Catching up with Jake Gyllenhaal - twizzlers, pie plates, Ask Jake, bands, Parkour, stuff

This is a bitty post because, you know how it is, you have a weekend away in Austin, Texas, and then there's all the catching up to do. So I've made a Jaking List:


1). Let's get the important stuff out of the way. Here below we have Jake Gyllenhaal with a red stick thing. A source informs me that this alarming object is actually a food item. It is known as a 'twizzler'. In the UK, twizzlers are an abomination - they are made from turkey and have been the subject of a major 'get them banned before they kill us' campaign. I am hoping that the bright red variety is a lot better for Jake than the twisty turkey type.


2). We've had a chance to ask Jerry Bruckheimer our PoP questions on Facebook (and I'm still thrilled they picked one of mine), but now, for a few hours, you can ask the Prince himself! You have til 10pm, London time, to get your questions in for Jake. No mention yet of when the video answers will air. 'Jake, do you regularly eat twizzlers?'

3). Jake's Mellow Johnny's cycling hat, complemented by his friend's shirt, reminds me of a new post at Bike Snob, in which the writer and cyclist waxes lyrical over why he so happy to be in posession of Jake's pie plate.


4). Jake and his friends moved on from sport to music last night and went to see Mumford & Sons play the Troubadour. Not surprisingly, this set Jake's fellow boppers atwittering with tweets congratulating Jake on both his music taste and his hotness. It's not only sportsmen falling at Jake's feet...


5). And continuing the music theme, on Friday 19 February, a video for the new single by Vampire Weekend will premiere on Channel 4 in the UK and, we're assured, it features a Jake Gyllenhaal cameo! 'Exclusive first play of Vampire Weekend's new single Giving Up the Gun, which features cameos from Jake Gyllenhaal and Joe Jonas in the video.' It plays at 22:50 on Rude Tube. I must admit to being intrigued and not a little perplexed. So that's one to watch. Thanks to Karen for the heads up!

6). In a fascinating and revealing interview, writer Ben Ripley discusses the momentum that has propelled Source Code into production...


7)... while Parkour king David Belle talks about bringing parkour into the movies, including Prince of Persia: 'The idea is you move around with the actor to see where his limits are. How much can he do? I can do this. It is up to you as the coordinator to determine where those limits are and whether he needs to be substituted with a stuntman, whether it is a risk that he can handle or not. Unless he is really comfortable with it, it is probably better for him to be substituted with a stunt guy. Now, in the case of Prince of Persia, Jake prepared himself well physically and he was able to do a lot of stuff himself. '


8). Sir Ben Kingsley was on The One Show this evening and he was asked about Shutter Island and not Prince of Persia! What a travesty...

So what have I missed off my list? Oh yes, Jake is hot.


Includes pictures from IHJ.