May 26, 2010 Filed Under: Appearances,Candids,Gallery Updates,Interviews,Prince of Persia,Videos Comments (0)

Jake appeared on ETalk & The Hour to promote Prince of Persia. Pictures has been added from ETalk (no video), and a video from The Hour has been added along with candids from May 25th.

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Video > The Hour – May 25th 2010
Candids from 2010 > May 25th, 2010
Appearances from 2010 > Live at ETalk – May 25th

May 26, 2010 Filed Under: Appearances,Gallery Updates,Interviews,Prince of Persia,Videos Comments (0)

Jake appeared on Good Morning America to promote Prince of Persia on Monday (May 24th). Videos and screen captures below.

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Video > Good Morning America – May 24th 2010
Appearances from 2010 > Good Morning America – May 24th

May 26, 2010 Filed Under: Gallery Updates,Interviews,Prince of Persia,Videos Comments (0)

Jake appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote Prince of Persia on Monday (May 24th). Videos and screen captures below.

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Video > Jimmy Kimmel Live! – May 24th 2010 – Part 1
Video > Jimmy Kimmel Live! – May 24th 2010 – Part 2
TV Appearances Screen Captures > Jimmy Kimmel Live! – May 24th 2010

May 26, 2010 Filed Under: Appearances,Gallery Updates,Interviews,Prince of Persia,Videos Comments (0)

Jake appeared on Late Show with David Letterman to promote Prince of Persia on Monday (May 24th). Video, pictures and screen captures below.

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Video > Late Show with David Letterman – May 24th 2010
TV Appearances Screen Captures > Late Show with David Letterman – May 24th 2010
Appearances from 2010 > Late Show With David Letterman – May 24th

May 26, 2010 Filed Under: Gallery Updates,Interviews,Prince of Persia Comments (0)

Starting an acting career at age 10 ensures some loss of childhood. Or, in Jake Gyllenhaal‘s case, a deferred one.

Playing an action hero in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the video game adapted for the big screen that opens Friday, Gyllenhaal experienced some of the kid time he missed the first time around.

“It can be argued how much of a childhood I had,” Gyllenhaal says, looking back on his first role in 1991 as Billy Crystal’s son in City Slickers, followed by a key part in October Sky (1999) and his breakout title role in the cult favoriteDonnie Darko (2001). “I don’t think I wanted to be a kid then. And now I do. I think that’s primarily the reason for doing this.”

He’s in good company

Hollywood has found much to be childish about in recent years. From toys (Transformers, G.I. Joe) to comic books (Iron Man) to campy ’80s television (Charlie’s Angels), the industry is trolling the recesses of our childhood.

And, for the most part, it has worked. Comic-book adaptations have been the industry’s stalwart the past five years, and in 2008 The Dark Knight became the third-highest-grossing movie of all time with $533 million.

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May 24, 2010 Filed Under: Candids,Gallery Updates,Prince of Persia,Videos Comments (0)

Pictures and video of Jake at the Celtics Vs Magic Basketball game on May 22nd.

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Candids from 2010 > May 22nd, 2010
Interviews & Talkshows > Celtics Vs Magic Basketball Game

May 24, 2010 Filed Under: Prince of Persia,Videos Comments (0)

Videos of Jake on Radio Disney.

Radio Disney – May 21st 2010 – Talking about parkour stunts.
Radio Disney – May 21st 2010 – Talking about basketball
Radio Disney – May 21st 2010 – Talking about filming with ostriches
Radio Disney – May 21st 2010 – Learning how to DJ

May 24, 2010 Filed Under: News & Headlines,Prince of Persia Comments (0)

Sir Ben Kingsley has heaped praise on Prince Of Persia’s leading man, Jake Gyllenhaal.

The duo star in the Disney blockbuster – in which Jake plays Prince Dastan and Sir Ben portrays his uncle Nizam – and the British legend described the US star as “wonderful” because he can let his guard down.

“Jake is a great leading man to work with – he’s wonderful to work with because he makes himself vulnerable,” he said.

“For a strong young guy like that, not many of his American counterparts are vulnerable. They don’t dare to be vulnerable because they think vulnerable is weak. It is not – to be vulnerable is to be very strong.”

Sir Ben found himself drawn to the role of Nizam because of his multi-faceted personality.

“I found Nizam a bit Shakespearian,” he explained.

“The wonderful thing about playing Nizam is that there’s layer upon layer of extraordinary behaviour – there’s cunning, envy, regret, greed, monstrous ego and narcissism. I could go on and on – he is such a great guy to play.”

Prince Of Persia is in cinemas now.

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May 22, 2010 Filed Under: Gallery Updates,Prince of Persia Comments (0)

More HQ posters from Prince of Persia has been added.

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Movie Productions > Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) > Posters

May 21, 2010 Filed Under: Interviews,Prince of Persia Comments (0)

He has a reputation as an actor who is so intense on set that he’s been involved in some legendary bust-ups with co-stars. But now, after being involved in serious movies such as Brokeback Mountain and Jarhead, Jake Gyllenhaal gets to have some fun in his new film Prince Of Persia, out today.

The videogame turned $150m movie sees Jake, 29, playing Prince Dastan in a swashbuckling medieval romp. He joins forces with former Bond girl Gemma Arterton‘s ultra-sexy high priestess Tamina to prevent a magical dagger from falling into the wrong hands.

“It was my childhood dream to do a big action movie – I always wanted to be Indiana Jones,” Gyllenhaal recalls.

“It was also time for me to stop taking myself so seriously. I had done some very heavy dramas and I was looking for something different. When Prince came along, I jumped at the chance.

“I wanted to play it with an Errol Flynn kind of sensibility, and one of the reasons I did the film was that it had a lot of humour in the Indiana Jones style.”

Shot over three months last summer in Morocco, the cast and crew sweltered in 120ºF heat. And to get ready for the role, Jake trained for seven months so he could have the rippling torso.

“I’ve always been very athletic and I loved being able to train hard and work on my physique,” he says. “You see your body transforming and feel yourself becoming the character.

“I also wanted to be in the kind of shape where I felt confident doing as much of the stunt work as possible. It would have been impossible to make this movie without my being able to the stunts. Luckily, I managed to pull that off without getting too badly hurt.

“I had a few injuries – mainly pulled shoulders and a twisted ankle. The worst thing that happened on set was when I accidently hit another actor in the face during a fight sequence. I felt terrible.”

Jake’s reputation for getting into
serious arguments with other actors started on the set of the 2005 film
Jarhead. There, he had a furious bust up with co-star Peter Saarsgard, who also happens to be his brother-in-law.

“Movies can be a very intense process and sometimes there are going to be confrontations depending on the circumstances,” says Jake.

“I know most people talk about what happened on Jarhead, and even though Peter and I didn’t speak for a few weeks after one really bad argument, we became even better friends afterwards. Which is good, since he’s married to my sister Maggie!

“The film was a very tough shoot about guys who are being trained to kill in the Gulf War. We were all going a little out of our minds on that set which probably elevated our performances to where they needed to be for the film.

“With Peter, we were doing a scene where he gets slammed to the ground by me and some other guys.

“We did several takes and Peter was getting hurt. At one point we both just exploded. But a lot of it was just tension building up on the set and I was probably overdoing it in terms of playing my character.”

Jake also had a big row with the late Heath Ledger, his co-star in the emotional drama Brokeback Mountain.

“Heath and I had different ways of working,” he explains. “I was trying to apply things I had seen other actors do – like where you interrupt the other actor to change the dynamic of the scene.

“Heath got pretty irritated with me and we had some arguments about that. Then
we found a way of working together that was much more comfortable. Maybe I helped him in some way – but now, of course, it’s impossible to know.”

Currently, though, it’s all about Prince Of Persia for Jake – plus the upcoming World Cup. Rarely, for an American, he loves the beautiful game.

“Soccer is my other obsession in life,” he grins, “and I’m looking forward to going to South Africa and watching some matches.

“I think the American team is very strong and we can do well.”

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