Journey behind the scenes with Jake Gyllenhaal on the Prince of Persia set

The planets must be in some kind of powerful cosmic alignment, as predicted by a long lost civilisation - yesterday we had a glimpse behind the scenes of Prince of Persia but today! Today we get even more'Action Figure' Jake Gyllenhaal - we see Jake in a harem, we hear Jake talking off camera in an English accent, we're let into more repartee between Dastan and Tasmina and there's more Alfred Molina. I don't want to go over the top but we even get proof that Mike Newell can actually speak. Here it is - deep breaths everyone, but pace yourself - who knows what we'll get tomorrow! Thank you Yahoo.

This video has certainly caught the interest of the online gaming and movie sites and the reaction is almost completely positive and more than ready for 28 May 2010. All credit to Jake Gyllenhaal and to Jerry Bruckheimer. Jerry: 'I just think he's a wonderful actor. He's handsome, a great romantic lead. When you see him in the picture, you won't recognize him.'


[Q: Do you see this as launching his action movie career?] God, I hope so. He certainly looks fantastic in it. He's got all the moves. He did a lot of hardcore (training) which shows off the very physical skill that he has. [Q: He's an actor who's mostly been known for his indie career. Is it a hard sell to get him to do the bigger movies?] It mostly depends on the screenplay. If he likes the character and the screenplay, you've got him. He's very particular and very smart about his career and we got lucky that he responded to the picture.' Source.



I was particularly excited to hear Jake talk off camera in an English accent that wasn't exactly placeable but it was believable - far more so, in my opinion, than Peter Sarsgaard's. This is possibly because An Education went for 'posh' whereas Dastan is from the street, who fights among the mob and has to extricate himself from any number of pickles with street charm, cunning, wit and brawn. The voice matches Dastan perfectly. And Jake can joke with it: 'Let's just get through this part and we'll move onto more interesting moments in the film' as they record the scene where Dastan falls at the feet of the harem beauties. Bodes well for lots of DVD extras!




'A good fun movie' Jake calls Prince of Persia - for him and for all of us. We have five months left for the wave to build. It's going to be quite a ride.