Jake Gyllenhaal discusses being legally blind in Hollywood: “It’s advantageous”
nme.comJake Gyllenhaal has opened up about being legally blind as an actor in Hollywood, saying he thinks it has been “advantageous”.The Donnie Darko and Nightcrawler star was born with a lazy eye that naturally resolved and he has been wearing intensive corrective lenses since the age of six.
He remains legally blind.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Gyllenhaal said: “I like to think it’s advantageous. I’ve never known anything else.
When I can’t see in the morning, before I put on my glasses, it’s a place where I can be with myself.”The actor has spoken before about how his vision has affected his career.
While he was filming a scene in 2015 boxing film Southpaw in which his character is told his wife had died, he said he removed his contacts, believing it would force him to listen more acutely and access the necessary emotions.Gyllenhaal recently starred in the remake of 1980s cult classic Road House, which became Amazon Prime Video’s biggest-ever movie debut, with over 50 million people watching it in its first two weeks of streaming.He plays bouncer and ex-UFC fighter Elwood Dalton, in a part first made famous by Patrick Swayze, and stars alongside Conor McGregor and Billy Magnussen.Gyllenhaal undertook a very strict dietary regimen while preparing for the film, which meant that even while filming an eating scene, he couldn’t eat a potato crisp.“If you really look.
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