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Jake Gyllenhaal says he's proud of THAT body – and boy, we are too!
Jake Gyllenhaal says he’s proud of that beautiful body of his – and we can hardly blame him.
Hunky Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal, who has us swooning over him on a daily basis, admits he’s put a helluva lot of work into achieving THAT physique for his latest film Prince of Persia.
He said: “I got into shape by doing acrobatics.
“I also did a lot of horse riding and when it was time to the shoot there were daily workouts and I’d run back from the set to the hotel when we were in Morocco.”
Asked if he was proud of his body, he added: “Yes, I’m very proud.”
And just when we thought we couldn’t get more excited for a film than for the Prince of Persia, the cheeky batchelor tempted us with another of his creations.
He added: “If you think I’m naked in this movie, you should the movie I did with Ed Zwick, Love And Other Drugs. You’ll just have to come back for that one.”
Jake Gyllenhaal Dye-Ing To Play Kurt Cobain
Jake Gyllenhaal would bleach his hair to play Kurt Cobain in a biopic of the Nirvana frontman’s life.
The ‘Prince of Persia: Sands of Time‘ actor is unsure if he would be a good casting, but would be willing to make the necessary changes to play the role of the troubled ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit‘ singer.
He told NME.com: “I don’t know if I’d be the right choice. But the hair from ‘Prince of Persia‘ could translate somehow. We could just bleach it.”
However, his co-star in the computer game-turned-movie Gemma Arterton does not think he would be the best choice to play Kurt and would prefer to see a new actor in the role.
She said: “I actually read a script recently, which was amazing. Someone needs to play Kurt Cobain. I don’t know, maybe they should find someone new.
“Because when you’re playing an iconic character, when you get someone really famous to play them, sometimes you’re just watching a famous person play someone else and it’s nice when it’s a completely new person.”
A number of people have been linked to the movie project recently, including British actor Robert Pattinson and ‘Iron Man 2‘ star Scarlett Johansson.
However, Kurt’s widow Courtney Love vetoed the idea of 24-year-old Robert portraying the rocker, who committed suicide in April 1994.
She said: “Isn’t that so stupid, who would cast him? That’s just wrong, no offence. I watched the ‘Twilight‘ stuff very, very recently and I get it, it resonates with the teenage girl in me, I understand epic love of that nature; I write about it all the time. But isn’t that silly?”
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Prince of Hollywood finds time is on his side
Jake Gyllenhaal breezes into the room and pulls up a chair. He makes a quip about the wooden furnishings in our surroundings and, as he takes his seat, exudes the air of a man who is very contented with his lot. And why wouldn’t he be? At 29, the Californian has already shown an enduring quality in his work, from his breakout role in Donnie Darko, through big-budget thrillers such as Rendition and smaller, critically acclaimed films such as Jarhead and Brothers.
Then there is Brokeback Mountain, the film which earned him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor and cemented his reputation of serious credibility. Now he’s become an action hero, playing the lead in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Jerry Bruckheimer‘s adaptation of the bestselling video game.
Gyllenhaal also appears to have resolved something within himself. Often said to be a somewhat reticent interviewee, today he is open and engaging, humorous and genuine. He talks repeatedly in his soft voice about how he no longer takes himself quite so seriously and how he has learned to embrace the various facets of his career and the life he leads around that.
Long touted to become one of the actors of his generation, someone who will remain at the forefront of the industry when all the other fly-by-night teen heartthrobs have added “Don’t you know who I am?” to their most-used phrases, Gyllenhaal has earned widespread praise.
Jim Sheridan, who directed him in Brothers, compares him to Warren Beatty. Ben Kingsley says he is the classic American film actor, while Four Weddings and a Funeral director Mike Newell, who worked with Gyllenhaal on Prince of Persia, believes that the Californian has the versatility to become one of the greats.
“Jake has this wonderful thing where he can appear in any kind of movie,” Newell says. “Now he’s proved that he can be a star in this kind of movie, and we know he can give a smaller more interior performance. He is very multi-faceted and multi-talented.”
Prince of Persia is certainly a new avenue for Gyllenhaal. Once Bruckheimer decided he wanted him as the lead there wasn’t much of a decision to make. “He’s the king of Hollywood and he decided he wanted me to be the Prince of Persia. It was quite flattering.
