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What is it about Gyllenhaal?
ProwlAmongUs:
I agree with you; I don't know exactly what it is, but Gyllenhaal has a quality that attracts, and it's not merely his looks. He's vulnerable, yet masculine; tough yet compassionate, aloof at times, but caring. When he's on screen, it seems like he's an old friend --- or the sort of guy who'd stop to talk to you in grocery lines or in the waiting room at a doctor's office. I felt this when I saw "October Sky," which was my first "encounter" with him, and he's matured so much since then his attractive qualities are amplified. I recently saw him in "Proof" and felt the same way, even though he played a character that's much different from Jack.
ghent:
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Am I alone with this pre-occupation with Gyllenhaal?
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I completely agree with you. I can't stop thinking about Jake either, and here's the reason why.
Today's Quiz - What do the following actors have in common?
Chris Meloni
Gale Harold
Javier Bardem
Billy Campbell
Fabrizio Fillippo
Jake Gyllenhaal
Johnny Depp
Rupert Graves
Gael Garcia Bernal
Russell Crowe
Oh, and I also believe that Jake 'walked away' with BBM. The 'Jack Twist' created by Jake far surpassed the character envisioned by Annie Proulx, an uncomfortable fact that even Proulx has acknowledged in interviews. Heath was Ennis, but Jake was ... something else.
Rayn:
Jake Gyllenhaal is absolutely fricken GOREGOUS, for starters, and then also he's one of the most convincing, skilled and intelligent actors to burst on the scene lately.
Yes, I love Keith Ledger too. They are both GOREGOUS.... But I admit, I have a weakness for Jake, and Jake as Jack Twist is just the kinda guy (slighly older though) I dream of meeting and dating one day... (soon?) I dream with millions of other dreamers! That's part of the fun of Hollywood.
Does that answers the question? Do I get a prize? (LOL)
Rayn
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: ghent on April 27, 2006, 12:18:17 am ---
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Am I alone with this pre-occupation with Gyllenhaal?
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I completely agree with you. I can't stop thinking about Jake either, and here's the reason why.
Today's Quiz - What do the following actors have in common?
Chris Meloni
Gale Harold
Javier Bardem
Billy Campbell
Fabrizio Fillippo
Jake Gyllenhaal
Johnny Depp
Rupert Graves
Gael Garcia Bernal
Russell Crowe
Oh, and I also believe that Jake 'walked away' with BBM. The 'Jack Twist' created by Jake far surpassed the character envisioned by Annie Proulx, an uncomfortable fact that even Proulx has acknowledged in interviews. Heath was Ennis, but Jake was ... something else.
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they've all played gay characters.
back to Jake. I agree, there is something intangible about him. As far as looks, yes he's hot, but so are a lot of actors and celebrities. The last time I had a crush on someone I haven't met, was in high school. For me it became futile to obsess about someone I won't meet, when there are just as many good looking, great, accessible guys that I do meet. But something about Jake just blind sided me. I was fortunate enough to go the the Q&A at the Aero and was a few feet away from the man. He just glows. Even though he was obviously tired and a little sick (coughing alot), he still exuded an energy that not many people show.
ghent:
--- Quote ---they've all played gay characters.
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Actually, if that were sole criteria, the list would have been much longer.
These performers have two things in common :
1) each actor portrayed a gay man with complete emotional *and* physical credibility
2) each actor is 'arguably' straight in their public lives. Privately, I don't think there's a Kinsey 1 (completely straight) among them. Regardless of how they live their lives, I think that they're all somewhere between Kinsey 2 and Kinsey 5 emotionally and sexually.
Films in question :
Rupert Graves (Maurice)
Chris Meloni (Oz)
Billy Campbell (Tales of the City)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls, Second Skin)
Russell Crowe (The Sum of Us)
Johnny Depp (Before Night Falls)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Flawless, Capote)
Gael Garcia Bernal (Bad Education)
Fabrizio Fillippo (Queer As Folk)
Gale Harold (Queer as Folk)
Peter Saarsgard (The Dying Gaul)
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