, Gyllenhaal also discusses his return to Broadway on July 26 as Abe in The Dark KnightI was exhausted by just watching yourThere wasn’t much recovery needed. It’s a tremendously invigorating process. Even though you’re flipping time zones like a psychopath, you’re being greeted in every city with this incredible energy.
In theory, Quentin Beck shouldn’t be as good of an actor as Jake Gyllenhaal. Thus, did you purposefully show some cracks in Quentin’s facade? Yeah, I think there’s something in the originality. They’re equal degrees of difficulty in trying to come in and fill the shoes of a character that’s been played by a number of people and a character that’s already been imagined by a number of people. He has been created, just not personified, but I loved that about him because it gave me room to play. Some of those other roles that have been played by many people have a lot less wiggle room. People have made a lot of choices around them.
You’re talking about two incredible actors in a space with an incredible filmmaker, who allowed them to be great actors inside that, and make courageous choices. I don’t think that actors often have that opportunity in huge movies because you have to communicate language to the whole world. Because you’re telling a myth sometimes, the acting can lose a certain complexity. In that movie, they didn’t. Complexity was never lost; in fact, it was embraced and then loved by audiences.
I don’t know if it’s that conscious. There are pieces that move me whether they are scripts to become movies or scripts that are for the theater. There are things that move me, and then I just have to do them. I think that’s where I gravitate towards, and I think with the theater, there is the thrill of the live audience. It’s truly invigorating. I also really like the schedule if I can be totally honest.
I like the Mysterioso villain. An evil genius with a chip on his shoulder who enjoys his work.
Congratulation for this movie man !! B-) 👍