Jake Jake Jake!

[trekfan]

Great photo here--very crinkle-y!



Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images

Jake Gyllenhaal attends the Walt Disney Studios WonderCon 2010 presentation at Moscone Center in San Francisco on Saturday, April 3. The actor was promoting his upcoming film "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time."

he looks very happy and relaxed and having a good time. 

[Brokeback_Dev]

Jake looks Yummylicious!

[Mandy21]

from The Belfast Telegraph this morning:

Jake Gyllenhaal: Fit freerunner

Wednesday, 7 April 2010


Jake Gyllenhaal got into freerunning to prepare for his latest role

Jake Gyllenhaal got into shape to play an action hero in forthcoming summer flick Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time by freerunning.

The Donnie Darko star developed bulging biceps for the role of Prince Dastan after studying the French martial art Parkour, also known as freerunning.

Jake, 29, told People: "It got a little bit dicey there near the end, when they saw that I liked doing things that were dangerous - I tried my hand at things that were pushing it a little bit, there was this big 35 foot jump that I did that got a little hairy."

He said: "(I) never did anything this intensive (to change my body) before. It's a physical role. And when I commit to playing a part, it's 110 per cent.

"We worked really closely with David Belle, who invented Parkour. I worked with a lot of gymnasts. I started jumping off of a lot of things that were padded and learned the fundamental stuff, and then slowly started working on harder surfaces, really carefully.

"I'd say, 'OK, I'll try it,' and then I'd say, 'OH GOD, OH, please.' But then I'd get it, and we'd go a little further and a little longer and a little higher and just kept it up."

Jake plans to keep up the hobby now the movie has finished filming.

He said: "I enjoy being active as part of my daily insanity anyway, so I'll keep doing that."



Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/jake-gyllenhaal-fit-freerunner-14757827.html#ixzz0kQHAKWGi

[Mandy21]

And from today's Belfast Telegraph, news about the movie he's currently filming in Canada:

Gyllenhaal's 'mind boggling' movie

Thursday, 8 April 2010

Jake Gyllenhaal claims the movie he is making with Duncan Jones is "mind boggling".

The Brokeback Mountain star is working with the Moon director - son of David Bowie - on new sci-fi thriller Source Code, about a soldier forced to relive a train bombing over and over until he can find out who is responsible and prevent forthcoming terrorist attacks.

Jake told movie blog Aint It Cool: "Duncan is so awesome and he is an extraordinary director - working with him has been that exactly and I think this movie that we are making is mind boggling."

The 29-year-old revealed shooting in Montreal is almost finished.

And he gushed: "I'm telling you man, he is really quite something. His mind... he comes from quite a pedigree, just artistically, but on his own I believe he is the next generation. He is blowing my mind on a daily basis.

"He has collector's edition t-shirts on like, every day, and people come up and they're like, 'Dude, where'd you get that shirt?' He's, 'It's just a shirt, I have no idea'."

Jake went on: "To me, working with him, it's surprising, his instinct, his sense of collaboration, but at the same time truly being an auteur...

"He's the real deal man. Anyone who has seen [Moon] knows that and this - you are really going to like it!"



Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/gyllenhaals-mind-boggling-movie-14760823.html#ixzz0kWTXuzFA

[MilAn]

Jake and co-star Michelle on the set of Source Code:

[SFEnnisSF]

Jake is in the May issue of GQ talking about Heath's death...

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/04/13/jake-gyllenhaal-gq-cover-may-2010/

On how Heath’s death affected him: “I don’t really like talking about it. That period of time was…it was difficult. He was very sensitive. He didn’t always have a sense of performance in his everyday life. He knew 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. 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.”

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

Jake is in the May issue of GQ talking about Heath's death...

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/04/13/jake-gyllenhaal-gq-cover-may-2010/

On how Heath’s death affected him: “I don’t really like talking about it. That period of time was…it was difficult. He was very sensitive. He didn’t always have a sense of performance in his everyday life. He knew 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. 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.”

Also:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/13/jake-gyllenhaal-in-gq-lif_n_535694.html


On being single again:
"It's...it's okay.... It goes in either direction. I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.... Who am I to say what the most important thing in life is? The best answer I could give to any of those things is that I really don't know. Particularly right now in my life."

On his parents' divorce:
"I think it takes a lot of courage for my parents to make the decision that they made, and I I trust both of them and their outlook on life. They're wonderful parents to me and my sister."

On his love for his family:
"Family ... my family, you know ... I love them ... whatever they do, whatever they are ... I love them ... you're actually going to make me cry..."



And:



http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201005/jake-gyllenhaal-photos?slide=9#slide=1


Jake Is Huge
Are you ready for Jake Gyllenhaal the action hero?
Story by Chris Heath Photographs by Peggy Sirota
May 2010


This month, Chris Heath talks to Jake Gyllenhaal about finding the perfect woman and how an indie-film boy became our next big action star. Pick up the May issue of GQ to read the complete story.




Cotton-blend suit, $1,885, by Prada. Shirt, $98, by J.Crew.
Tie, $85, by DKNY. Tie bar, $15, by The Tie Bar.




Jacket by Prada. Shirt by Spurr. Tie by Salvatore Ferragamo. Tie bar by The Tie Bar.
Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans. Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Times Square, N.Y.C.




Jacket by Prada. Shirt by Spurr. Tie by Salvatore Ferragamo. Tie bar by The Tie Bar.
Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans. Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Times Square, N.Y.C.




Jacket by Prada. Shirt by Spurr. Tie by Salvatore Ferragamo.
Tie bar by The Tie Bar. Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans.
Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Times Square, N.Y.C.




T-Shirt by The T by Joe's. Pants by Nice Collective.
Sneakers by Common Projects.
LOCATION: SPiN New York, 48 East 23rd Street, New York NY 10010
http://www.spinyc.com/




Trench coat by Dior Homme. Shirt and tie by Burberry Prorsum. Tie bar by The Tie Bar.
Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans. Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Katz's Delicatessen, 205 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
(Please note, Jake is standing on a chair underneath a neon sign: Jake's Bar Mitzvah )
http://www.katzdeli.com/




Jacket by Rag & Bone. T-shirt by A|X Armani Exchange.
Pants by Nice Collective. Sneakers by Nike.
LOCATION: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
http://www.economycandy.com/




Jacket by Rag & Bone. T-shirt by A|X Armani Exchange.
Pants by Nice Collective. Sneakers by Nike.
LOCATION: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
http://www.economycandy.com/




Jacket by Rag & Bone. T-shirt by A|X Armani Exchange. Pants by Nice Collective.
Sneakers by Nike.
LOCATION: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002
http://www.economycandy.com/

[Mikaela]

I guess it's fitting that when Jacke finally talks of Heath it's in a stream-of-consciousness manner - strangely, that seems to define Heath and his impact on friends and fans alike.

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

From Jake Is Huge  by Chris Heath, GQ  Magazine, May 2010, pp 112-113:


(LOCATION: as conversations and narratives jump, this bit at the end of the article possibly may be "over dinner in an Italian restaurant in the basement of an old woman's prison in Montreal," which can only be Restaurant Da Emma, at 777, rue de la Commune Ouest, http://www.daemmarestaurant.com/ )

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.

I asked 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 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."

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

From Jake Is Huge  by Chris Heath, GQ  Magazine, May 2010, page 110:

LOCATION:
Ravagh Persian Grill
11 E. 30th Street (near Fifth Avenue), New York, NY 10016 or,
possible second location: 1237 First Avenue (at 67th Street) New York, NY 10065
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/ravagh-persian-grill02/
http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/ravagh-2/menu

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 the end--one has 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 was 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." ⁴  



[4]
A phenomenon less troubling, says Gyllenhaal, than the time a man came up to him in the supermarket and explained that he directed porn under the name Jonni Darrko. "I was like, "Thank you so much,'" Gyllenhaal says.