Jake Gyllenhaal was sent to the emergency room after punching a mirror on the Los Angeles set of his new film Nightcrawler Wednesday morning. But was it an outburst or just an intense moment in character?

“Jake flipped out,” a Nightcrawler source tells PEOPLE. “His character was looking into a mirror during the scene and punched the mirror in anger and broke it, cutting himself so bad he had to be taken to a hospital.”

And while a source close to Gyllenhaal, 32, confirms the actor received stitches in the emergency room, the source claims the reason for the incident was nothing more than a moment in character during an intense scene after an 18-hour day.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is the latest actor to drop major weight for a movie, but he says it’s really not that different from prepping for any role.

“I think [I’ve lost] probably a little over 20 pounds, something like that,” the actor, 32, told PEOPLE Monday on the red carpet at the Hollywood Film Awards, where he looked noticeably thinner as he was honored for his role in Prisoners.

While he may look different, his approach hasn’t changed as he prepares for Nightcrawler, Gyllenhaal said.

“It’s no different than getting into character for anything. It’s more about believing where you are and being present where you are,” he said. “Who’s to say what the process is? I have a strange one .. but I love what I do.”

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More pictures of Jake on the set of ‘Nightcrawler’ have been added to the gallery.

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Official Movie Pictures > Nightcrawler (2014) > On Set In Los Angeles | October 14, 2013
Official Movie Pictures > Nightcrawler (2014) > On Set In Los Angeles | October 15, 2013
Official Movie Pictures > Nightcrawler (2014) > On Set In Los Angeles | October 16, 2013

Photos of a slimmed down Jake on the set of his new film ‘Nightcrawler’ have been added to the gallery.

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Official Movie Pictures > Nightcrawler (2014) > On Set In Los Angeles | October 13, 2013

Jake Gyllenhaal’s indie movie “Nightcrawler” has just been greenlit, forcing the Oscar-nominated actor to drop out of Disney’s Cinderella musical “Into the Woods” as a result of the scheduling conflict, TheWrap has learned.

Gyllenhaal had been in negotiations to play Cinderella’s Prince opposite Anna Kendrick in Rob Marshall’s highly-anticipated musical.

The edgy thriller is gearing up for a five-week shoot in early October and while Gyllenhaal wanted to make the dates work with “Into the Woods,” it proved impossible.

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