Jake Gyllenhaal

30 (or so) out of 35 people said that they enjoyed Prince of Persia's preview

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Maggie Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, continues to fend off the same old questions about her brother: 'Q: Jake Gyllenhaal is your younger brother – do you have any sibling rivalry with him? M: I’m so bored with that question. I don’t feel competitive with him any more. Q You and Jake did Donnie Darko...

Published Thu, Sep 24

Jake Gyllenhaal's brain power

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Over the years, we have grown accustomed to Jake Gyllenhaal protesting that he is not a mathematics man (Proof) or a rocket science man (October Sky) and that dinosaurs gave him a hard time at Columbia. Nevertheless, Jake's on tap knowledge of eastern religious philosophy, not to mention...

Published Tue, Aug 18

Donnie Darko - 'the perfect teen movie'

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Another old interview tonight - this time, from the Erie Times back in 2001, it's the time of Donnie Darko and that ever relevant, always constant question of 'Donnie Darko? What's that about then?' While Jake Gyllenhaal makes it clear that no-one on set really had much of an idea, includi...

Published Thu, Aug 13

Dining out, drawing Jake and no more Donnie Darkos... EVER

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Jake Gyllenhaal is a man with a mission - to continue his Dining with Jake Good Food Guide by dining out at every restaurant in Philadelphia. Last night, Jake and Reese were seen eating with Paul Rudd at the Marathon grill. The menu demonstrates that the cost of a three course meal at the Marath...

Published Wed, Aug 5

Jake Gyllenhaal's first steps: 'Who wants to cast a kid from nowhere?'

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Being an actor, you tend to try and bring something of yourself into the character," says Gyllenhaal, who spent most of the second semester of his high-school senior year shooting "October Sky" in East Tennessee last year. "So to do service to the true story, I think you have to compare with...

Published Tue, Aug 4

Defy the Future! Prince of Persia posters released! And Jake Gyllenhaal over the moon...

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Jake has persistently chosen films solely for their lunar names - Moonlight Mile and Unnamed Moon Project, to name but two. Donnie Darko also prepared Jake for those moments when one might encounter, unexpectedly, giant talking alien rabbits.

Published Mon, Jul 20

Superman - if the suit fits...

source: Wet Dark and Wild

June, 2004: 'Star can exclusively report that Gyllenhaal, 23 -- best-known for his roles in The Good Girl, with Jennifer Aniston, 35, and Donnie Darko -- beat out actors like Ashton Kutcher, 26 and Brendan Fraser, 35, to play the Man of Steel. Headshots of potential actors were on a wall und...

Published Thu, Jul 9

Life and laughs in a bubble: the sun 'nearly burned a hole in my head'

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Maggie also stuck up for Bubble Boy: 'The siblings are close, and Maggie even defends "Bubble Boy,'' the film often labeled Jake's worst. "I thought Jake was great in it," Maggie said, "and I actually thought 'Bubble Boy' was a subversive, smart film, not just another stupid comedy."'

Published Mon, Jul 6