On the trail of Jake Gyllenhaal plus some Peter and some Moon SFX

Jake Gyllenhaal is nothing if not elusive and so I've spent the last day or so trying to follow the breadcrumbs he's left for the Twitters. Over the last couple of days, Jake has been seen in at least two airports, aboard at least one plane, in at least one coffee shop, in at least two cities and attending at least one sporting occasion and possibly a party or two. That's what I call a weekend.


The latest sightings place Jake (probably) safely back in front of the camera in Pittsburgh but certainly in that town at least because several people saw Jake at the Steelers' football game last night. Unfathomably, it appears that most people and most camera people were focused on the game and not on the hot movie star in their midst and so, alas, there are as yet no pictures.


Jake wasn't just seen in Pittsburgh's Airport, he was also seen at the airport in NYC where he charmed people with Spider-man talk. I'm starting to think that Jake must spend at least 50% of every single day telling everyone he's Tobey Maguire. I'm equally convinced Tobey does the same thing in reverse - it's a good job Natalie Portman has her wits about her. The full report is here.

Now that Jake is more than likely back at work after a weekend presumably passing the parcel with Ramona, there's time to catch up with Ramona's dad who continues to charm the world's film critics.


There is a great interview with Peter Sarsgaard on Movieline, which reveals that Peter did all in his power not to see An Education for as long as possible. He also chats some more about The English Accent. 'Q: What’s even trickier about a British accent is that those can be traced down to the very block you grew up on. And British people know— PS: They know their shit, yeah. I just didn’t sweat it that much. [Laughs] I remember the dialect coach said, “Well, a lot of the British actors in this don’t have the correct dialect for what their character would have.” There’s not that level of specificity in this movie.'


Rather intriguingly, Peter talks here about his involvement in the casting of Carey Mulligan in the film, while she has talked before about how she was instrumental in getting Peter his role in The Seagull. Clearly, these are two actors who are omfortable together, and thoroughly enjoy the experience of working together and taking the p**s out of one another:



More Moon SFX details from Doug

Doug Liman has been talking to the Ninjas again, with more fascinating details about trying to visualise the Moon in the movie that remains unnamed. Doug makes it clear that this is make or break time for the project. If nobody is excited by what he's proposing, in terms of the visualisation of the moon and action upon it, then nobody will want to make the film, including himself. We must therefore hope to high heavens that Doug pulls together this crucial phase and we can get to enjoy a movie with which Jake is so deeply involved. A full account here. We are very lucky to be so involved in the process.


Includes pictures from links and IHJ.