When director Denis Villeneuve first approached Jake Gyllenhaal to star as a detective in his new dramatic thriller, “Prisoners,” the actor was skeptical. The movie contained plenty of genre elements — heinous crime, creepy suspect — that could have turned it into pulp cliché. And besides, Gyllenhaal, fresh off the LAPD street story “End of Watch,” had just played a cop.

“The initial conscious response was, ‘Another drama where I played a member of a law enforcement? I don’t know,'” Gyllenhaal said. “But to me, this is a movie about the unconscious.”

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Jake Gyllenhaal is featured on cover of the 10th Anniversary Issue of VMan magazine. Check out the cover photo and new photo shoot in our gallery. To read the full article from the magazine, click behind the cut.

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Jake will be making an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow night. Be sure to tune in!

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013

Guests: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dianna Agron, Weekend

Channel & Time: ABC – 11:35 PM

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Jake will be making an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman tomorrow. Be sure to tune in!

The Late Show With David Letterman

Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Guests: Jake Gyllenhaal, Julie Chen, the Dodos

Channel & Time: CBS – 11:35 PM (EST)

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It’s Jake Gyllenhaal versus James Lipton on “Inside the Actors Studio.”

The actor took the hot seat on Bravo’s long-running interview series on an episode airing Thursday, Sept. 19 at 8/7c, TheWrap has learned.

His first time on the series, the actor discussed his films “Brokeback Mountain,” “October Sky,” “Donnie Darko,” “End of Watch,” and the upcoming “Prisoners.”

In addition, he discussed his famous Hollywood family and revisited his relationship with late friend and “Brokeback Mountain” co-star Heath Ledger.

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