LOS ANGELES, California?Perhaps Jake Gyllenhaal was just in a joking mood. Or maybe, because his mom, scriptwriter Naomi Foner, was around, he wanted to keep the press con light.

Jake always gives humor-tinged interviews, but on this particular Sunday morning, he was especially funny. Even on the few answers that he managed to be somewhat serious, he couldn’t help but end them with amusing quips.

When told that sometimes people mistake his acclaimed film, “Brokeback Mountain,” for Robert Duvall’s made-for-TV movie, “Broken Trail,” he disclosed that both movies employed the same make-up artist. Then, he quipped: #8220;And that was Duvall’s mustache I wore in ‘Brokeback.’”

Jake’s impressive acting career is, of course, no joke. He’s one of the finest
young actors today. In the political thriller, “Rendition,” he costars with rumored girlfriend, Reese Witherspoon, but they don’t have scenes together. Also in the movie are Meryl Streep and Peter Sarsgaard, who’s married to the actor’s equally gifted sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Read more… »