Jake Gyllenhaall On "Donnie Darko" | People

The prolific actor shares the two movies that he is the most proud of.
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Jake Gyllenhaall On "Donnie Darko" | People
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[@theclevernugget]

Hands down, one of the best Jake Gyllenhaal movies ever!

[@cosmicreturn26]

agreed

[@agentorange8530]

And Bubble Boy

[@quybeo1505]

one of the best jake film and one of the best film too

[@moderncontent8960]

I absolutely love Donnie Darko. One of my favorite Jake Gyllenhaal films, along with October Sky.

[@Goldenaxeandsonicallday]

Same

[@quennyoscarolivodiaz8042]

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[@mr.bolillo2613]

He started going back into character when he talked about Frank lol

[@cosmicreturn26]

lol

[@yanabelle810]

Lmao I know. This is one of the things I love about him tbh.

[@amatuerbeats2092]

Delilah Belle Saw barely saw Donnie Darko like a year ago.. after that i noticed he was in most of my favorite films. Love this guy

[@louiscampos9606]

2:49 ?

[@skrounst]

Donnie Darko is the only movie I've ever watched twice consecutively. I remember the movie ending, I sat through the entire credit scroll, thinking about what I just saw, then rewound my VHS and rewatched it in its entirety again. I was almost in a trance. Every character is interesting, every scene has intrigue, I havent found a movie that has hit me like my first initial viewings of Donnie Darko, and I am proud to call it my favorite movie. It's 100% a masterpiece.

[@Mishy82193]

so cool to see him talk about this movie still

[@jerryk3280]

Why is he wearing that stupid man suit? :P

[@cayleyshoemaker3048]

Jerry Bakkus why can't he? He looks 👌

[@chamilaon]

Cayley Shoemaker It's a Donnie Darko reference.

[@brianheaney7218]

lol

[@MadsBoldingMusic]

Because he is a... man?

[@ternitamas]

watch the movie!! you don't get it

[@aceatkins191]

Oscar worthy performance! 😇

[@mydogiscalledoscar]

He believes in a thing called love. Just listen to the rhythm of his heart.

[@SethTheDrummer]

He doesn’t fear love like Donnie did

[@celestialgz]

THANK YOU for asking that question. Donnie darko has always had huge impact on me and still continues to be my favorite movie of all time. Listening to Jake reflect on the scene made me just :')

[@yohenson]

what an awesome movie, i cant imagine any of the other actors not all as emotionally involved as jake. or mr. gyllenhaal for me.

[@bobafeet1234]

Donnie Darko is an amazingly dark (but hopeful) movie, that went over everybody's head their first time seeing it. I've never felt compelled to draw diagrams to try to better understand a movie's plot before. Brilliantly dark movie!

[@ShadowKrueger]

“28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds.. that is when the world will end.” *why..?*

[@mobyeu2614]

God I wish I could be teenage in those days instead of now.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

I was and it was epic. This movie was amazing then. Now it's silly. Mind blowing back then. Now this kind of stuff is all over the internet lol. Parellel universes, time travel and stuff like that has become normal.

[@MusicFTW02]

Doesn't the fact the movie was ahead of it's time only further make it a great film?

[@mobyeu2614]

sinkiy exactly at least everything back then was less complicated...

[@barbie_bgmf]

Hi! Your comment makes me feel older what I am, 😁

[@mobyeu2614]

Bárbara E. Sorry...I guess xD

[@Hiprockdiva1]

I love Donnie Darko! 1 of my all-time fave movies :)

[@ternitamas]

that movie blew my mind!

[@MinecraftRick]

He seems so nice.

[@supyo7778]

Jake Gyllenhaal was a total hottie when he was a teen, he still is, but I mean I'm 18, wish I could use that time travel. So we could fall in love and have a true love's kiss rather than Jennifer Aniston.

[@cosmicreturn26]

same

[@Cantrelate1998]

I"m the same age as you and I'd take him now

[@iampedro1018]

SUP YO waitttt you are bisexual

[@Puppy_Puppington]

SUP YO hell yea im not homosexual but if i met his donnie darko persona id for sure still make out with him. gaddamnnn

[@supyo7778]

I AM PEDRO 101 hahahah no I’m a girl lol jealous of jennifer aniston because she kissed him lol

[@leenaheltom321]

His voice gives me so much fucking comfort-

[@josephhickman6699]

unfortunately Donnie Darko was released after a very bad time in American history (twin towers terrorist attacks ) the tone and timing was not right for theatre going , thanks to DVD it got a huge fan base.

[@tman6799is]

google says the release date was january of 2001..... correct me if im wrong but september is about 8 months from then lol

[@chrisgit4433]

nope The film premiered at Sundance in January. The film was released to theatres in October

[@keianbrown8621]

Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit Frank: Why do you wear that stupid MAN suit

[@allanwaters9782]

Wake up Donnie

[@XenomorphLV426]

Chut up!

[@alotoffun6867]

HE IS SO FINE

[@alabamadirtygirl]

My favorite movie!!

[@KellykellzGarrett]

October sky was filmed in my hometown

[@xaviaskywalker2003]

he was great in that movie 😊

[@UFOGHOSTHUNTER]

I just watched the movie over in 2023 and it is still a good movie and made it pass the test of time. ⏳🛩️🐰

[@sabriflor_p]

It's funny how what these movies, that he did as a child, represent to him, they mean almost the same to me today. But in his case, he was the damn actor in them! Hell, man. Sorry for my bad english

[@LS-bf8ly]

That is one of my favourite movies even it is fucked up and I really don't know why..

[@josephhickman1306]

Donnie Darkos theory about the smurfs scene

[@melissae1116]

This movie had me spell bound.

[@noahhatridge4607]

I wish he could've been spider-man, maybe noir in a spider-verse film?

[@piper_lori-williams-tudhope]

He's awesome!!!

[@kassieparish4474]

How do you spell his name wrong @peopleTV lol

[@ajaylomas8299]

Yo Jake, im diagnosed with Schizophrenia, the movie rocks... woop.

[@eviannne]

Awe

[@dortwito3353]

Jake Gyllenhaal WOULD MAKE A GRATE SPIDERMAN\PETER PARKER

[@Lovelyz_8]

DOR TWITO but Tom Holland is so good

[@kassieparish4474]

Did you travel to the future?! He's going to be in the new spider man hahahahha

[@zimzalabop8585]

Oh man sometimes I wish I was a teen when Donnie Darko released instead of now. Times then must have been different then than how they are now. Also I would feel way less guilty crushing on Jake Gyllenhaal.

[@nadinenicoleleo6703]

with chalk

[@koll]

oh.

[@jackurmstonbeaumont6134]

I believe in Harvery Dent.

[@user-uw3fr7cd9z]

Yeah he seems like a cool guy

[@marko7552]

wtf, if he was 20 then Jenna (Gretchen) was 16 :O

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Cellar door 🚪

[@grant1739]

Donnie Darko is pretty overrated, some people just think anything weird or different is good but it's a cult classic now because most people will find it boring and dumb which is mostly is... Definitely not the worst movie ever but slow and doesn't pay off in the end

[@barrygoldwater360]

Not as defining as Brokeback Mountain.

[@tylerbrah4676]

Gayyyyyyyy

[@jxomxo]

@@tylerbrah4676 I mean you're not wrong

[@BeexDubb]

donnie darko had more themes than bbm, more "deep"

[@shadowseer07]

Jake always looks really worn out to me.😟

[@nadinenicoleleo6703]

I made frank

[@koll]

whut

[@kjdempsey]

Comment 90

[@joshuagarbett]

He’s worked ever since he was a boy I on the other hand had a job as a cleaner 5 years ago and I was lucky to even get that job in the first place Cleaning toilets 🚽

[@user-zg6ln3ip7k]

Allen jake hawr you key halk labs alhmdo alah

[@jebise1126]

20? huh... not the oldest high school guy there but still...

[@miked1869]

Well, there's a Hollywood tradition of older actors playing high school kids, and in many cases they've been much older than this - sometimes hilariously so :). Gyllenhaal was a _little_ old, but I think he pulled it off ok. His sister was also playing underage, since she would have been 23 or 24 at the time but in the film she receives her acceptance letter to attend Harvard as an undergraduate.

[@taka-taktak]

@@miked1869 yeah like Tom Holland and Zendaya at 25 play a 17 yos and they look fine.

[@ns1208]

@@taka-taktak but tom holland can't pull off a 40 years old role like jake did.& jake was 23/24 at that time..

[@boondogglecreator1]

K

[@rubendelacruz7395]

God you're so annoying.

[@starchild2]

[@joshuagarbett]

I don’t want to clean toilets anymore