Did someone mention special hats?

You don't have to be a Gyllenhaalic to realise that Jake's been almost surgically attached to knitwear during recent months. Jake has turned The Beanie into this winter's most stylish accessory... What next? Medieval Persian riding boots?


Jake has had more experience of hats than most, despite having a famously oversized (albeit perfect) head. He told Minneapolis' Star tribune 'It's not that it's a big head. It's just that it's an abnormally sized head. Hard to fit a hat around. If you asked my uncle, I'm sure it runs in the family. We should get some disability for it.' However, not surprisingly for a film named after a bad haircut, Jarhead required Jake to wear a full range of hats, although not necessarily on his head.





Jake's requirement to have 'special hats' made for his special head for Brokeback Mountain was an embarrassment. 'In the movie that I'm doing now they all made special hats for me. Heath has a fine-sized head. We just did a make-up test the other day and they were all bringing our make-up in and stuff and it was like the hats were the special moment. 'Jake's special hats are coming; they're coming in!' I felt so insecure because of it. Just don't mention special hats!… I'd like James Franco's. That'd be a good head!'


Speaking of James Franco... the actor who kisses Sean Penn in Milk is facing similar questions to those asked of Jake and Heath back in 2005/2006. The fact that journalists continue to ask actors these same questions three years on is an irritation: 'For now, however, Franco is happy to be described as a "scene stealer" in the multi-nominated Milk. Just don't ask him trivial questions about working out ("I don't. It's boring") or kissing his hero Sean Penn. "It's not that I mind talking about it, it's just that... there's so much scrutiny over the answers I offer," he says. "I really noticed it when Jake [Gyllenhaal] and Heath [Ledger] had to talk about kissing in Brokeback Mountain. It's like you can never answer in the right way. If I'm too casual it looks as though I'm making fun of the film. If I don't answer, it looks as though I'm uncomfortable. I can't win." He rubs his eyes. Then, finally, smiles. "God, I'm being way too serious! OK. You want the simple answer? I had no problem with kissing Sean Penn."'·


Torso is more stop/go than a set of traffic lights and, true to form, Paramount has let its rights to the project lapse. No doubt the rumours about it will persist, like a cloud of flies, until the end of time. Worryingly, this could mean that David Fincher's next project will feature Chef Keanu after all. Talking of torsos...


Includes pictures from IHJ and scan from WDW.