Jake Gyllenhaal and Brian F. O’Byrne don’t seem to have too much in common.

One is a 45-year-old Tony Award-winning Irish-born character actor and stage veteran. The other is a 31-year-old A-list movie star making his U.S. stage debut. But spend some time with them and you might swear they’re related.

“He’s like my older brother, that’s how it feels,” says Gyllenhaal, sitting beside O’Byrne in a comfy downtown cafe. “It feels like that in the scenes and it feels like that when we come offstage.”

Fittingly, they portray estranged siblings in the American premiere of “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet,” a lovely off-kilter play that opens Thursday off-Broadway about how frustratingly blind people can become.

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Jake stopped by Live with Kelly and Michael to discuss his latest film, ‘End of Watch’. Follow the links below to watch the interview and / or download the videos in the media section.

To prepare for his role as a cop in his new film “End of Watch,” Jake Gyllenhaal spent five months trailing active-duty Los Angeles Police Department officers. While many of his adoring fans would pay to spend that much intimate time with the actor, Gyllenhaal said the cops weren’t nearly as starstruck.

“They were definitely skeptical — it took us a while to become friends with the police officers that we were on ride-alongs with,” the 31-year-old said Monday night at the premiere of the film, which co-stars Michael Peña. “Let’s be honest: We’re something else to take care of in the back of that car. You start spending time with them every night, and that’s a big burden to put on the police officers.”

In the movie, which has generated largely positive reviews, Gyllenhaal and Peña star as partners whose bond deepens as they work the gritty streets of South Central L.A. The process of playing a cop altered Peña’s attitude toward the LAPD, the 36-year-old said.

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Jake called in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Tuesday to talk about his new movie ‘End of Watch’, getting tased, proper house guest etiquette, and would he want to play the lead role in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey?’

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie
There have been rumors that Jake name is being thrown around to play Christian Grey in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie. “That’s super flattering. I have not heard that, but if that’s true that’s a nice thing, always nice to be considered,” Jake says. So, would he be interested in playing the sexy lead? “Of course, I always want to work!”

On Staying at Jerry Seinfeld’s
“We showed the movie [End of Watch] over in the Hamptons. That was an interesting crowd, because it was very different form the crowd that’s in the movie and the world that you experience in the movie. Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld hosted the screening, because they’re fans of the movie, they’ve seen the movie before they just wanted to show a lot of people particularly in their world that movie.

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Jake stopped by CBS This Morning to discuss his latest film, ‘End of Watch’. Follow the link below to watch the interview and / or download the video in the media section!