Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum melt the ice

At the New York premiere for Beautiful Creatures this week, Interview magazine asked the lovely Emmy Rossum for embarrassing memories from when she was 16 years old:

"I was filming The Day After Tomorrow, it was my first big film, and I had to kiss Jake Gyllenhaal, so I was really nervous. The night before, I got a big zit and, stupidly, I picked at it, so then it was bigger and infected and had a scab over it. Jake called it my ‘third eye,'" Rossum recalled. Her 16-year-old self was crushed —"He's never going to want to kiss me now!"

In an earlier interview for USA Weekend (the link now no longer exists except in the WDW archives), we were told: 'This 19-year-old is no wallflower. When she met hunky star Jake Gyllenhaal one morning a few years ago, Rossum pulled a move worthy of the Phantom. "I went over to him and said, 'Look, I know it's 9 a.m., but is it OK if I kiss you?' " Rossum recalls. When he consented ("He said, 'It's never too early!' "), she obliged. "I knew if I didn't do it, it would seem like I was scared. And I wanted to kiss him. He's very, very cute."'

There's more from A Girl's World on what it was like to work with Jake.

'Fantastic! He’s a fantastic guy. He’s very intelligent. It was funny because I was kind of like the only girl on the set. There was Mark Gordon, our producer, Roland, Jake, Dennis Quaid and me. So, he’s like the big brother I never had. So it was really nice. We also work in kind of a similar way. We both put a lot of emphasis on preparation but then we get there and we kind of let it rip and are intuitive in a lot of ways within the bounds of the character and the arc. I think we work really well together.... He’s quite goofy in reality. I think we were so cold and wet and shivering most of the time that nobody had enough energy to pull pranks after running through that tank 500 times in one day with Roland going ‘do it again’! But he’s very much positive. He has a lot of positive energy.'

There's another account of the audition with less kissing: 'I definitely auditioned. I went in and sat on the bench next to all the other girls that were auditioning. I wasn’t given any kind of special treatment by any means. I got a meeting with Roland and Mark, went in and read for them, got a screen test with Jake, went in and I did that. I knew that that screen test was the moment when I had to prove myself. That’s when you’ve gotta show it. You’ve gotta bring it. I think that anybody can run through water but not necessarily anybody can run through water while bringing the heart and emotion to the character.'

As for making chemistry: 'There was no choice for me. It was gonna be there. It also wasn’t difficult. He’s terribly attractive. So it wasn’t like the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my whole life but, at the same time, I think the heat had to be there. Somebody had to melt the ice! (laughter).'

Thanks to IHJ for the last new old picture from the Berlin photocall for The Day After Tomorrow.

My review of Lincoln on MovieBrit.

Jake Gyllenhaal burns to emulate his heroes, over the moon at working with Duncan Jones and Donnie Darko 10 years on

A couple of goodies this evening, including another interview with Jake Gyllenhaal from Germany and it's a corker. There's much more to it than just yet more questions about what Jake would do if he could pick eight minutes to relive. You can find the whole interview here and below I've included some snippets. Anything dodgy is the fault of my translation - Jake is not to blame (unless he really did say something strange and the translation is spot on...).


'I am proud to do blockbusters. "The Day After Tomorrow" for example, focuses on an environmental disaster. And "Jarhead" tells us of the madness of the Gulf War, "Brokeback Mountain" is about the taboo love between men, and "Love and Other Drugs" is also about the hubris of the American pharmaceutical industry.'


Choice of roles as Jake becomes better known: 'Sure, the danger is great. When celebrity status reaches a certain height it can become complacent and hollow. I readily admit it. But I've not fallen into this trap. I'm still burning! I still want to know. I still wear each of my films literally like my skin. I've been working without a safety net.'

'I hope that I will never back down. I would rather be like my big idols Paul Newman, Anthony Quinn, Steve McQueen and Marlon Brando. They never sold out. And when I look at how well my sister Maggie is doing in the movie business, it suggests to me that there is also great hope.'


'I love acting, especially because of the storytelling. I'm happiest when I can be part of telling a great story. This is my drive as an artist.'

'Seeing myself on a movie poster is a limited thrill for me (laughter). But the thrill of being able to work with fantastic actors like Heath Ledger is indescribable. Or with such a visionary young director like Duncan Jones. I was totally over the moon that he wanted to do "Source Code". I found his debut film "Moon" quite extraordinary.'


'... And daring, sometimes risking taking a wrong step creatively, yes. It's very liberating. Because it's the only way you develop further. This does not mean that I valued "Source Code" as a creative misstep - the opposite is the case. The film was a step in the right direction. I will continue to make more films like this, rather than the one that is expected of me. I'm personally and professionally in a state of transformation when almost anything can happen. This is exciting.'

Public interest in Jake as a person: 'This whole celebrity nonsense? Sometimes I call out to people "Get a life!" But mostly I just shrug my shoulders. If you really want, you can escape a bit from all the hype - even in Los Angeles.'


Ending a relationship in public: 'True, it's not easy when a relationship ends under the magnifying glass of the media. It's bad enough even without the pictures and malicious comments. But even so I did not let them bend me. That would be really bad.'

'I have a great ambition, that everything I do looks light and loose. Just as, for example, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart made it look. That to me is the greatest art: to make what is heavy appear light.'


Many thanks to Mrs JG for letting me know about this great interview and also for the heads up that Donnie Darko appears in the July issue of SFX as the magazine takes a look at the scifi and fantasy of 2001. (If you're a Torchwood fan, you might well want to get this magazine.) Here are some scans I've done. Click on them and they shall be embiggened.





And finally...

If you're interested, you can read my take on the taster of Transformers: Dark of the Moon that we were teased with earlier in the week over at Bleeding Cool.

Includes scans from WDW and pictures from IHJ.

Seven years since TDAT opens and Jake Gyllenhaal remembers collecting flowers in France

Seven years ago today, I went to see the holiday weekend blockbuster - The Day After Tomorrow. I knew the film featured Donnie Darko but despite that I was unprepared for Sam, and the gentle curl of his lips in a smile and the big blue brave eyes. Yep, that was when I caught in the GyllenNet.


And so, to mark the occasion of Jake Gyllenhaal's debut on the big screen as a romantic hero, here is a snippet from some of this week's press in Germany to mark the release of Jake's latest film, Source Code. Thanks to Ms JG for the translation.

'U.S. actor Jack Gyllenhaal had a very romantic streak as a teenager: In order to remain on the mind of his lady in the U.S. while an exchange student in France, he wanted to do something really special...'


'In his new film there is little room for romance, contrary to his real life: The U.S. actor who became famous with "Brokeback Mountain" has had a very romantic side in high school. As the 30-year-old told magazine "TV movie" he fell in love head over heels to a girl in the U.S. just at the time of his departure to a student exchange in France. "When I traveled around France with my backpack, I picked a flower in every city and sent it to her," says Gyllenhaal.'

'Even today, he is still friends with his former flame. "She has recently shown me all the flowers that I sent to her back then. That was something very special."'


And finally...

There are more pictures from Jake's day out and about in LA on 27 May. The bag suggests Jake spent some time at the gym - more karate? That's what I call a backdrop.


Pictures from IHJ.

Jake Gyllenhaal: Actor, Movie Star, Heart throb - WDW Guide Part 2

After yesterday's hors d'oeuvres, tonight we move on to the first course in our delicious, decadent and tasty Jake Gyllenhaal banquet. So, pull your seats up to the table, spread the napkin on your lap and tease those taste buds as you prepare to sample part 2 of the Gyllenfeast.


Title: The Day After Tomorrow
Date: 2004
Role: Sam Hall (aka Wet Sam)

Hotness: 9/10
Mascara-proof? Yes (unless you have a weird sentiment for wolves)
Chemistry: 7/10 (Emmy Rossum - her mind was on future musicals)
Sex scenes: No (it was chilly)
Hair: 8/10
Bonus features: stuffed animals, layered clothing, Manchester United

The Day After Tomorrow marked a significant step in Jake's career. No longer was he the older thinking woman's toy boy, he was now for everyone. He may have been the son in the film and not the lead but there's no doubt that all eyes were on Wet Sam's valiant struggles to save himself and his friends (at the expense of a lot of valuable books). Personally, this was the film that made me a Gyllenhaalic - it was something to do with the curve of the lip. The film may have taught me absolutely nothing about the environment and global warming but it did teach me an awful lot about snowshoes, Russian ships and public telephones. This is the Jake film that I have watched more than other (partly as it's on TV every week) and whenever it's on I always say to Mr WDW 'Ooh, I should watch that, I've heard it's very good'. Question though: Why did they burn the books and not the furniture? Another good sountrack.

WDW rating: 9/10


Title: Brokeback Mountain
Date: 2005
Role: Jack F******g Twist

Hotness: 9/10
Mascara-proof? Absolutely not
Chemistry: 10/10 (Heath Ledger)
Sex scenes: Yes (in a pup tent no less)
Hair: 8/10
Bonus features: bears, beans, August snow, hats, buckles, cool streams

Never mind those PoP ostriches, if you want something to tear your heart out look no further than Brokeback Mountain. How little I knew when I saw this film in January 2006 - Wet Sam transformed into Jack Twist, a cowboy that could melt your soul with one look from those eyes, matched unbelievably by Heath Ledger's Ennis Del Mar and all set against magnificent skies. I chuckle now when I think that I originally went to see this film because of the scenery... For the first time, Jake played the role of boy, man, husband, lover and father, all the time supporting and supported by Heath. And one mustn't forget Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams. This wasn't 'just' a film, it was a life-changing experience and it's only now, four years on, that I can actually watch it and appreciate Brokeback Mountain as a film and realise how magnificent it is. Soundtrack: superb with etra points for Rufus Wainwright.

WDW rating: 10/10


Title: Proof
Date: 2005
Role: Hal

Hotness: 9/10
Mascara-proof? Yes!
Chemistry: 1/10 (Gwyneth Paltrow)
Sex scenes: Yes (thank heavens)
Hair: 9/10
Bonus features: mathematics, glasses, running, drums, nice coffee?

Proof... what a contrast to Brokeback. The hair was good, the look was great but, for me, this is the least enjoyable of all Jake's films, saved only by his extreme levels of hotness and a great love scene - marred by Gwyneth inexplicably crying through it. Gwyneth was pregnant through this film, not that she let anyone know at the time, and her mood permeates almost every scene. There are saving graces - thinking the drumming, the kiss, the love scene and the running. Lots of great Jake running here. However, only watch this film with a remote control, just so you can enjoy the Jake scenes. They are so easy on the eye. I didn't learn much about mathematics either.

WDW rating: 3/10


Title: Jarhead
Date: 2005
Role: Anthony Swofford (Swoff)

Hotness: 9/10
Mascara-proof? Yes
Chemistry: NA(although the chemistry with us feels pretty hot)
Sex scenes: A flashback (but plenty of other things to compensate)
Hair: NA (if pushed, 3/10)
Bonus features: scorpion racing, footsteps in the sand, Christmas

Never mind Proof, Jake was right back on track with Jarhead, a film that Jake led, despite being outranked by Jamie Foxx. By Jake's side was Troy, Peter Sarsgaard, and the familiarity of their real life friendship united the two in front of the cameras - despite the real and virual fights. The photography here is brilliant, demonstrating for the first time how well Jake suits desert spaces. The raining oil, the horse, the death road - all have an ugly beauty. The moments of intensity and tension are offset by the times of inaction, repetitive exercise and doubt and suspicion about loved ones back at home. Obviously, this film will always be known for Jake's santa hat dance - a fine example of its type - but there is even more to it. And the score by Thomas Newman (also composer of the Brothers soundtrack) is perfect.

WDW rating: 9/10


And so we continue!

Includes pictures from IHJ.

'It's a family affair' - a new Brothers TV Spot and Atticus' supercool photoshoot adventure

We have a new TV Spot for Brothers, courtesy of IGN. In this one, the emphasis is on power, force, threat, suspicion and rage. Raw emotion sees Jake Gyllenhaal sobbing on the floor, Tobey Maguire reaching for the gun and Natalie Portman caught in the middle of a family ripped apart.

Tweets inform us that Natalie Portman will be attending another Brothers screening at the DGA theatre in LA today and she too, like Jim Sheridan last week, will be giving a Q&A afterwards. So what about next week? Can I make some suggestions?



Filming on Jake's current film, Love and Other Drugs, meanwhile, continues to disturb the traffic.


I was reading through one of my movie magazine subscriptions this week and was tickled to see that Jake is being used to sell Blu-Ray. Apparently, if you watch a Jake Gyllenhaal Blu-ray disc it's like having him in the room, all dripping. In that case, I'll take a dozen. The original photoshoot for this was for Entertainment Weekly, back during the publicity for The Day After Tomorrow. This week, the photographer - James White - has been reminiscing about this and other shoots and it turns out this was quite a traumatic day due to naughty fleet-footed Atticus.



'I can't remember the name of the movie but there was a lot of rain involved... I thought that the water would be warm and it wasn't. So there was a water truck and we were spraying him down with like supercool water outside. But he was a real trooper. Unfortunately, when he came to the set, his dog ran off. So everyone got in the car and we were patrolling the whole area of Santa Monica, round Trader Joe's...', 'looking for Jake's dog?' 'Yeah, actually most of the day was wasted looking for Jake's dog, which luckily he found... But, so I think, at that point he was so happy we'd found his dog, he didn't mind being submersed in freezing cold water.'



Postscript: I saw 2012 this weekend. Was there a Prince of Persia trailer as we had been led to believe? Er... NO!!!


Includes pictures from IHJ and WDW scan.

[Update] New Brothers image in EW - and Jake Gyllenhaal's craft

With many thanks to BBMISwear, here is a new image from Brothers featured in this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, accompanied below by some blurb concerning a film we are all so looking forward to seeing.



Also: The WDW Channel is now being revived, bit by bit. The link is back on the sidebar on the frot page. If there are any videos you would like to see returned sooner rather than later, let me know.

And on with the post...

The recent revelation by Doug Liman that Jake Gyllenhaal is heavily involved in the development of his character's 'voice' in the Unnamed Moon Project, reminds me that references have been made on several occasions to Jake's habit of 'playing' with the script. This does, of course, have both an upside and a downside, depending on your perspective, and can be the result of an intimate knowledge of how one's character would and should behave. It can also be the result of frustration and an active mind.


In yesterday's article about Donnie Darko, Jake speaks of his respect for Richard Kelly's openness to changing lines, but Chloe Sevigny suggests that on the set of Zodiac, Jake tampered with dialogue due to frustration and boredom - charm and playfulness were his weapons. 'We had some rehearsals where we went through all of our scenes and talked through the scenes and the dialogue. I'm not a writer. I'm very happy with the lines you give to me to a certain extent. But he was very active in that and he could come with new ideas for me, for my lines [laughs]. Jake was very boyish and very funny. He kept the whole crew in stitches. They were all very charmed by him. He's very creative. He has so much energy. He's always bouncing off the walls. After 80 takes, of course, I think he would get bored a little bit, especially when it was my coverage, so he'd be switching up the lines and stuff. His mind is always very active.'


Jake also put his foot down a couple of times when faced with some of his dialogue in The Day After Tomorrow: '"There were a couple of instances where I said, 'No way am I saying that line!' and they rewrote it. There won't be any subtitle saying, 'Sorry, these guys don't sound like real human beings, but they just didn't have the balls to say the dialogue sucked." And Gyllenhaal knows more about screenwriting than most actors - his mother Naomi Foner is a writer. Gyllenhaal continues, "Coming from a family where my mom is a writer, I just respond to how people speak. I thrive on the process of getting this stuff right. It drove them crazy, but it was fun. You have to entertain yourself when you're spending seven months in Montreal."'


Despite the lightehearted end to this comment by Jake, there was a sincere desire on his part to bring all he could to his character: 'he admits later in the conversation [with the Northern Echo in 2004] that he "fought with them forever", a reference to discussions with director Roland Emmerich and producer Mark Gordon about the dialogue. "There were times I told them I didn't like the dialogue and that my character would never say this. Then they'd change it, or they wouldn't. It was a constant process".


During the commentary for Zodiac, the ultimate perfectionist David Fincher had this to say about what Jake brought to the film, focusing on two scenes in particular. The first was the scene where Graysmith is allowed to inspect the police archives: 'People feel I don't give Jake enough credit but I will tell you right now that he wrote the funniest line in the entire movie. He came and he said 'I want to do another take of this [scene] where Narlow lets me in and he says 'You don't smoke, do you?' I'm gonna say to him... Just watch what I'll do.' And he walked in. He said 'You don't smoke, do you?' and he said 'Once... in highschool...' And I almost fell out of my chair cos it was such a perfect epitomising of who this guy is, that when he talks to authority figures, he immediately has to tell the truth. He's compelled to tell them even though it's something he's embarrassed about, or... It's actually the funniest line in the movie and Jake Gyllenhaal wrote that.'


One scene that stands out in Zodiac is the scene in which Graysmith brings his young daughter with him when he talks to Toschi outside the courthouse (a scene filmed on Wilshire Boulevard, LA). 'Gyllenhaal showed up this night, he was ill, he had a flu and he had about a 102 temperature and he didn't think he could go on. He said 'I don't think I can do this. I think we're gonna have to do this some other night'. And I just said to him 'There is no other night. We're doing it tonight. You're going out and doing it'. And he, I think, in a weird way, it focused him not only because he wanted to leave so bad, because also, I think, there was something about his feverishness that focused that performance, And he is truly great in that scene.'


The filmmaking process is not an easy one. Jake told the Boston Globe in Toronto in 2002: 'I will bring to movies after this what I got from "Moonlight." [Which is?] Preparation. That it's a discipline. That people who say that acting doesn't involve a tremendous amount of work don't really know the craft. That's the thing that Dustin [Hoffman] taught me; he works just as hard as anybody. Even this play I just did in the West End [of London] called "This is Our Youth," Dustin was a big influence on me doing that. And in rehearsing for a month beforehand, I learned that what actors consider spontaneity doesn't really come from being "spontaneous" and not knowing your lines. Real spontaneity comes from overworking your brain to such an extent that it stops working and something can flow through it. So, in the future, that's how I'll approach it. Unfortunately, as an actor I feel like the performances I've given have not done that yet.'



Pictures from IHJ.

Movie making risks: 'It's a person's choice to see a movie'

Back at the tailend of 2005, Jake Gyllenhaal's career took another shift of direction, rewarding audiences with more sides to Jake the actor. The Day After Tomorrow had been a surprise to some, and now, the three-setter of Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead and Proof, would surprise and astound many. The success of the first two in particular must have given Jake a wealth of those pinch-me moments that he's spoken about.


Here is a Q&A that Jake conducted with the Orange County Register a few days before Jake's 25th birthday. In it, Jake talks about the demise of Buff Jake, why Brokeback never fails to make people cry and how risktaking shapes a career and leads to these changes in direction.

'OCR: Where's buff Jake?
JAKE GYLLENHAAL: Buff Jake's gone. Fincher told me I had to lose 10 pounds on each arm because I'm playing a cartoonist.
OCR: How sad.
GYLLENHAAL: Yeah, it was emasculating. I really enjoyed being buff.
OCR: How do you get un-buff?
GYLLENHAAL: Have two movies come out in less than a month, and you'll lose the weight out of sheer excitement and sitting in hotel rooms talking endlessly about them.
OCR: And I imagine you stopped lifting?
GYLLENHAAL: I stopped lifting weights and started running a lot.'


'OCR: Congratulations on the strong opening weekend of "Jarhead." How do you think "Brokeback Mountain" is going to play to mainstream audiences?
GYLLENHAAL: I don't know. But journalists seem to be moved by it. I even had one journalist apologize for referring to it as "the gay cowboy movie" before he saw it.
OCR: Is that "gay cowboy movie" moniker a problem?
GYLLENHAAL: I think everybody has made a judgment on it, whether they're people who support it and are excited about it coming out, or they're people who think it's something other than what it is. It elicits a real mixed bag of emotion, but most of it is positive. A lot of people tell me they cried when they saw it.
OCR: Why did they cry?
GYLLENHAAL: I think they feel that the movie gives a real sense of what love is, what intimacy is and how complicated it all is. It's about loss and regret and compassion. I think people are moved by that.'


'OCR: Are you hoping it doesn't scare some other people?
GYLLENHAAL: No, I hope it scares people.
OCR: What if it scares them so much that they won't go to see it?
GYLLENHAAL: I know that some people are going to have a big problem with it, and that's OK. That's the nature of the way things are.
OCR: And that doesn't bother you?
GYLLENHAAL: Not at all. I understand. I had friends who said they couldn't see "Jarhead" because war movies upset them. I'm not going to force them to see anything by telling them it's a different kind of a war movie. It's a person's choice to see a movie. People have issues, and can't get past them. I'm not going to pass judgment on those people.
OCR: Do you consider "Brokeback Mountain" a risky career move?
GYLLENHAAL: My whole thing is that if a role isn't risky, why do it?'


'OCR: Speaking of risks, what was a nice indie actor like you doing in a big studio disaster movie?
GYLLENHAAL: I love those kind of movies. It was fun. But I also think it was political. I see something political in every movie I do.
OCR: Did you catch any flak from your actor friends?
GYLLENHAAL: Oh yeah. Some of them said, "How could you do such a thing?"
OCR: What did you say to them?
GYLLENHAAL: I told them that I think Robert De Niro is a genius in "Raging Bull," but I also think Will Smith is a genius in "Independence Day." Good acting is good acting; it doesn't matter what kind of a movie it is. A movie that makes a lot of money can be as rewarding as a movie that doesn't make any money.'


Includes pictures from IHJ.

A wet summer interlude - 'I got poked by a lot of umbrellas' says Jake

Well, we can't say that Jake didn't warn us... As the rain cascaded today, with the ferocity of a Niagran water feature, I was given a timely reminder of the lesson of The Day After Tomorrow. Not the lesson that when stuck in an instant Ice Age you'd be better off burning furniture than tax laws, but that on certain days there's nothing you can do about it - the rain will pour, the floods will deluge and hail the size of cricket balls will smash your hybrid. And all I had was a brolly.


With the realisation that the Day After Tomorrow is, in fact, Today, and before the twisters devastate the coffee houses of the northern hemisphere and we are driven south to idyllic beaches, I thought I'd be wise to take a quick look at the significance of this film for our times. The potential imminence of its subject was brought home by NASA's denial that the film existed: '"No one from NASA is to do interviews or otherwise comment on anything having to do with" the film, the message read, according to the Times. "Any news media wanting to discuss science fiction vs. science fact about climate change will need to seek comment from individuals or organizations not associated with NASA."' Al Gore did not have such doubts.


Time to find out what Jake Gyllenhaal thinks: '"Dennis Quaid plays [my] father and ... he has to find me in Manhattan and all this crazy sh-- happens... But more than that, he's trying to warn the government about the environment and what's happening, but they're not listening. And tornadoes hit California, and tidal waves sweep over Manhattan, and that's what happens when the government doesn't listen." To research the role, Gyllenhaal met with scientists to discuss the potential effects of global warming. "I learned that these things could actually happen... I learned that cars and power plants are the biggest things that are destroying the environment. If we could all just drive hybrid cars — I just drove one the other day and it ... looks kind of pimpin' — we could make progress and change a lot in a short amount of time."'


'Having learned so much about the environment in preparing for "The Day After Tomorrow," Gyllenhaal was frustrated to learn that recent polls indicate kids are not concerned with global warming. "I think that we take it for granted," he said. "When I grew up we had Earth Day at my school. I feel that I was pretty aware of what was going on. And we had recycling bins. I know that Manhattan has stopped recycling for a while and I know that they plan on bringing it back, but I think that they're just not aware of it because there are so many things that are being invented right now. Cars having [automatic] air-conditioning when it gets too hot or central heating when it gets too cold. It's continually destroying things that we don't recognize. We're kind of blind to it, but it's not our fault."'


Several lessons here - hybrid cars are 'pimpin' and some cars have air conditioning that doesn't just involve winding down a window, or, as I witnessed last week, driving while holding the driver's door slightly ajar.


At the NYC premiere, fake snow fell on the crowds, which then melted leading to its own set of problems: 'How about this snow, Mr. Quaid? ''This is, uh, something,'' he replies. He looks down at his soaked feet and lifts one foot. ''You can't get a cab in weather like this, either. It's just too bad.'' You said it. Our new sandals are ruined. ''Incoming!'' hollers JAKE GYLLENHAAL, who plays the scientist's son, as he lobs a snowball down the aisle. ''What do you think about being a hunk?'' a reporter from US Weekly asks him. ''The real question is, a hunk of what?'' Mr. Gyllenhaal says, as he reaches forward and gently touches her face. ''You have a little soap on your chin,'' he says.'


Of course there's rain and then there's British rain, as all will remember from the sodden Baftas of 2006: 'And Jake Gyllenhaal said: "The rain adds a personal British flair. I got poked by a lot of umbrellas - an experience I've not had on a carpet before."' People, resist the urge to poke Jake with your brolly!


Includes pictures from IHJ.