Jake - 'I'm just like part of the audience, too'

There aren't many things better to do on a warm and sunny May Sunday than head to the beach, and Jake and Reese did just that yesterday, having a lazy day with their dogs and a picnic. However, even though Reese wore a bikini, Jake didn't take his shirt off, not even once - possibly, Jake realised that his chest is now so finely honed by weeks of training that he wanted to spare our senses. We can take it, Jake, honest. And are those new sunspecs?




Even though these pictures show Jake to be a responsible pet owner, I don't know if I'll ever get accustomed to pictures of Jake carrying a bag of dog doings. Many thanks to IHJ for the new pics and there you will find many more.


Watching myself is hard

It was a great night watching Brokeback on British terrestrial TV last night and one wonders if a new wave of viewers is today going through the process that many of us experienced over two years ago. However, this also made me wonder about how Jake feels watching himself on the screen. According to this interview, Jake ' said he doesn't normally like watching himself, even if he has a bag of popcorn, no butter, to distract him. "I don't usually have the best time watching because I am so critical, which I don't like being," he said. Even "if it's a great movie and the story works, watching myself is hard."' [Judging by this comment, perhaps Jake would prefer British sweet popcorn?]


Although Jake has said that he was uncomfortable watching some scenes in Secretary, in this same interview Jake says of Maggie's performance: 'The only weirdness is watching someone you know so well perform," Gyllenhaal said. "The fact that it was provocative and sexual — you know, I don't really find those things as shocking or important as people find them or as people think I should find them. She gave an incredible performance. That's what I saw." Besides, he said, watching others is easier because at that point, "I'm just like part of the audience, too."' I suppose that's the case - if the acting is good enough and the script is good enough, then you forget who you're watching, even if it's a sister.


As for Maggie, when Jake turned round in his seat at the premiere of Brokeback to see his sister's response: 'all I could see in her face were two swollen eyes. She'd been crying that hard...' The tissue sharing antics of those close to Jake at a viewing of Brokeback are clear from another account, this time by Anne Hathaway.


And finally

Hopefully, Nailed will be getting back on track today with filming resumed for the second time. The whole state of affairs has highlighted the current troubles facing independent filmmakers, demonstrating that it's not just the smaller films with the less well known stars that can be impacted. More on this here.

Pictures from IHJ.