Tag: Jake Gyllenhaal

It’s hard to believe but 15 years have passed since the iconic gay film Brokeback Mountain was released. The film caused a major sensation at the time, raking in almost $180 million at the box office and scoring Oscar nominations for stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, as well as awarding director Ang Lee his first Oscar statuette. Now, in a new interview with The Today Show, 38-year-old Gyllenhaal reveals the one thing about the film that really irked his late...

In a lengthy new interview for GQ actor Jake Gyllenhaal revisits his iconic role in Brokeback Mountain. More than 10 years have passed since the film caused a sensation, scoring Oscar nominations for stars Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, as well as awarding director Ang Lee his first Oscar statuette. For Gyllenhaal, the success of the film was a shock. “I think we had been cast for our ‘essences’ without really understanding what our ‘essences’ were – and that’s outside of our sexuality – we’re two...

In an announcement that sent the Twitterverse into convulsions, Spider-Man: Far From Home star Tom Holland has revealed that Jake Gyllenhaal made it so he couldn’t walk. The two have been working out together while on a press tour for Far From Home which sees Holland reprise his role as Spider-Man and Gyllenhaal take on the role of the villain Mysterio. Holland told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show that he finally had to decline a workout with Gyllenhaal because Holland was so...

It's been eight years since the very talented actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose. The Brokeback Mountain actor has left behind a lot of great movies and people who loved him. One of those who were close to Heath is Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal's relationship with Heath Ledger grew wings on the set of Brokeback Mountain. Gyllenhaal doesn't want to express his personal feelings about Heath's death to the public. "Personally, it affected me in ways I can’t necessarily put in words...

It’s been 10 years since Brokeback Mountain was released and it made a huge difference for the LGBT community. The impact of the movie was huge, and the cast was fascinated by the story. While Heath Ledger took the story seriously, and did not accept any joke on it, Jake Gyllenhaal was more laid back. He previously declared that homosexuality was not something strange to him. His godfathers were a gay couple. Recently he discussed again his career and the movie where he...

Jake Gyllenhaal was inspired by the US Supreme Court decision to legalize same - sex marriage. The famous Hollywood actor said that his country overcame a long way in a decade. He admitted that he was touched by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to abolish the bans same-sex marriage in all 50 states of the country. Gyllenhaal, who is currently promoting his latest movie "Southpaw," played a gay man with Heath Ledger in the sensational film "Brokeback Mountain" (2005). In...