Jake - 'I try very hard to enjoy everything I can about this kind of life'

Thanks to our fellow Gyllenheads - that's a new one - at Page Six, who asked Jake's rep what we all wanted to know, we now know that Jake's left ankle injury isn't serious and that he got it playing basketball.


'Oh no! What's wrong with our Jakey? Why is he wearing a cast?! These were the shouts of concern running rampant in the PageSix.com HQ this morning, once these pics of Reese Witherspoon at the farmers' market in Santa Monica, Calif., with a clearly injured Jake Gyllenhaal — who is something of an office favorite — floated across our desks. But you can rest easy Gyllen-heads, because he of the puppy-dog eyes will be back in fighting form next week, his rep assures us. "Just a minor thing, he sprained his ankle playing basketball," she tells PageSix.com. Guess we can recall the bodyguard resume we sent over to his apartment today, huh?'


So, maybe Jake should have a rest from doing that and stick to more placid outdoor activities, such as playing the trumpet, or playing chess with his shirt off.



Fabric Jake

Last October, I spent many a day touring the upmarket estate agents of London searching for that month's free property Fabric magazine to no avail. And I wasn't the only one. Fortunately, a kind contributor to IHJ has produced a transcript of the interview, in which Jake has some interesting things to say about the nature of fame and his experiences of love and acting, and how he lives between the performances.


“Love is one of the most intense and fantastic experiences we can ever have... When I fall in love, I won’t let anything get in my way when it comes to expressive my love.” “Love is a complex thing. There are times when it’s bigger than you. Who knows how we all end up and who we end up with? I’m not one to say. I believe there are many people you can truly love in your life. Well, maybe not many, but definitely more than one.”


“I love being able to step into a character’s head and live in that world for a while... You find yourself floating in this strange space that comes with making a movie. It’s real and not real. And I’m sure that explains why a lot of actors lead twisted lives. I try very hard to enjoy everything I can about this kind of life… but there’s a whole other world out there. I still question whether acting is something I intend to do for a long time or not!”


“I think of a role as a suit that I’m trying on and I have to make it fit me. I just wish to represent myself. If you give me a suit that’s too large, I’m not going to gain weight: I’m going to tailor it to fit me. That’s a metaphor for how I act and I feel it’s therapeutic for your life. Even if I’m playing a particularly intense or affecting character, like I did in Jarhead or Brokeback, I can always see my way back to my own self.”


“I like being in the position to work on interesting projects and meet a lot of very artistically ambitious people. You often discover that it’s the actual process of working with other actors on the set which is the most reqarding part of this business. The recognition is nice, but as my friend Peter [Saarsgard] says, ‘It’s a very odd profession where you give a performance and a year later people commend you for it.’ So that kind of keeps things in perspective. My life occupies all the space between my performances and that’s where it’s really at!”


Maggie at ShoWest, where Heath is missed

Maggie has been in Las Vegas for ShoWest - yesterday (Thursday) Warner Brothers previewed their upcoming films and high up the list was The Dark Knight. Accompanied by a clip of the film, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Christian Bale appeared on stage but one star of the film was absent and painfully missed - Heath: 'The sequence introduces audiences to Heath Ledger as the Joker. And after calling the movie's other leads, Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal to the stage, [Christopher] Nolan paid tribute to Ledger, saying, though saddened by the late actor's absence, "It's a great performance. ... I'm very proud to have been able to work with him."'


Incidentally, Jake may - or may not - be the only Gyllenhaal who may be filming in Connecticut shortly (although it now appears more likely that Nailed with be shot in South Carolina). Maggie's new film the starry The Private Lives of Pippa Lee - is about to be begin shooting in Danbury for 90 days. Even more incidentally, Peter Sarsgaard has just started work in London, I believe, on An Education, a film which was also to feature Orlando Bloom as the friend of Peter's character. However, Orlando's had to pull out due to his need to become an expert in Kung-fu!


And finally

This appeared, apparently, in OK! and has left me rather stumped. It seems that OK! can 'exclusively report that he [Patrick Swayze] is not going to star opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in updated remake of Kramer Vs. Kramer.' Just thought I'd throw that in there.

Includes pictures from IHJ and Pop Sugar.