in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal would do his best to portray the undeniable opposites-attract chemistry between Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar.

[memento]

If Jake took an activist role in supporting various political and social causes, he would appear in Rock the Vote advertising, campaign for the Democratic Party in the 2004 election, and promote environmental causes and the American Civil Liberties Union.

[Ellemeno]

If Jake were going to be born to Naomi Foner, he would have her Russian Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.

Naomi Foner

[Fran]

If jokingly asked if he or Heath Ledger had had a shot of vodka prior to their intimate Brokeback Mountain scenes, Jake Gyllenhaal would laugh and say, "Uh, Heath did, I think, but not me."

[memento]

If Jake were to take on some surprising projects that fans might not expect, he would narrate an animated film for children called The Man Who Walked Between The Towers, inspired by the true story of Philippe Petit and his daring 1974 high wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynvT1zOvkI[/youtube]