Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he has an uncommon superstition round his performances.
The 44-year-old star has been performing on display and stage for the reason that early Nineteen Nineties and has revealed he has developed a compulsive custom.
In dialog with fellow Broadway star Audra McDonald for a Selection interview, the Donnie Darko star shared his behind-the-stage quirk.
He defined, “I’ve bizarre superstitions. I’ve a factor about tying my shoelaces actually tight.”
He continued, “I’ve a fast change in the midst of the present, and other people assist me. Once we had been within the first run-through, one particular person needed to tie my left shoe, and I needed to tie the opposite one. I used to be actually like, ‘Are you positive you possibly can tie it tight sufficient?'”
Gyllenhaal is presently starring reverse Denzel Washington in a Broadway manufacturing of Shakespeare’s Othello – the place he performs the villain Iago.
Admitting he has not shied away from watching different actors in the identical function, he stated, “I want I might inform the actors how a lot I realized and, admittedly, stole concepts from them.
“Within the first weeks of rehearsal, I went, ‘Wait, what am I doing?’ My producer had finished performs with Ian McKellen, and I stated, ‘May I discuss to him? I simply need to ask one other Iago …'”
He revealed, “We FaceTimed and he gave me renewed inspiration. He was sharp as a tack with each second of Iago.”
