From http://www.etonline.com/n.../11/67668/

JAKE GYLLENHAAL AS 'THE PRINCE OF PERSIA': 'I'VE GOTTEN BUFF'

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a 6th century prince who holds the fate of the world in his hands in the sweeping fantasy-adventure 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,' and ET's Thea Andrews got up close and personal with the newly minted action hero on the London set! So, how did Jake get that buff bod?

"I over-prepared myself because I never knew how much they were going to ask me to do, so I just made sure I'd be hopefully able to do anything," a playful Jake tells Thea.

The former 'Brokeback Mountain' star trained for months before the arduous Moroccan desert shoot, and has been training daily to maintain his action-hero physique, gaining five pounds of muscle.

"I guess I've gotten buff," he shrugs. "There's a lot acrobatics in the movie -- a lot of running up walls, and jumping on things and Parkour, so it requires muscularity, but it requires a lot of aerobic ability too."

When filming finally wraps, Jake promises with a smile, "It's going to turn into fat and I'm going to be happy."

'Pirates of the Caribbean' blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer is bringing 'Prince of Persia' to life, based on the hugely popular video game and scheduled to open in theaters on May 28, 2010. The story finds Jake as Dastan, a young Persian prince who must join forces with the beautiful and feisty princess Tamina (played by 'Quantum of Solace' Bond girl Gemma Arterton) to prevent a villainous nobleman (Ben Kingsley) from possessing the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

"I'm running away from family and I'm running away from bad guys and I'm trying to prove my innocence," says Jake, trying to keep the play-by-play plot details a secret. "There's so many extraordinary elements throughout the movie."

Posted November 13, 2008 4:01:00 PM




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WOW...speechless.

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[Edited 12/27/08 21:55pm]

hasn't he been kind of buff for awhile now?


anyway, as always

errant said:

He probably has been. Those photos are at least a month old.

This is the first I'm seeing him all buffed out, though, and I'm pretty impressed!
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I prefer him soft.

And I hate that hair, though I realize it's for the role.

Lammastide said:

i kind of remember some photos from a few years ago where he was looking buff, though not THIS buff. not sure i like the new version as much as the furry round buffness he had before

I wonder how this movie's gonna turn out. Video game movies usually bomb.

CarrieMpls said:

Co-sigh.

Ermm SIGN!

I've never gotten the Jake thing.

But I like his new body.

Imago said:

You seem to have a hard time grasping simple stuff sometimes...

HamsterHuey said:

If not for the fact that he has no chest I would have thought it was an old photo of KD Lang

Imago said:

JerseyKRS said:

At least he does not have blonde highlights in his hair, which, as we all know, look awfully faggottish on darker complexion persons.

Also, I think KD Lang is an amazing sexy man. So fuck off.

HamsterHuey said:

HamsterHuey said:

*puts cap on*

mynameisnotsusan said:

Ermm, yer a man? Not Susan? Bill?

HamsterHuey said:

Holy Mother!


He's been a bit buff-ly for a while, but I tend to prefer his usual somewhat skinnier look. But this is some impressive.

Ya'll can have him anyways; his eyes reach my nipples, he'd have to stand on his toes to bite on them.

OKAY! Who put Jake's head on someone's body!?

HamsterHuey said:

I don't like it...too much muscle-y vein-y stuff happenin...and the hair job (although clearly for a work assignment) doesn't wet my whistle either.

his face does nothing for me, but he's not bad looking

omg

Nooooo!

I liked skinny-Jake.