The sex scene between Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway has made this site's list of Top 50 Car Sex Scenes, coming in at #42.
Note: The site and the pictures can be NSFW; the commentary is not safe for thinking. And Jake is not the primary attraction for them. But he is for us!
Anne and Jake also enjoyed some auto erotica in a deleted scene from Love & Other Drugs:
Wish that one had gone on a little longer :)
Jake and Jennifer Aniston spent some front and backseat time in The Good Girl, though it wasn't R-rated:
Actress Beth Grant was the guest of honor this week at a Meet The Lady. In an interview preceding the event, she spoke about Jake Gyllenhaal:
You and Patrick Swayze had already been close well before Donnie Darko. Was this your last project together?
We saw each other afterward a few times on a personal level, but that was our last work together. That was so perfect. It was not just that Jake Gyllenhaal was doing the part, whom I'd been in love with since he was three years old. The first time I saw Jake he was running across my in-laws' back lawn to the pool, because he was best friends with my twin nieces, and I remember turning to my sister in law and asking, "Who is that beautiful child?" He just was magical, always, so generous and open. I remember the sixth grade show they had at the end of the year. There he was, this sixth grade boy, and he stood up and sang "The Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera. What a song for an eleven year old! I thought, this kid is a star. Whether or not he's going to be a movie star, who knows, but he's a star in the world, because he's luminous.
Don't you wish you had a video tape of that?
We do have it on video! My in-laws have it. It's just crazy, we looked at it one Thanksgiving, still before he became a star, and I thought it all over again. So, for me to be acting with him — and also with Buddy [Swayze], who in many ways was a hero of mine, because he'd been the first person from our acting class who'd really made it, and who'd been a big influence in teaching me to love and accept myself as a character actress — the role became kind of true to life. It was a magical experience doing that film, it really was.
Two words, Beth: YouTube. Or is that considered one word?
(That photo is in desperate need of a caption!)
I also ran across this old interview with Jolene Purdy, who played Cherita in DD. She also has nice words about Jake:
J-14: What has it been like to work with such costars, like Jake Gyllenhaal, Tony Oller, and Ryan Rottman?
Jolene: Jake Gyllenhaal is such a nice guy. When I wrapped [Donnie Darko], he said some really nice things to me like, "You should be happy with the work that you've done on this film. Think about the people that are bullied and how they're going to relate to you. A bully sitting in the movie theater watching will think, 'Gee, this is really how I make someone feel?'" Someone who attended the NYFF showing of The Descendants grabbed these shots of Jake and friend before the show:
Jake Gyllenhaal attended a New York Film Festival screening of The Descendants, George Clooney's new family drama.
I found these Gyllenhaal family videos from the premiere of Losing Isaiah in 1995. You can glimpse Jake in the background of the interview clip. Sadly, the photographer shooting the family didn't have the foresight to get Jake in most of the shots!
In an interview, former Saturday Night Live star Will Forte listed Jake as one of his favorite guests on the show:
Q: After working on SNL for 8 seasons, which guest hosts did you enjoy working with the most?
A: Through 8 seasons, there were a lot of guest hosts I had the honor of working with. I would have to say Will Ferrell, Jake Gyllenhall, Jack Black, Josh Brolin, and, of course, Alec Baldwin.
That seemed like a good reason for a look back. And it is Saturday.
The ads got us excited for the show. But nothing could have prepared us for the monologue. SNL musical director Katreese Barns talked about Jake's performance:
Do you have a favorite part of the process? Saturday night, when the sketches come together, can be really magical. Like when Jake Gyllenhaal performed his version of the "Dreamgirls" song - that was a really rewarding moment for me. It was a Thursday night when he had the idea to sing the song, and they called me down to rehearse with him. On Friday, we brought in some backup singers, and he started gaining more confidence, and then by Saturday night he blew me away.
It wasn't all singing. There was dancing, too!
And we can't forget the Bronx Beat:
Or all those little extras:
The Washington Post named Jake one of the "Most Surprisingly Funny SNL Hosts." Clearly, they haven't paid attention to Jake's interviews.
Jake has also appeared two other times. In September, 2007, he had a cameo in a now classic Digital Short:
And in the spring of this year, Jake was a surprise guest on Weekend Update:
