Friday, November 16, 2012

30/60/80


There's been a flurry of Jake Gyllenhaal press this week. The Los Angeles Times did a profile in their Contenders section.

We started off by noting you're in your 30s. Where are you in your 60s?

Hopefully alive. (Laughs.) Hopefully with a family, hopefully as a father, with a family I can be proud of, which will most likely be a mess of one. If you're asking me if I see my career or whatever — well, there are so many talented people out there, so many people who have, as Jay-Z says, "genius-level talent." I don't want to be presumptuous enough to say I'd still be doing what I do in 30 years. But I would like to be.


GoldDerby posted an 18-minute video chat with Jake Gyllenhaal, in which Jake talks about making End of Watch and starring in If There Is I Haven't Found It yet.



After several weeks in the role, he has more than 80 performances under his belt – the show closes on December 23 – but he says he only recently settled into the conceptually challenging play: "I have to say I don't think I found the play until two shows ago … I think we finally have a show that we understand."

Jake mentions the show they did for an audience of high school students and how much he learned from their response to the play, as well as their questions at the Q&A.

But he enjoys the challenge of live theater and hopes for another chance to return to the stage. He also appreciates the rare comfort of having "a consistent job … at 7:30 every night, I have a job, which as an actor is a pretty great feeling."

Jake confirms that he has a new gig after the play, confirming Prisoners.


The press coincides with the imminent release of End of Watch in the UK, as well as the start of awards season. It's nice to see Open Road making a campaign for EoW.

From a Glamour UK interview with Anna Kendrick:

G: What was it like working closely with Jake?

A: "He's incredible. I think he really has a knack for understanding other actors and what they need and he's incredibly supportive and he was really protective of me on set... And, you know, in this lovely way, where life kind of imitates art, the first scene I shot with him was the scene when I meet his friends for the first time, and it really felt like I was meeting my boyfriend's friends because they had been working together for a really long time and I really felt like I had to prove myself to them, and at the same time Jake felt like he really had to watch out for me so, yeah, it was really lovely."


This video has many familiar answers, but there's a moment where the lights go out - hadn't seen that in an interview before!

Canary Wharf incorporates a lot of old quotes but a new bit, as well:

He resurfaced in Clerkenwell, skulking around Exmouth Market, black baseball cap pulled low, engulfing collar pulled up round the ears. Was he shooting a new movie; working on a new play; charming a local lovely? Actually, he was filming a bizarre music video for obscure indie noise The Shoes, where he was documented liaising with hipsters in East London.

"It really just seemed like the right thing to do at the time," he drawls in a slightly nasally Pacific Coast twang. "I wasn't really looking to do anything for a couple of months but the band are friends of friends and had put together a great treatment for a video shoot in London. I said, 'can I do it with you?' and that's really all I did for a while—I did that promo, and then hung out a lot, just reading, watching the world go by. It was nice."


Vote for Jake in the Dramatic Actor category for the People's Choice Awards.

40 comments:

UltraViolet said...

I'm digging this trend of posting the whole interview/chat. More of that, please.

This was posted toward the end of the previous comments, and it's a very nice take on EoW, especially Jake and Anna:

That aside it's a decent movie with some superb performances from the two leads. Gyllenhaal and Pena at the top of their game with the mix of violence and comic moments, friendship and love, the job and home life; I've read calls for Oscar nominations for both of them but the major problem would be who's supporting whom? Both actors are just as important to each others performance as the characters are to each other as friends and partners. The two cannot be separated, perhaps a joint Oscar nomination?

The relationship between Gyllenhaal and Pena is wonderful and must have been worked on for a great deal of time in pre-production but the seemingly natural chemistry with Kendrick is the kind of thing film makers usually only dream of capturing. We are not treated to movie stars playing a young in love couple, the kind of performances you usually find in movies, you find yourself taken beyond the fact that it's Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick to a place where the simple beauty of discovering that you can't live without another person is the only aspect of the story you are experiencing at that particular moment. And a dance scene that would put Travolta and Thurman to shame.


We know from the FYC poster that Jake is lead and Michael supporting, but as with Brokeback, it doesn't really make sense. But it's the only way to even hope for one of them to get as nom.

Scott said...

Glad Jake got a People's choice nom as well as Adam and Maroon 5. I am not worry about "backlash" (as someone in the earlier post was worried about) because it can go both ways. Jake is not one to go after a popularity contest though which is one of the things that I love about him. He might have in the past but not now.

bobbyanna said...

Thanks, UV. Loved what Anna had to say about Jake, and how the article described their performances, especially this part:

"... the seemingly natural chemistry with Kendrick is the kind of thing film makers usually only dream of capturing."


"...you find yourself taken beyond the fact that it's Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick to a place where the simple beauty of discovering that you can't live without another person is the only aspect of the story you are experiencing at that particular moment"

It's pretty extraordinary praise for an actor when his co-stars sincerely rave about how he supports and helps them do their best. It's also pretty cool when the critics uniformly praise the "chemistry" between Jake and the other actors.



bobbyanna said...

Opps. Forgot to say Happy Birthday, Maggie Gyllenhaal. : )

Monica said...

"way too many people thinking they're the most important thing in the world."
cough Robert Downey Jr. cough

great interview!

Scott said...

""way too many people thinking they're the most important thing in the world."
cough Robert Downey Jr. cough"

lol lol lol

There are lots of egos in HW who never learn it can all go away very quickly....again.

Anonymous said...

Devon Leigh ‏@devdimat

My boss's sister is apparently this mystery girl dating Jake Gyllenhaal!! #saywhat?! #luckyfuckingbitch

Extra said...

Love the interview UV, it has some gyllebabble in it IMO, but it was an interesting read!

I'm psyched about EOW's Oscar push. The field is crowded but maybe they can garner some GG nominations.

Happy B'day Maggie!

Rachel said...

From the Glamour UK interview:

"It really just seemed like the right thing to do at the time," he drawls in a slightly nasally Pacific Coast twang.

I'm fascinated that to the British ear he has not just an American accent but a "Pacific Coast twang". I don't even know what that is. He sounds neither nasally nor twangy to me. I've never noticed an accent on him.

AAA said...

It felt as if I were personally skyping with Jake! Love these looooooong interviews we've been getting lately :)

Anonymous said...

Gavin Stenhouse ‏@gavinstenhouse

Saw 'If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet' @RTC_NYC and loved it. Great performances (and accents!) AND nailed the 'British humour'. Superb!

@mrmrlonghurst Congratulations on 'If There Is' dude - I finally managed to get in to see it and loved it. Very British. Made me homesick...

Anonymous said...

@

tessJust now replyreport
Its his personal assistant. and yes she is married! proof (look at her finger) and her name is Juliana Guedes.

Anonymous said...

tessJust now replyreport
Its his personal assistant. and yes she is married! proof (look at her finger) and her name is Juliana Guedes.


who?

Monica said...

Juliana Guedes was assistant of Jake in the films Source Code and more recently in An Enemy. She's Brazilian!
She's a former assistant of director Michael Mann.

You'll see her in the pictures of Jake and Sarah Gadon in Toronto, when they bought ice cream.

Confused said...

Monica did you know her?
And why we are talking about her?

Hagen said...

Hitfix: "Zoe Saldana, Anna Kendrick and rapper-actor Common will present the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Award nominees. The three presenters will unveil the nominees in a press conference at 10:00 am PT on Tuesday, November 27 at The W Hollywood. A two-time Spirit Award nominee, Kendrick co-starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña in 'End Of Watch', which should do well at the Spirit Awards."

UltraViolet said...

I don't know why 5:45 anon posted that.

AAA, it was like skyping with Jake! It was great to be able to enjoy a relaxed chat with him. There were some familiar refrains and a little babble, but it was mostly straightforward and funny and interesting.

Rachel, the PC twang thing was so odd, I almost didn't transcribe it, lol. I don't know what the writer was hearing.

Maybe he had a cold. This story mentions a runny nose. And then nothing else. I don't know if I'm missing the second page or what, but it was sort of disappointing. The mention of a turtle neck made me think this was a different interview time, so I hoped for something new.

The translation of the title cracks me up: Jake Gyllenhaal, the eternal "freaky kid" with anxious eyes

Monica said...

Thanks, Hagen.

I just saw Rust And Bone. Great performances from Marion Cotillard e Matthias Schoenaerts! And the movie is very good.

I don't know her, confused. I just know that she also worked with Jake in Love and Other Drugs, Michael Mann in Public Enemies, Miami Vice, ...

Confused said...

Thanks Monica ,I meant if you are sure she is the same person with Jake and Sarah in Toronto.

Anonymous said...

these are some questions and answers that it has answered and what they got as questions. there's more but it goes up to 30 pages.

So Sorry!!!


Tess Yesterday 11:03 pm reporter.
Its his personal assistant for his play. and yes she is married! look at her finger.Its A weddingband and her name is Chelsea Mardeuo so its not Juliana Guedes.

Natasja@TessReplayreport.
Thank you Tess for clearing this out....I also notice the wedding ring on her finger. She is his PA for this play right?


jon89@TessReplayreport.
She got black hair not brown...wtf blind ppl?

Tess-Reporter@ PuffyBrown
Ofcourse Its always funny to see how People react when they see Jake with A woman, They always think that he is dating them. but jake can laugh about it so its OK.thats what counts.

@ Tess Replay Report.
Tess, Sorry for my bad english, im from norway can you tell us why jake than her walking hand in hand as if something else is going on. you will get back the entire taylor Swift happen, and that it has not done well. this may damage his career and how Jake's under it? is he mad and is he going to do something about it?

Anonymous said...

Who is this tess?

What are you talking about???

Monica said...

lol, they are talking about the girl in the photos with jake few days ago, but I saw no wedding ring on her hands.

Anonymous said...

Who is this Tess, some gossip blogger?

And why you are so sorry???

Sounds familiar said...

Insider information from someone with broken English, pretending to know who Jake is or isn't dating.

Monica said...

Sounds familiar, I thought the same! hahahaha

UltraViolet said...

Yes, who is this person and where is this alleged conversation taking place? Totally sounds like the know-it-all with the bad English and worse attitude.

Anonymous said...

Insider information from who?

Oh my, some people just can't stand Jake dating girls,

7:27 PM or Tess or whatever you are,just deal with it.

bobbyanna said...

LOL! That troll is very predictable.


The girl walking with Jake in NYC, is not the same girl that was photographed eating ice cream with Jake & Sarah in Toronto in July.

Anonymous said...

"Its his personal assistant for his play"

PS Jake PA is a man. You can see him in a lot of pics and video also.

Happy Birthday Maggie ! said...

"It has to do with Maggie being very strong and wanting to protect me. ... That's the way my sister feels about me in every aspect of my life - my work, my relationships. Women have to past her test. That's very hard for girlfriends. But I love that about Maggie."

Maggie rocks!!!:)

source: Canary Wharf Magazine (UK)

dina said...

Yes, Jake's personal assistant right now is a man and he is very tall. I have seen him at the theater when I saw the play.

bobbyanna said...

Saw an early evening showing of Lincoln tonight. It was a brilliant bit of political story telling. Daniel Day Lewis was just perfect. It was really well written and very authentically rendered.

Sally Fields, Tommy Lee Jones,& David Strathairn were excellent, & I was also surprised to see James Spader & John Hawkes as two political hacks empressed into service to "find" the 20 votes necessary to get the 13th Amendment passed.

The backdrop was the Civil War, but the story itself focused on the drama behind the political manueverings. Excellent movie. I can see lots of Oscar nominations. And wins.

Scott said...

"
Oh my, some people just can't stand Jake dating girls,"


There will be a complete melt down, women jumping out of windows and declaring the world has ended when Jake does get married. Some fans take Jake's personal life real personal which is probably why he has shut down his personal life from public view, who can blame him?

A 30 page whatever? Get laid already, it's wonderful makes you go "Jake who"!!!

Anonymous said...

Jill Carter ‏@jillcarter
Just saw really good play of our pal #IfThereIsHaventFoundItYet in NYC. #JakeGyllenhaal was great!! Check it out.

Anonymous said...

Gabriella Diez ‏@DiezGabsDiez
I JUST MET JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍 http://instagr.am/p/SHWMWeMYQn/

Anonymous said...

Gabriella Diez ‏@DiezGabsDiez
Just caching up with my old friend Jake Gyllenhaal...nbd. http://instagr.am/p/SHWeeEsYQ0/

Anonymous said...

kwanda soni ‏@ziyiking
"@celinelion: MY COUSIN KNOWS JAKE GYLLENHAAL'S NEW MYSTERY GIRLFRIEND" || And? What's her name?

Scott said...

"Anonymous said...
kwanda soni ‏@ziyiking
"@celinelion: MY COUSIN KNOWS JAKE GYLLENHAAL'S NEW MYSTERY GIRLFRIEND" || And? What's her name?"


Who cares as long as Jake knows her name.

Anonymous said...

I bet creepy Swift care! lol:)

UltraViolet said...

Oy.

New post.