Love and other drugs - "This is nice" videoclip with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway Watch "This is nice" videoclip also in www.npr.org
Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal on Today show on November 18, 2010, New York
"[She's] annoying", Gyllenhaal joked about having to sit side-by-side for interviews all day. Then, turning serious, he added, "She's so dope at press. Can we talk about this for a second? She's got a rare talent at 'pressing' it."
"How dare you set me up at the beginning of an interview like that?" Hathaway interjected in mock protest. "How dare you!" "Your mind is going to be blown by this chick," Gyllenhaal continued.
"Wait, he's about to say the smartest thing you've ever heard!" Hathaway countered.
"No, just wait, she's going to say something amazing and you're going to be moved, you're going to cry," Gyllenhaal enthused. "There's going to be something you've never felt before."
Jake Gyllenhaal and director Edward Zwick shooting a scene from "Love and other drugs" (2010)
-Love & Other Drugs is almost like two movies in one - a very distinct dichotomy between the silly and the serious. Do you agree? -Jake Gyllenhaal: I think filmmakers in particular feel like they have to carve some perfect sculpture with their movie and everything has to stay within one tone - as if life is like one tone all the time. People have to classify a movie, like, "It's a drama, it's a comedy, it's a romantic comedy." The truth is (I'll speak for myself here), the day is filled with a million emotions probably very similar to the things that happen in this movie. You believe Oliver Platt [who plays my boss] when he's funny and you're moved by him, too. The nature of the actors in this movie, you know, we all love to walk that line. I think that's really where great movies exist. -So what kind of movie is Love & Other Drugs?
-We don't like to call this film a romantic comedy, we're calling it an emotional comedy, which I think is more appropriate. You have to be invested. How many bullshit love stories are there out there? There are real stakes in this one. In order for the humor to land, in order for people to care about the love story, the stakes have to be raised. I think people are tired of romantic comedies. Because we love the genre, we wanted to give it more respect than people have in the last little while. -You play Jamie Randall, who sells Viagra for Pfizer. Could you buy into the mythology of being the typical pharmaceutical sales rep?
-I definitely could buy into that. Part of my job is a little bit of that. I've gotta be a salesman. There's a nature to the act -- there's a real performance -- and there's a real performance to sales, so I think as an actor, it's natural. I think the only other role I could play really well would be a politician (laughs); there's an element of sales to that, too. What I loved about [playing Jamie] is I don't think this guy knows what's at stake. I don't think he knows what he's selling completely. I think that's part of the pharmaceutical world. I would say about half the people I talked to [while doing research for the character] were aware of the effect of what they were doing. It isn't just about driving sales, it's about people's health, too. What I love about Jamie is his sense of performance, and I don't mean performance in the Viagra sense (laughs). A real sense of being able to walk into a room and have so much confidence that people would trust whatever he said. That was really wonderful to play, because I haven't played anything like that before. -What was it like working with Anne Hathaway again? You two did Brokeback Mountain together, too. -I don't mean to sound like an old veteran because I'm without a doubt not one. But I've been doing this for 15 years now. Working with Anne, we did Brokeback and we did this -- it was magical. I hate to sound like an actor when I say that, but Ed and Anne and I had an incredible experience on this movie. In an odd way, it's the first movie I've made where I'm desperate for an audience to see it, because all we did was think about how much we care about our audience and how much we respect them. But I also know what an experience it was for me as an actor and I don't really mind what they think, which is a first for me. And I feel totally comfortable with Anne. She's ballsy, she's just a ballsy actor. For a woman her age to be that way with the scrutiny that she's under as an actress, is badass. You don't find that. She's pretty amazing. -Anne portrays Maggie, a young woman with early onset Parksinson's disease. There's one sex scene in the film in particular where Anne's hand is trembling... That seemed to have "Oscar" written all over it. -I don't know about that, but I don't think Anne or Ed or I can make a movie without going there. Anne met all these people with Parkinson's, and there was no shot in the movie that we could even get near what that's like [to have Parkinson's]. But Ed can kind of push that emotional thing sometimes. It's definitely an emotional moment.Do you wanna give any other shoutouts to the cast? -Josh Gad [who plays Jamie's brother] is the engine in this film. Josh Gad will be and is becoming a force to be reckoned with. He brought all the humor and energy to the movie, and was a huge influence on me, and an inspiration in terms of comedy. He's a great actor. Working with Oliver Platt and Hank Azaria, they're comedic geniuses but also really great actors. Love and Other Drugs opens in theaters November 24. Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
"Jake’s character Jamie Randall is a womanizing pharmaceutical sales rep who falls for Anne’s feisty, free-spirit Maggie. In addition to being the most attractive people to ever occupy a converted Pittsburgh loft at one time, the couple goes on a journey of discovery together culminating in the realization that, perhaps, love is the ultimate drug. I’m sure there are some creative writing majors at Berkley who would disagree. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway attending Love & Other Drugs NY Premiere on 16th November 2010
The movie is a pretty interesting look into the state of the health care industry in the late ’90s and centers around the introduction of Viagra, a drug you may have heard of, as well as the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical companies at the time. Who knew pharmaceutical sales was so competitive?? Gyllenhall’s character is basically the Nomi Malone of the Ohio River Valley.
I sat down with the pair last week and grilled them on nude scenes, real estate porn, and their thoughts on the recent judge removals in Iowa". -Posted on November 18th, 2010 by Will Pulos in Source: www.newsnownext.com
Jake Gyllenhaal in USA Weekend magazine - November 2010
'Children are really where it's at,' Gyllenhaal told USA Weekend magazine. 'That's what I feel turning 30, more than I ever did.' He admits seeing sister Maggie with her 4-year-old daughter, Ramona, has increased those feelings. 'It's incredible to see the traits she has,' he says of his niece. 'She mimics things that my sister or my brother-in-law do, and it makes me laugh. I just adore her.'As for how he plans to celebrate his upcoming milestone birthday, Gyllenhaal has an unusual twist on that, too. 'I'd love to go swimming with the walruses and the whales in the freezing cold water', he says. 'Seems like it could be a rite of passage.' Source: www.monstersandcritics.com
Jake Gyllenhaal - USA Weekend Magazine: Session #2
-Most people think about settling down, having kids, that sort of thing when they turn 30. How do you feel?
-When you’re in your 20s, you’re feeling your way. But you know what, I meet some 20 year olds and I think they’re highly intelligent and wise, and I’ve met 70-year-olds who are not as wise as them. So I don’t really know. [Laughs] I feel really excited about it. I don’t feel pressure. I think I felt more pressure when I was younger. I feel approaching 30 has given me the permission to feel freer than I ever have. So that need to do whatever the convention tells you to, I feel I’ve cast it off more. I know people say, “OK, now’s the time to do this, now’s the time for that, to get married and have kids. I certainly want a family of my own, but just because I’m turning 30 doesn’t mean I’m going to do it. Particularly when I talk to my 95-year-old aunt. She’s aware and awake and alive. I do feel that time, but it just makes me love my family and want to be with my family more and spend time with the children I know.
You mentioned Spencer Tracy before, and you have joined the likes of him in the annals of Hollywood’s leading men. Yeah. Me and Spencer Tracy. “Listen, sweetheart…” If only I had a hat, it would be perfect. [Laughs] Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in "Woman of the Year" (1942)
-Do you enjoy being a part of that history? -There have been a lot of people besides Spencer Tracy that have been a part of that history, good and bad. Yeah, I do feel honored to be a part of that. You look at those movies between Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, you look at certain scenes, and they could be today. You could be watching it and just flip it to black and white. There’s something about them that’s absolutely extraordinary. To be a part of making movies, if I’m going to steal my way into that somehow and say I’m a part of that, it’s great. It might be the Dark Ages for that history, but I’m still a part of the history! [Laughs] Source: whosnews.usaweekend.com
Love and Other Drugs, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway
Source Code Official Trailer 2 HD, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan
"And just as quietly as he made ‘Moon’ Duncan took up the directorial role for ‘Source Code’, a science fiction thriller written by Billy Ray and Ben Ripley, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Vira Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan and Jeffrey Wright (great actor). Ray wrote the disaster film ‘Volcano,’ which starred Tommy Lee Jones, but also wrote the very good ‘Shattered Glass,’ which looked at the fabricated journalism of “The New Republic” staff writer Stephen Glass. ’Source Code’ was based on a screenplay by Ben Ripley, who gave us ‘Species 3′ and ‘Species: The Awakening.’ Not the greatest credentials, but it seems that this is Ripley’s baby instead of a hired gun job.
Should be interesting to see how this film turns out based on the hit-or-miss record of the writers. Duncan’s definitely a very talented filmmaker, and it’s hard to imagine Gyllenhaal and Wright throwing themselves into a bad story–so the script must be pretty good.
Michelle Monaghan attending AFI FEST 2010 OPENING NIGHT GALA SCREENING OF "LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS" (11-04-2010)
‘Source Code’ follows the story of an ex-soldier who volunteers for an experimental military program that drops him into the last eight minutes of a man’s life in order to investigate a terrorist attack on a Chicago commuter train. Gyllenhaal’s character does this again and again, trying to see the event from every angle, while falling for a girl (played by Monaghan), who seems to be hiding something. The script definitely has some echoes of Gilliam’s ’12 Monkeys,’ but with Jones directing, this should be seen as a good thing. Methinks someone else on the train is in possession of similar experimental technology, and is, in turn, spying on Gyllenhaal’s character–but maybe I’m widely off base". Source: www.deathandtaxesmag.com
Michelle Monaghan: Due Date Interview
Michelle Monaghan Covers 'Women's Health' December 2010
"On turning exercise into social activity: "Going on a hike with a friend or my husband works for me because it doesn't feel like exercise. You're catching up or having a gossip session and time goes by quickly." Malin Akerman and Michelle Monaghan attending "Heartbreak Kid" Los Angeles Premiere (09/27/2007)
On eating sensibly: "I've never been on a diet. I don't think they make sense. Ultimately, it's eating sensibly . . . but if I'm at a restaurant, all bets are off!"
On eating healthier because of her daughter: "For the first time, I thought about my well-being. Now I’m trying to instill healthy eating habits in my daughter, so by default my husband and I are eating healthier." On getting into shape fast: "Typically when I'm working I don't work out at all. That's why it is important for me to get in shape in-between jobs. When I'm getting ready to start a movie and I have to get into shape fast, I concentrate on doing weights as opposed to cardiovascular fitness . . . I don't really tweak my diet as much, I just try to eat sensibly." Source: www.fitsugar.com
Michelle Monaghan: Life Is Beautiful video The actress has got a hot movie career, a great family life, and an amazing body that's healthier and fitter than ever. Here, how she made it all happen -By Kate Meyers Source: www.womenshealthmag.com
"Malin Akerman (Couples Retreat, Watchmen, 27 Dresses) is now confirmed to replace Lindsay Lohan in Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story. from director/writer Matthew Wilder's script which made the 2008 Black List. "My understanding is that Lindsay was dropped as she's impossible to insure and the producers loved Malin," an insider emails. Malin's upcoming credits include Wanderlust (Paul Rudd, Jen Aniston), Happythankyoumoreplease (Josh Radnor) and The Bang Bang Club (Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Philippe). She is also attached to star opposite Ethan Hawke in The Numbers Station. The Lovelace project (we really need another after Brian Grazer did one?) is based on the novel Ordeal: An Autobiography by Linda Lovelace with Mike McGrady. The producers include Chris Hanley of Muse Productions and Jordan Gertner". Source: www.deadline.com
"With Akerman ("Watchmen", "27 Dresses") in the part, Wilder believes the stalled project will get back on track with plans to shoot in the first quarter of 2011. Lindsay Lohan leaves her house in Palm Desert looking refreshed as she takes off her sunglasses (November 19, 2010)
Lohan has been in and out of jail and rehab over the past year and is currently living at a sober living facility in southern California.
"We have stuck by Lindsay very patiently for a long time with a lot of love and support", Wilder said". Source: abcnews.go.com
A video dedicated to the beautiful and talented actress Malin Akerman, featuring two scenes from "Watchmen" and "The Heartbreak kid" (with Ben Stiller).
"Anne Hathaway says she picked out fluorescent bras for her character to wear in her new movie with Jake Gyllenhaal, the R-rated 'Love and Other Drugs'.
Anne Hathaway as Maggie Murdock in "Love and other drugs" (2010)
"We were having trouble finding a piece of my costume in Pittsburgh, and so I knew I was going to New York and I knew of a place that sold fluorescent bras and I decided my character would wear fluorescent bras, but I don't think that's unusual," Hathaway told OnTheRedCarpet.com recently. Gyllenhaal has said his character and Hathaway's have sex "like 18 times" in the film". Source: www.ontheredcarpet.com
Anne Hathaway at 'Love and Other Drugs' Press Conference on 6th November 2010
Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal featuring on Entertainment Weekly magazine November 26, 2010 issue! some Highlights interview: Entertainment Weekly: When you first read this script, were you at all scared to take it on?
Jake Gyllenhaal: I immediately fell in love from the first 10 pages, and by the end I was weeping. It felt like this weird sense of fate. I went to Ed and basically begged him. I was like, “This part was written for me.”
Edward Zwick: When we met, I saw things in Jake that I had not seen on screen. And that’s what you want. Then somebody said, “Did you ever see Jake host Saturday Night Live? You should look at it.” And I did. [To Gyllenhaal] I’m not saying you got this part necessarily because you were in drag.
Anne Hathaway: But it didn’t hurt!
Zwick: He was self-mocking and aware of his comic persona. And then, getting to know him—that was the real thing.
Hathaway: My reaction wasn’t as clearcut as Jake’s. I remember thinking, “What potential.”
Zwick: She sensed something wanting in the script. She sensed a deficiency in her character.
EW: Which was what?
Hathaway: All the different facets of Maggie, they all had a central root, which was denial and fear of the future. We had to find a way to thread that through the entire character. And the script that I got, that wasn’t there. But I believed Jamie and Maggie were in love.
EW: Ed, were you at all hesitant to cast these two together since they had already played a couple in Brokeback Mountain?
Zwick: I’m so clueless that I had forgotten.
Gyllenhaal: He’s really on it.
EW: Was there anything you two learned about each other on that movie that was helpful for this one?
Gyllenhaal: Our first interaction as actors in a scene in Brokeback, the rhythm was just on. It was like dancing. We only got a little taste of what it was. But I remember that feeling. You know the actors that you’re just going to go somewhere with. We’re also both inherently musical. That musicality is what I think makes us really compatible and makes it easy to love her on screen and in life.
EW: Did you maintain a friendship in the years since Brokeback?
Hathaway: It was more of a bump-into-each- other casual thing. [To Gyllenhaal] I was always happy to see you, but we didn’t really reach out to each other. I kind of felt more bonded to you than I felt that we were friends. I feel like we’re friends now. But I always thought of you and was sending you, like, positive vibes and things.
EW: So who signed on to Love & Other Drugs first?
Zwick: Jake was first. I thought of them at the same time, but the truth is, it took a little bit of a process for Annie to be comfortable, to know that she’d be really understood and listened to. For this kind of a part, asking what I was going to be asking of her, that made sense.
Gyllenhaal: When Ed and I were doing a dual wooing of Annie…
Hathaway: Not a bad experience, by the way.
Gyllenhaal: …we said, “We’ve got your back, and there’s going to be love around, and you’re not going to turn around and have people whispering.” Once we convinced her, that was what happened.
Hathaway: We had two weeks of rehearsal. It was literally the three of us in a room, playing. And talking about books that moved us.
Gyllenhaal: And watching some pretty racy, sexy scenes from movies.
Hathaway: And saying, “All right, this is turning me on right now!” Scans of Anne Hathaway in Elle UK magazine - December 2010
Hathaway: Talking about the sheet not being placed just so, Jake and I were in this amazing take, and he turned and caught the sheet and pulled it off me. And I wasn’t going to yell “Cut.” I just thought, “Go with it, Hathaway. If it was theater, you would go with it.” And I did. And of course that is the take that is in the movie.
EW: You have a lot of chemistry in that scene. Is that something that’s just there, or can you manufacture it?
Hathaway: Yeah, you can, but it’s not as much fun.
Gyllenhaal: There’s, like, this little door that you open up and you’re like, “You down?” “Yeah, I’m down—let’s do it.” And the door closes when the scene ends. Yeah, it’s sexy when we’re doing it. And then it stops. But she could probably talk to a wall and have chemistry.
EW: Your first sex scene, in Maggie’s kitchen, is particularly carnal. Was it choreographed, or did you just go at it?
Gyllenhaal: I’ve always felt, particularly with women, it’s good to have a dance, like choreography. “I’m going to turn you here, then that’s going to happen.”
Zwick: We put a pot there [on a kitchen stool] that we knew was going to get knocked off.
Gyllenhaal: We were, like, fake having sex and being like, “Knock the pot off, knock the pot off.” I was not focusing on her at all and instead focusing on knocking the f—ing pot off for Ed.
Hathaway: On one take you swung me into the pot! The lack of clothing meant that there wasn’t a lot of padding, so I was constantly bruised. That scene that you were just describing? I had a welt on my knee.
EW: So there were days where you guys were just lying in bed with nothing but a little patch on for 9 or 10 hours?
Gyllenhaal: Yeah.
Hathaway: Yeah. It’s very strong tape.
Gyllenhaal: It supposedly was the same tape that they used on Pirates of the Caribbean to keep everybody’s wigs on.
EW: Do you just get desensitized to it after a while?
Gyllenhaal: With the crew I was like, “Who cares?” If you care, it’s going to suck in the movie.
Hathaway: I didn’t want to make a big deal about nerves. Of course, there is that revoltingly embarrassing moment when you have to take your clothes off in front of strangers. I mean, I don’t go to the beach in a bikini for a reason.
Gyllenhaal: An unfortunate thing for the rest of the world.
Hathaway: Aw, thanks. So for me, this role was pretty out-there in terms of the way I usually am in public concerning my body. So I thought, “Okay, I’m going to be in control. I’m going to do everything properly, disrobe at the last minute, and in between shots get the clothes back on.” But then I found that every time I put my robe back on, it rubbed all the body makeup off, and that added 20 minutes to filming. As with all things in life, the second you stop making it about you and you make it about everyone else, it just got, dare I say, fun. There wasn’t anything to be nervous about. It was another scene.
EW: So if you two are closer friends now, where does your relationship go from here? Do you hang out more now than you did before?
Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal on Today show on November 18, 2010, New York
"[She's] annoying", Gyllenhaal joked about having to sit side-by-side for interviews all day. Then, turning serious, he added, "She's so dope at press. Can we talk about this for a second? She's got a rare talent at 'pressing' it."
"Your mind is going to be blown by this chick," Gyllenhaal continued.
