Actor Jake Gyllenhaal said he was ‘honored’ to get the chance to work with Heath Ledger on ‘Brokeback Mountain.’
Gyllenhaal, 29, starred opposite the actor, who died in January 2008, in the hit movie as well as Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway, who he stars with in new flick ‘Love And Other Drugs.’
He admitted that the new movie is, in part, inspired by ‘Brokeback Mountain.’ Talking about the movie, he said to Britain’s Esquire magazine: “We struck gold with that film. “That movie continues to last, and a large part of that has to do with how extraordinary Heath Ledger was, and what an extraordinary force he was as an actor. “If he were still alive everybody would be clamouring to work with him. I just feel honored to have worked with him and to have called him a friend.”
He added: “This movie that Annie and I made was spawned from that. Love And Other Drugs is the child of Brokeback Mountain. It really is. That’s how it feels to me. I’m desperate to work with Michelle Williams again. That’s what I think is so incredible about having had the luck to have lasted in this business so far. It’s like Seth Rogen was in Donnie Darko. He had half a scene and now he’s this huge star. You know what I mean.”
I FEEL JAKE SHOULD NOT STICK TO THIS TYPE OF MOVIES ! HE CAN BUILD UP A MUCH BETTER PROFILE FOR HIMSELF. HE IS REALLY TALENTED .BUT I FEEL THAT HE IS YET TO FIND OUT WHAT WORKS FOR HIM BEST. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR HIM TO STUDY A BIT ABOUT ACTORS LIKE BRAD PITT /TOM HANKS MADE THE CHOICES IN THERE CAREERS.
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Also I disagree! Jake has done many different genres and drama seems to be his strongest side, he’s good at them and can get far with that. I think he has made a clever choice with Love and Other Drugs, it’s getting good reviews and there’s huge potential in that movie, one can only hope it lives up to it.