Source Code gets a synopsis, LAOD interviews and TV spot, and some Born to Run

It's not all Love and Other Drugs this week, I'm delighted to say that a synopsis for Source Code has been released to go along with the picture of Jake Gyllenhaal as Colter, strapped into a seat wearing a military flight suit. I'm not posting it all here as there are what some may consider spoilers but you can read it here. It is fascinating to hear more about the emotional background of the plot as well as learn about some of the other characters in the film.



The interviews continue today for Love and Other Drugs. After tweets yesterday that Anne Hathaway had a mock fight with journalists in the press conference creating quite a scary moment, today we hear from an interviewer that it was one of his favourite interviews ever, that Jake and Anne shared an emotional moment and Anne actually cried.



TV Spots for Love and Other Drugs have been proliferating across the American networks. Fortunately, one of these has reached YouTube and it includes brief moments of scenes that aren't in the trailer. There is also another clip of Jake and Anne being interviewed on the AFI red carpet.



Josh Gad, who plays Jake's brother in the film, has been talking about the shock (that's one way to put it) of working on a set with naked people: '"I was like, 'wow!... It was very interesting. You don't expect when you sign on to any job that your first day on set is going to be one of Anne Hathaway taking off all her clothes and saying, 'Here I am!'... I was nervous, and I just showed my ass. I can only imagine what she's dealing with... But she was just unbelievable about it all."'

'"I'm naked a lot," laughed Jake. "But particularly her. For a woman it can be...yeah, scary." "They are brilliant and serious actors," director Edward Zwick added about Anne and Jake's way of dealing with all their sex scenes. "At the end of the day they want it to be truthful and real. That commitment outweighs any hesitation or squeamishness. It's natural to be nervous and anxious to be naked in front of people... When it's the service of the story and you're a real artist as they are, it's what you do."'


I think the last word here should belong to Anne: '“Jake Gyllenhaal is such a charismatic person,... that if you’ve known him for one day, you’ve known him for 10 years. You would be most likely getting the same person. It was just a pleasure.”'

Born to Run

Today the New York Marathon took place and, rather appropriately, we've been hearing some more about Born to Run and, interestingly, the talk has been focusing on Peter Sarsgaard. One site revealed that Peter, in order to get thin for the role, had taken to jogging during the filming of the Green Lantern. 'Producer Donald De Line told us, “Peter is very physical as an actor. He gets completely immersed in the role. He got very thin for this. He likes to go jogging, in those barefoot shoes, even in the New Orleans heat. They had to persuade him not to jog as much as he was getting too thin."' Note the Born to Run barefoot shoes. Here is the picture from Leadville again - source.


On 5 November there was a Born to Run event or cabaret in NYC and Peter was amongst the speakers. You can read a full account of the event here. I asked the writer about what Peter had said and he told me that Peter had said that he discovered the book while on the set of Green Lantern and had gone to Leadville 'but decided not to run since it sounded too crazy'. Having read about the length of the recovery time, Peter may have been wise!


There is another full account of the evening here and it ends by saying: 'The last panelist for the evening was actor Peter Sarsgaard. On a recent trip to Mumbai, India, Sarsgaard was influenced by the Jainist movement, which eschews all footwear for fear of killing anything living. While on the set for “The Green Lantern”, the actor read McDougall’s book and was immediately influenced to try out barefoot running. “I’ve realized that by living in New York City, all I’ve been doing is window shopping,” he said. “There was something missing in my life. And after I took up running, I’ve realized that I’ve been made better because of it.”'


One has to wonder if all of the talk linking Jake to the possible film project may have focused on the wrong actor and the wrong brother-in-law. The picture above is my own picture of Peter from TIFF 2007.

Includes pictures from links and IHJ, Love and Other Drugs and WDW.