[Updated] Jake 'Call me Gylls' Gyllenhaal on GMA; Jake's view on Twitter & FB and Sir Ben's view of Jake

Jake Gyllenhaal's takeover of the airwaves and TV networks of North America continues! This morning Jake was guest on Good Morning America, where we learn more about his Brit accent (and its unfortunate affect on his co-stars when they first heard it) and there's more about that top-heavy surname.



Update: Outside the Good Morning America studio Jake had quite a choice of objects to sign, including figurines and the Dagger of Time itself...


While in New York, Jake and Maggie were seen at Radio City yesterday where they had the honour of listening to a speech by the Dalai Lama - quite an occasion (thanks to Get Real for the heads up - and, irrelevantly, you can read here about my day back in May 2008 when the Dalai Lama visited Oxford, leading me to get run over and post about Jake and eastern religion - a very odd and memorable day).


We've heard much from Jake about what it was like to work with Sir Ben Kingsley. Today we get to hear from Sir Ben about this young leading man: '...the British legend described the US star as "wonderful" because he can let his guard down. "Jake is a great leading man to work with - he's wonderful to work with because he makes himself vulnerable," he said. "For a strong young guy like that, not many of his American counterparts are vulnerable. They don't dare to be vulnerable because they think vulnerable is weak. It is not - to be vulnerable is to be very strong."


'Sir Ben found himself drawn to the role of Nizam because of his multi-faceted personality. "I found Nizam a bit Shakespearian," he explained. "The wonderful thing about playing Nizam is that there's layer upon layer of extraordinary behaviour - there's cunning, envy, regret, greed, monstrous ego and narcissism. I could go on and on - he is such a great guy to play."'

You can read another great interview with Sir Ben here.


And finally...

There has been some controversy as late about whether Jake Gyllenhaal has a Twitter presence, especially when a certain fake account was suspended following a campaign that included tweets by Jonathan Ross, Duncan Jones and more. This very subject actually popped up during one of the interviews Jake had while he was in London. You can listen to Jake's response here - and learn that Jake doesn't use Twitter or Facebook (in case it makes him feel old).


David Letterman show tonight remember!

Thanks a ton to IHJ for this, with special thanks from those of us outside the GyllenTV Region! And thanks for the pics.