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Star interview: Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal talks about "Prince of Persia", the search for a new one - because since the separation of Reese Witherspoon is the smart women's romance single - and his desire for children.

For the first time as an action hero on the screen

JOY: You play an action hero in the current fantasy movie "Prince of Persia - The Sand of Time", while you've been shooting more demanding films so far.

When Jake visits an MTV show in New York in 2004, he clearly enjoys playing the clown on stage.

What attracted you to this video game adaptation?

I did not always want to train my brain, but also my body for work (laughs). It was time to try something new. Running and fighting was so much fun. As a young boy, when I knew that I wanted to be an actor, I always dreamed of it.

Sweet, sometimes smart, sometimes shy: Jake Gyllenhaal in the gallery (20 pictures).

Close friendship with Anne Hathaway

In the film you show a well-toned six pack and also a lot of skin. Did you have to fight hard for this role?

In order to really fight as a warrior in all these scenes and jump from high walls, I trained for six months with weights in the gym. That was really hard and cost a lot of overcoming, but I did it!

For your next movie "Love and Other Drugs" you were in front of the camera for the second time with Anne Hathaway. Are you both a well-rehearsed team now?

Absolutely! Annie and I got through quite a bit together shooting "Brokeback Mountain". At that time I still struggled with the separation from Kirsten Dunst and Annie listened to my lamentation for hours and comforted me. We already know each other so well that the love scenes for "Love and Other Drugs" were in the box after one day. I play a pharmaceutical spokesman who falls in love with a woman, represented by Annie, who suffers from Parkinson's.

Is it true that you will soon embody professional cyclist Lance Armstrong in a biopic?

Yes, Lance and I are good friends. Like him, I love to ride a bicycle. With Lance, I've even combated 46 kilometers of the Tour de France in the Alps privately.

Mature for family and children

Her sister Maggie Gyllenhaal is also an actress. Give each other tips?

Our job does not matter at home - even though the whole family is involved in show business. Our dad is a director, our mother is a screenwriter. Maggie's daughter Ramona was born three years ago. Since then I am uncle and love the girl above all else.

You yourself were also like a father to the two children of your ex Reese Witherspoon. Do you also wish to have offspring?

It's a huge responsibility, because you have to be very selfless. But I'm really looking forward to becoming a father someday.

Why did you and Reese split up five months ago?

I do not want to talk about it.

Is it difficult for you to understand women?

Sometimes yes, but luckily I spent a lot of time with my sister and her friends and I know about how women tick (laughs). They just have extraordinary power and energy.

it 21 told you in an interview that you did not have enough sex. Does your love life look a bit better now?

I am an ascetic now and live in a cave. I do not have any sex anymore and have become much more interesting (laughs).

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