The legend of Jake GyllenBaller.

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1752729350019883159

An indie movie ‘SUDDENLY’ fell apart after Jake Gyllenhaal showed erratic behavior, including:

• Stripping to his underwear & diving into the freezing ocean, saying “when I see the sea, I swim in the sea”
• Constant script rewrite demands
• Doing his rehearsal in a Pepe Le… pic.twitter.com/8DiOwC55kQ
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 31, 2024

It was when Gyllenhaal – who'd also signed on as producer for the $26m film – arrived in Iceland that things began to go awry. Technikart's report – which includes extensive quotes from Bidegain – describes some distinctly erratic behaviour from Gyllenhaal, including demands that the script be rewritten to a curious moment in which he stripped down to his underwear and jumped in the freezing cold sea in front of the whole crew.

The magazine even has a candid photograph, appearing to show Gyllenhaal wading into the icy waters. “When I see the sea, I swim in the sea,” the star reportedly said.

Other curious moments described in the feature include Gyllenhaal specifying what colour his hire car should be (“neither red nor white”), Gyllenhaal and Kirby reading the script aloud in mock French accents like Pepe Le Pew, and Gyllenhaal arguing that the script should be rewritten to make his character an ex-soldier.

“For a scene on a boat, [Gyllenhaal] sells us the idea that he slaps a fish,” one passage reads.

Eventually, matters came to a head on day four of the project, with Gyllenhaal still demanding changes to the script and even – allegedly – saying that the production's set builders had to sleep in their cars in order to prevent the spread of Covid. When producer Alain Attal dug his heels in and refused to change the script, the entire project fell apart.

https://filmstories.co.uk/news/suddenly-the-jake-gyllenhaal-movie-that-fell-apart-in-four-days

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PrussianBlue prus/sian a deeply rich and beautifully painted shade of prussian blue 10mo ago #5856526

I saw Jake Gyllenhaal at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.

He said, “Oh, like you're doing now?”

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.