Jake Gyllenhaal has a razor-thin scar on the palm of his hand. It’s a permanent souvenir from the set of “Nightcrawler,” the Toronto Film Festival thriller, in which the actor plays a twisted crime paparazzo. On the Los Angeles shoot last fall, director Dan Gilroy was filming Gyllenhaal simmering alone in a house after his character, Lou, suffers a professional setback. “We were in the middle of a scene with a mirror,” Gyllenhaal recalls on a recent afternoon. “I hit the mirror.” The violent act wasn’t in the script, and Gyllenhaal still isn’t sure what propelled him to do it. “It was just a choice in that moment that happened,” says Gyllenhaal, who accidentally sliced open his hand on a shard of glass.

Doctors at Cedars-Sinai eventually stopped the bleeding and stitched him up, and Gyllenhaal returned to work eight hours later, with his wrist wrapped in gauze. “He’s a total trouper,” Gilroy says.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is ripped and rough looking.

This is not the perfectly groomed, model-handsome actor from “Love & Other Drugs” but one molded and muscled from months in the gym, training long before production started in June on “Southpaw” in Western Pennsylvania. Director Antoine Fuqua wanted him to convincingly play a light heavyweight boxer. A sneak peek at a smartphone photo shows Mr. Gyllenhaal has transformed himself.

The hair is short. The blood and ink are fake. But the abs are real and impressive. Very.

“He looks like a fighter. He’s got tattoos. He’s got everything. He’s got the eyes kind of messed up, the nose is different. Oh, yeah, he looks rough. He looks tough,” Mr. Fuqua, a Pittsburgh native, said recently over coffee in the lobby of the Fairmont Pittsburgh hotel, Downtown.

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Our video archive has been updated with several recent interviews with Jake discussing ‘Enemy’. Follow the links below to watch! These videos are also available for download in the media section.

Video Links:
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (MSN)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (Cinerama.es)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (Fotogramas.es)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (eCartelera)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (Noche Americana)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (Rtve.es)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (Time Out NY)
– ‘Enemy’ Interview (Moviefone)

Be sure to keep an eye on the archive, as more will be added as they become available!

Jake stopped by George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight recently to talk about his latest film ‘Enemy’ – showing now on DirecTV and in select theaters March 14th. Follow the link below to watch the interview. Enjoy!

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Public Appearances > Publicity Shows > George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

Jake Gyllenhaal sits down with Q guest host Brent Bambury to talk about his latest film, Enemy — an erotic existential thriller in which he plays two identical men — and his unique relationship with Montreal director Denis Villeneuve.

In the psychological thriller, Gyllenhaal plays the dual roles of a nervous University of Toronto professor and his confident doppelganger. He opens up on the complexity of playing the contrasting characters in the film and exploring the conscious and unconscious mind.

The Oscar-nominated actor also explains the deep collaboration he and Villeneuve have on set, the trust between them and how their fraternal honesty shines through in the on-screen product.

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