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From taking a punch for real for his sports dramaSouthpawto concludingThe Guilty‘s filming within a whopping 11 days, Jake Gyllenhaal hasn’t shied away from pushing himself beyond the limit. But for the actor, it’s none of his physically or emotionally taxing parts that were the hardest to pull off. Gyllenhaal revealed that one of his hardest challenges came during the filming of a 2010 rom-com, starring Anne Hathaway.
ForLove & Other Drugs, Gyllenhaal, who played a Viagra salesman, starred alongside Hathaway, who played his love interest suffering from early on-set Parkinson’s. And while the duo’s chemistry was one of the saving grace of the entire rom-com, Gyllenhaal doesn’t share fond memories of his s-x scene with Hathway.
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Pretending to Be Turned On by Anne Hathaway Wasn’t Easy for Jake Gyllenhaal
Prior to joining forces for the 2010 rom-com,Jake GyllenhaalandAnne Hathawaywere already familiar with each other following their time together onBrokeback Mountain. Considering the ice was already broken in the Western as they shared a s-x scene, the two were extremely comfortable being in each other’s company inLove & Other Drugs. But being too relaxed ended up making things harder for Gyllenhaal, as he explained that pretending to be turned on by a n-ked Anne Hathaway on set for the s-x scene was his hardest challenge. Hesaid,
“I mean, look. I’ve had a pretty illustrious career at this point but the hardest thing has been pretending to be turned on by Anne Hathaway,”
Although it’s quite possible there was a sense of sarcasm in the Marvel star’s statement, it can’t be said for sure as there are no follow-up comments by the two actors on the matter.
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Anne Hathaway Recalled Getting Unnecessarily Naked inLove & Other Drugs
While Jake Gyllenhaal was seemingly struggling to prepare himself for his s-x scene with theInterstellarStar, Hathaway was having a blast even though she once mistakenly took off her clothes on set. Recounting one of her favorite memories ofLove & Other Drugs, she recalled getting unnecessarily naked in front of the crew members after a mishap on her part. She said (viaBelfast Telegraph),
“We were just back from lunch and I’d gone behind the set and was talking to someone… Then all of a sudden someone whispers ‘Annie you’re on!’ and I think because they were whispering I thought we were shooting, so I ran in and dropped [my coat] and I’m just standing there and I see Jake kind of freeze and go ‘huh?’ and I realize the camera is in a different place and we’re still rehearsing and that I got naked unnecessarily in front of everyone!”
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The Oscar winner was quick to pull her trench coat up, as she jokingly deemed it a case of life imitating art.
Love & Other Drugsis available to rent on Apple TV.
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
