Jake Gyllenhaal’s Intense ‘Nightcrawler’ Performance Affected His Future Roles: ‘It Was Hard to Shake That Experience’
thewrap.comVanity Fair in a recent video interview breaking down his career. “I’d been searching for techniques. I spent a lot of time in the process of making films looking for how to act and how to do it and if there was one way.”While the “Ambulance” star did not explicitly mention method acting — a technique that has recently garnered hubbub thanks to the likes of Lady Gaga and Jared Leto — he described “totally immers[ing]” himself in the role.“It was a sort of successful experiment in that, but I think I came away from it realizing, ‘I don’t know if that’s the way in which I want to do it always,’” he said. “I don’t know if that’s — to me — what acting is always about.
I think it was hard to shake that experience.”Gyllenhaal added that he wanted to commit to the character and the story as a result of Gilroy’s script, which received a Best Original Screenplay nomination. “When you have someone who has written something that’s so good, you’ll give everything to it ‘cause it’s so rare to find.
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