Jake Gyllenhaal answers fan's question (while looking hot) and 'dropped like a hot potato' Ottawa to strike back?

Just call me Erin... Until next Thursday, that is. Yesterday, the first much anticipated video was published in which Jake Gyllenhaal answered a fan's question. Sitting on that exotic Prince of Persia set we saw the other week - the one with an elephant - Jake told Erin why he wanted to play Dastan in as handsome and gorgeous and sexy way as it is possible to be. We are promised video answer number 2 next Thursday. At a rate of 40 seconds a week, it could be a fair few weeks - nay, years - before we all get our questions answered but I can wait... You can see the answer to Erin's question here (and below).



Prince of Persia had its first screening yesterday at ShoWest but we're not hearing very much about it, just a few tweets, a few brief blog reports here and there. Considering that one blogger mentioned that he was searched for all electronics before being allowed into the theatre, one wonders if there is an embargo. It also makes me wonder how people can still tweet when robbed of their essentials - through blinking?

The few comments that have come out have been mixed, not unexpectedly, and suggest that there are a few people out there who expect more from a big summer blockbuster than fine scenery, great cinematography, fabulous costumes, exciting stunts and Jake Gyllenhaal leaping around (with a British accent) in various stages of undress but wearing very tight trousers and with beads in his hair. I'm not sure what they expected - iambic pentameters? However, reading through the soundbites, the view seems to be that if all you're expecting is a good, fun, action-packed spectacle of a movie then you won't be disappointed.


You may, however, be disappointed if you live in Ottawa. The Ottawan railway powers that be have decided to turn their backs on the $200,000 that filming Source Code in their station could have pumped into the area - the fee wasn't high enough. But now the local government is not happy and they're making plans to strike back: '"I was really struck that Ottawa was dropped like a hot potato from a major feature film," said Ottawa South MP David McGuinty. He said the federal government should have intervened to keep the film project from moving away.' And efforts are underfoot to allow Duncan Jones to blow up Ottawa's railway station after all instead of Montreal's.

And finally

You won't have forgotten the stunning photoshoot pictures that have recently appeared, thanks to IHJ. They are not for the April edition of GQ (that features Shia LaBeouf), so maybe May? Sounds more promising.

With thanks to IHJ for the lovely stickers!