Jake Gyllenhaal Would ‘Love’ to Star in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on Broadway
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Jake Gyllenhaal is determined to star in another Broadway musical. “There are so many musicals I love so deeply,” Gyllenhaal, who starred in a revival of “Sunday in the Park With George” with Annaleigh Ashford in 2017, told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere of his new action drama “The Covenant” on Monday evening. “At some point, I’ve always loved ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ I’d love to do that.” Gyllenhaal’s godmother, Jamie Lee Curtis, was at “The Covenant” premiere and recalled how the actor was supposed to star as Tevye in a school production of “Fiddler” when he was a high school senior.
He left the show when he was offered the lead in the 1999 drama “October Sky.” “I knew then how committed he was to being an actor because most people wouldn’t give up that high school slot for a little indie movie.
Most people would be like, ‘No, I’m going to star in the high school musical,’” Curtis said. “I knew then that that was a dedication to the art form that was different than just being super talented and getting a lot of attention.” In “The Covenant,” directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie, Gyllenhaal plays an Army sergeant during the war in Afghanistan.
After he’s injured, he returns to the region to help his unit’s translator (Dar Salim) escape the Taliban to come to the U.S.
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