Author: Beijing News reporter Li Tong New Media Editor: Wu Dongni
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Following "Snow Country Train", Bong Joon-ho's new film "Jade" screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival has once again gathered many Hollywood stars, including Jack Gyllenhaal. The Mesozoic Hollywood star from the actor's family has reversed the serious, complex and even dark screen image in recent years and has become the funny person in the film.
Stills from "Jade"
In recent years, Jack has played many dark roles. "When you walk into the darkness, it acts as a lighting in a way. And I love the characters, they're fun to play. ”
In fact, Jack Gyllenhaal has been exploring the boundaries of acting since he entered the industry, from child stars to romantic comedy male protagonists, from gay people who are not recognized by the world to journalists who challenge moral bottom lines, from astronauts who are hunted down by alien creatures to greedy scientists, without roles that he dare not try, and without a body shape that he does not dare to challenge.
Jack Gyllenhaal. Image from the web
In Gyllenhaal's view, changing his weight to be a "rubber man" is not a skill of acting, but a requirement for himself as an actor. He also hopes that this will make some actors who can't suffer retreat: "Because now it seems that everyone thinks they can be an actor." ”
Jack Gyllenhaal's father was film director Steven Gyllenhaal, and the blood of the 17th-century Swedish aristocrat Anders Leonardo Gyllenhaal flowed through his body. Her mother was filmmaker and playwright Neomi Fanna, from an American-Jewish family of mixed Russian and Jewish descent. Jack grew up in a very privileged environment, his godfather was Paul Newman, and his godmother was Jamie Lee Curtis, both of whom were Hollywood celebrities. His first driving lesson was under the direction of Paul Newman.
The Gyllenhaal family. Image from the web
In order to make him grateful for his existing life, Jack's parents insisted that he earn money by working part-time to support himself in the summer, and he had tried part-time jobs including restaurant waiters and lifeguards. Recalling his experience as a lifeguard on Marsa's Vineyard, Jack said, "It was boring, and sometimes I would even pick up a lifeguard buoy and trot along the beach, just like in The Beach Ambulance, pretending to have an emergency." ”
When he was 13 years old, his parents chose to hold his Jewish rite of passage at the Homeless Shelter: "My family and I agreed that we should do something good for the community, so we abandoned the traditional process and went to a Homeless Shelter, did some volunteer work, and then had a party there." They wanted me to go through this ritual and become a real man from now on. ”
Jack Gyllenhaal was first inspired to become an actor because he watched Ed Wood, a classic of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
In fact, jack entered the industry as early as a few years before the film was released, and in the 1991 Western comedy "City Countryman", he made his first appearance in the western comedy "City Countryman", playing a father and son with Billy Christo.
"City Countryman" is Jack Gyllenhaal's first appearance. Image from the web
Although the parents are all insiders, there are more professional protection measures for the child star. At that time, the much-talked about "Wild Duck to Phoenix" also intended to find Jack to star, but his parents forbade him to enter the crew, because the filming of the film required Gyllenhaal to live in Minnesota for two months, too far away from home for too long for parents to accept.
However, young fame also encounters some barriers, and he often competes with some older actors. When he auditioned for Moulin Rouge, he was in his mid-20s, but he had to compete with Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger and Ivan McGregor — all three of whom already had their own masterpieces at the time, Romeo and Juliet, Ten Things I Hate You, and Guess the Train, with Gyllenhaal being the youngest and least recognizable actor: "I didn't want to lose because I wasn't talented enough." Maybe that's why. ”
Jack Gyllenhaal's first breakthrough role was danny, the male protagonist in the movie "The Illusion of Death", interestingly, danny has a sister who has been unable to live with him all day, and she plays Jack's real-life sister Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Stills from "The Illusion of Death"
Speaking about how it felt to work on the same film with his sister, he said: "It's too hard for me and my sister. I was 19 years old, she was 23 years old, I always complained about what you were doing, she said back to me that you are inferior, I will not be willing to show weakness and reply that you have no real information - we have a very typical competitive sister-brother mode of getting along. But I took on the show in large part because she was the person I admired the most in the world, but sometimes it could drive me crazy. ”
Brother JaylenHaal. Image from the web
Jack Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal were also the first pair of the 21st century to be nominated for both Oscars for Acting, with Maggie nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Crazy Hearts" and Jack nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for her performance in Brokeback Mountain.
Jack was no less praised by his sister: "She went to see 'The Alert Ends' and then called me crying and said she was proud of my performance. No matter how others talk about the film, my sister was touched and proud of me. It's more important to me than anything else. ”
Stills from Brokeback Mountain
Jack Gyllenhaal is a famous actor who was enigmatically enigmatically charged during the filming of Brokeback Mountain because he was too into the drama. He responded, "You know what? In fact, I think being rumored to be bisexual is a compliment to me. That means I can perform more types of characters. I'm open to what people want to call me. Unfortunately, he did not win the Oscar for this role, and since then he has embarked on a road of no return of "the role is not amazing and does not stop".
The wounded man who has only the upper body left in the Source Code,
《Source Code》
The patrolling police under the pressure of "The End of Vigilance",
"The End of Vigilance"
The divided self in "Old Enemy",
"Old Enemy"
The agent who ran amok in Prisoner,
The Prisoner
The spooky reporter in Nightcrawler,
《Nod by Night》
The self-defeating boxer in "Iron Fist",
"Iron Fist"
The banker who chiseled the wall in "Broken Life",
Broken Life
The writer in "Nocturnal Animals" who commits adultery and murder of his ex-girlfriend...
Nocturnal Animals
None of the characters he picked were normal people.
Jack is also a well-known method actor. Nightcrawler required him to lose weight, and he lost 30 pounds (about 13.6 kilograms) a day from home to the set; "Iron Fist" required him to gain muscle, he ran in the morning, jumped rope, practiced footwork, boxing and sandbags, and did a lot of strength training, gaining 28 pounds (about 12.7 kilograms).
But his sister doesn't approve of this crazy change of appearance for the character: "My sister and I often argue about this. I lost weight or learned a new skill, and she would say you don't need to change your body to create a character. Sometimes I agree with her, but sometimes I stick to myself. ”
Jack Gyllenhaal had a highly focused emotional experience that was constantly mentioned even after the breakup. Only because the woman is Taylor Swift. In 2010, Taylor Swift and Jack Gyllenhaal met through Gwyneth Paltrow. Zeng revealed: "She felt that she was going to marry Gyllenhaal, and she loved each other deeply. The two also went together to Maggie Gyllenhaal's home in Brooklyn to share Thanksgiving dinner. It wasn't long before Taylor Swift's 21st birthday party, but Jack Gyllenhaal, who was boyfriend, broke the contract...
Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift. Image from the web
The relationship ended with a phone call from Gyllenhaal around Christmas, and he was rumored to have made the reason for the breakup because of the age difference between the two and the fact that it attracted too much media attention that Jack didn't want that kind of love. Taylor apparently couldn't accept such an ending, and she first wrote a song "All Too Well" to commemorate this unforgettable love. According to the meaning of Taylor's lyrics, Jack has called several times after this to get back together, so she wrote another song "We are never ever getting back together", advising Jack to give up, we can't go back.
Years later, under the pressure of Howard Stern, Jack responded with a rare opening: "She is indeed a beautiful girl. When Howard asked him how many unforgettable relationships he had experienced in his life, he said, "Three times, no, twice." Fans and the media are more willing to believe that the two loves he mentioned were with Kerstin Dunst and Reese Witherspoon, respectively. Jack once said, "There are a lot of beautiful women in the world, and there are many opportunities." But I believe that as long as you meet the right person, you'll stay there. ”
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When he was young, he liked martha Plinton, the actress in "Home with Joy". He met her on set during the filming of Unrestricted, because the writer of the show was Jack Gyllenhaal's mother, Omey Fanna.
Martha Plimpton (first from left) in Unrestricted Wanted
During the filming of "Anti-Terrorist Doubts", Jack Shengsheng drove the actor Peter Sasgaard crazy because he kept replaying u2 and 50 cent songs, all the time, non-stop, replaying. Peter was also his brother-in-law.
His favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird, and he has two dogs named after the main characters in the novel.
In the 2001 film The Illusion of Death, starring Jack Gyllenhaal, Phantom Planet's lead singer Alex Greenwald was involved, and in the 2002 phantom planet album The Guest, Alex listed Jack's name on the credits list.
He attended classes at Columbia University for two years, when Robert Thurman was one of his professors, and Robert Thurman's daughter was Hollywood actress Uma Thurman.