Down to earth, genuinely cool, cute, the next James Bond - GQ sums up Jake Gyllenhaal

There was only one place not to be last night, and that was the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards in Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal was not there - due to a prior engagement to avoid Twitters and Tweeters on any side of the Atlantic. Neverthless, his absence was a highlight of the glamorous event due to his appearance in a video that also featured the similarly absent Tom Cruise.



One person who did attend the event reported: 'I thought the most hilarious bit of the evening was the video made for GQ creative director Jim Moore in which Jake Gyllenhaal had a cameo where he acts like he was very unhappy for not being on the cover of GQ. It was priceless!'


It is always good to hear Jake's comedy powers praised and I hope we get to see this video ourselves one of these days. I also hope GQ take note and put Jake on their cover at least every other month.


Jim Moore was once interviewed for an article in USA Today about Hollywood men sporting a stubbly, rugged look and he had this to say about Jake: 'He can handle the five o'clock shadow and the full beard and still look cute. He looked like the ultimate movie star at the Oscars. He looked like he could be the next James Bond.'


GQ is a big fan of Jake's, with its Editor in Chief Jim Nelson singling out working with Jake as a high point of his time with the magazine: 'Nobody is more down-to-earth and genuinely cool than Jake Gyllenhaal. I just like him a lot personally. I feel that he has not been affected much by stardom.' GQ, of course, co-hosted a screening of Zodiac, with afterparty, in NYC, which Jake attended.



Includes picture from IHJ and GQ.