Jake Gyllenhaal on throwing sunshine onto Brokeback's magic and a WDW Interlude

A short post this evening due to the fact that I've been sitting freezing on the back of a motorcycle and I can safely say that swimming with walruses in the Arctic winter would be a much warmer thing to do. But, as I wait for my core body temperature to rise, there is an opportunity to post another couple of interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway and they include a goodie.



In this interview, Jake and Anne talk about how nudity in a movie does not mean that the acting stops. Jake says: 'We tell stories and sometimes those stories mean you don't wear any clothes'. And there is also talk of Brokeback, a 'magical' experience, and Jake describes how he and Anne had 'taken that and thrown sunlight on it to make it grow.'


We also can see the TV Guide Channel interview with Jake and Anne from last week and it includes a couple of quick behind the scenes moments from Brokeback.


You can watch the interview here or below:



A WDW Interlude

Tonight there was a Festival of Light in Oxford, with the streets closed to traffic and the museums, galleries and historic buildings of the city opened to all.

The lights were turned on by two TV stars synonymous with Oxford and murder mysteries, Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whateley) and Sergeant Hathaway (Laurence Fox) who star in Lewis, the spinoff from Morse. I've lost count how many times I've seen this film here over the years - always a pleasure. I thought I'd share some pics.


This photo below was taken inside Divinity Hall in the Bodleian Library as Laurence Fox and the rest of us, including an awful lot of dignitaries, listened to the choir.

At the movies - Jake and Reese see Bruno and a poster for An Education

The day after the night before, a couple of sleepyheads were seen at Beverly Hills' AMC theatre yesterday evening. It seems that Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon were among a number of well know people who chose to see Bruno, which might explain the facial expressions. I wonder what Jake bought at Bose... Many thanks to IHJ for the pictures.





Talk of An Education

Brothers is being regularly listed now as a contender for the coming award season. However, it is not the only film being discussed which is of interest. I'm delighted to see that Peter Sarsgaard's An Education is also getting some buzz and it too now has a poster. Its other star is Carey Mulligan, who also has a role in Brothers, tightening the connection.


Going off topic again...

I stumbled across another filmset today, not once but twice. Despite reports that the recession had killed off ITV's classy detective drama Lewis, the offshoot of Inspector Morse, I can definitely attest to the contrary. Lewis had taken over one ofOxford's scenic colleges, drawing quite a crowd of tourists. At lunchtime I saw Warren Clarke, a much loved and famously grumpy-looking UK character actor...


... and in the evening saw Laurence Fox - Lewis' sidekick, son of James Fox and husband of a very lucky Billie Piper. I watched the filming standing next to the creator of Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter - an unassuming and very modest gentleman. This was a thrill for me as I've read every single one of his novels.



A reminder of the previous time I saw filming for Lewis in Oxford.








Includes pictures from IHJ, links and WDW.