Jake Gyllenhaal was almost cast in Ben Stiller’s ‘Zoolander’
interview with Esquire.In honor of the film’s 20th anniversary, stars Stiller, Christine Taylor and Milla Jovovich looked back on making the hilarious satirical flick about the fashion industry and revealed that Gyllenhaal was in the running at one point when the “Wedding Crashers” star almost missed out due to other commitments.Stiller said that Wilson was always his first choice for Hansel, but when the “Loki” star seemed to have some scheduling conflicts, the filmmakers were forced to hold auditions and look elsewhere.“The only one that I remember clearly was a young Jake Gyllenhaal doing this wide-eyed version of Hansel that was really funny,” Stiller said.And that wasn’t the only big reveal from Stiller, who said Will Ferrell wasn’t