Baz Luhrmann has opened up about his lengthy Moulin Rouge! casting search – the director auditioned Jake Gyllenhaal and late Australian actor Heath Ledger for the lead male role.

The part of penniless poet Christian in the 2001 movie musical eventually went to Scottish actor Ewan MCGregor but Luhrmann admits it took months of auditions to find the right man for the job.

He tells Mtv.com, “I saw everyone. I have audition material of people you wouldn’t believe. I know who can really sing, people who’ve got amazing voices, from that process.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Winston Marshall (Mumford & Sons) enjoyed The Avett Brothers at the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival yesterday, pictures added to the gallery.

Gallery Links:
Candids from 2011 > April 29 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Day 1

I’ve added scans from various of magazines from the past couple of months.

Gallery Links:
Magazine Scans > A-F > Cosmopolitan – May 2011
Magazine Scans > P-Z > SFX – May 2011
Magazine Scans > P-Z > Total Film – March 2011
Magazine Scans > P-Z > US Weekly – April 2011

British folk group Mumford and Sons have picked up a star passenger on their train tour of America – celebrity fan Jake Gyllenhaal.

The band is currently in the middle of its six-date Railroad Revival Tour from Oakland, California to New Orleans, Louisiana, which is being filmed for an upcoming documentary, and Gyllenhaal has come along for the ride.

The actor hopped on the vintage train in San Pedro, California and was spotted at Saturday night’s (23Apr11) show in Tempe, Arizona and Sunday’s(24Apr11) at the band’s railroad tour stop in Marfa, Texas, which was made extra special when Mumford and Sons invited a minister onstage to conduct an Easter sermon.

It is not known if Gyllenhaal will be part of the band’s train carriageshow in Austin, Texas on Tuesday (26Apr11).

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New candids of Jake Gyllenhaal leaving Tavern Restaurant yesterday.

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Candids from 2011 > April 22 – Leaving The Tavern Restaurant In Brentwood