Films may be 'airy fairy' but Jake Gyllenhaal is 'lovely' says PoPpess Gemma

The Princess of Persia Gemma Arterton this week took to the West End boards with The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick. Gemma is undoubtedly enjoying her return to the stage but there is one thing missing. I'll give you a clue: he has big blue eyes with a twinkle in them, he's hot and he's handy round the kitchen.


'“I really love coming back to the stage,” [Gemma] told us at the after-show bash in the Trafalgar Hotel’s Rockwell Bar. “It is a much more rounded experience to working in films, which can be quite airy fairy, although working with Jake Gyllenhaal was great. He is lovely!”' He most certainly is. He can build tables as well. But Gemma is in Jake territory there because the Garrick was home to Jake's own debut on the stage.


Talking of young Jake, a video has emerged from Jake's appearance in A Dangerous Woman, taunting Debra Winger while riding a bike (if he'd been texting at the same time he'd have been more like the youth round here). Released in 1993, A Dangerous Woman was a family effort. Written by Naomi and directed by Stephen and also featuring Maggie. But it also is a gift as it captures a step on the way while demonstrating that Jake has been plagued by bad haircuts in movies for longer than I'd thought... And right at the end there are a few seconds from an interview at that most pleasant of film festivals, Maui.



At the end of it, the interviewer, flower in her hair, grabs a hold of Jake's shoulder, encased in white t-shirt, and calls him 'A busy guy that I have to let go of'. It doesn't look to me like she's trying very hard.


Another old video has also re-emerged this week. Filmed on the set of October Sky, here we can see Jake at the other end of his teens. He is charm itself. And smart. As the real Homer Hickam declares at the end.



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