Our BetterMost Community > Chez Tremblay
Jake Jake Jake!
Sophia:
Thank you so much Meryl :-*
Mandy21:
Meryl, thanks so much for the blow-by-blow (no pun intended :o). Like Buffymon said, I felt like I was right there in the third row, left, next to you and John. Living in the Big Apple certainly has its advantages when it comes to Brokieness. I'm jealous of all the stuff you guys get to participate in just by walking down the street or hopping on the subway. Can't wait to hear the rest of the tale.
P.S. Probably a good thing you didn't try to run your fingers through his hair. I'm sure Security would have ensured that we never got this summary. :laugh:
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: sophytofu on October 03, 2010, 07:20:00 am ---
--- End quote ---
He was adorable.
Very sane, very humble, very open. Honest. Humorous but not jokey. Polite. Courteous.
David Denby of the New Yorker was ok, but not wonderful. Once in a while, he would make mistakes, and after (Denby) mispronouncing some actor's name the fourth, fifth or sixth time--Jake would gently correct him, and say it again, correctly, in context, to make sure the audience understood.
Jake said that when he first read the Brokeback screenplay, at the end he cried--just as when he first read the Donnie Darko screenplay, he cried. He still sees DD as something very, very special, very serious to him. When it was shown at Sundance, his parents and sister Maggie saw it, and went up to him and they all cried--I think he was saying that they realized that he had a difficult time during adolescence, and they suddenly got it. They certainly seem to be a very loving family. Jake also mentioned that, growing up in a very theatrical-movie-ish family, they felt that each of them should be 'collaborative' towards their work. He says that as he is maturing, he says that this was wrong--he now sees himself as a working actor, and that it is his job is to show up on time, be prepared, and give 120% to the writer or director's vision.
Again, very humble guy. NOT deprecating, just NO pretense at all.
He also said Heath in Brokeback was 'transcendent.' That he, Jake, felt it a real challenge during Brokeback to attempt to work up to Heath's level, but that the set was filled with love.
Denby mentioned several times that Jake turns 30 December 19 (he was born in 1980), and at some point, Jake said, sorty of jokey but not jokey, Jeez, stop with the 'turning 30' already!
Interesting aside--he told how he left Columbia University, how whenever he had a 30-45 minute break between classes he would run out and do auditions--and that's how he got the part in October Sky (which I adored, by the way.)
There was lots more--90 minutes worth! Beforehand--wine and hors d'oeuvres, good ones!
Great evening. Thank you, Paul!
Hope you can remember more, Meryl--if I can post more, I will.
Sophia:
A few minutes from The New Yorker film festival, with Jake G
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: sophytofu on October 03, 2010, 02:57:42 pm ---A few minutes from The New Yorker film festival, with Jake G
--- End quote ---
Thank you, Sophia!
Post Script:
As Jake and Denby were first walking on stage, the lights went down, this video started playing, and, rather than sit in their chairs (rats! Jake was supposed to sit in the other chair, and we would have seen him full face!) they crouched down near the edge of the stage, and watched:
"Jason Schwartzman Introduces The New Yorker iPad App"
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/09/jason-schwartzman-ipad-video.html
Cute promo, Jake seemed to be interested and amused, and immediately afterwards, when sitting down (in the wrong chairs!) Jake told Denby and the audience that he knew Schwartzman since childhood, although they went to different highschools in Los Angeles, and that Schwartzman was originally to have been the lead in Donnie Darko--production had started, and, after two months, financing fell through, Schwartzman had to bow out, and Richard Kelly, the director, had a hard time getting his cast and crew back together--this time, with Jake. (As with Darko, the Universe wants what it wants-- :laugh: )
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version