There was someone else in Josh and that Strategically Altered Mutant: Martha Plimpton (aka Jake Gyllenhaal's first love). A few years earlier Martha had appeared in Naomi's Running on Empty and Jake told Gala during the PoP promo about his first crush: 'I remember it well: Martha Plimpton. My mother had just started 'Running on Empty' with River Phoenix. She couldn't find a babysitter. So I was at the rehearsals and I was smitten like crazy with Martha. It was the kind of love that probably only an eight year old is capable of.'
Jake also told GQ this year: 'I had such a huge crush on Martha Plimpton. I remember sitting with her. I must have been five or something like that. I mean, she was just strong and beautiful. That is when I remember falling in love with girls.' It would be great to hear from Martha what she thinks about this early adoration from Jake. It's also not known what Jake thought about acting in the same film as Martha a few years on for Josh and S.A.M., although not having seen the whole movie myself, I'm not aware that they had any scenes together.
WonderfulCon
Another couple of videos have turned up from Jake's WonderCon debut back in April. As well as confirming that there was a lot less Parkour in Brokeback Mountain than in Prince of Persia, Jake also has a choice word for those ostriches or, as they were labelled at WonderCon, Austrians.
I have to post this again...
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