Jake Gyllenhaal’s action-packed remake of the 1989 hit Road House sees Conor McGregor going head-to-head with some of Hollywood’s best in his acting debut. But for one co-star, preparing to fight the UFC legend, even just in acting terms, nearly proved to be too much. When asked what the atmosphere was like on set that … Read more
Jake Gyllenhaal is opening up about the challenges he faced while filming the remake of “Road House,” due out this Thursday. Appearing on this week’s episode of the “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard” podcast, Gyllenhaal recalled cutting his hand while working on a fight scene in the movie, which co-stars Daniela Melchior and Conor McGregor. … Read more
Jake Gyllenhaal is celebrating the release of the “Road House” remake with an emotional salute to the late actor who played his character in the 1989 original. On Sunday, Gyllenhaal shared a throwback photo of himself posing with Patrick Swayze, with whom he appeared in the 2001 thriller “Donnie Darko,” on Instagram. In the accompanying … Read more
At least one filmmaker just couldn’t deal with Jake Gyllenhaal. French director Thomas Bidegain told the website Technikart that in 2021, he pulled the plug on the English-language version of his film “Suddenly” after just four days of production, due to Gyllenhaal’s on-set antics in Iceland. According to a HuffPost translation of the report, Bidegain … Read more
