8 Times Jake Gyllenhaal Fought His Own Hotness (And Won)
6. Highway (2002)
In 2002, Jake was 22 years old. Most 22 year olds spend a sizable chunk of their time working on their looks. Fixing their hair in mirrors, shaving their legs, idly wondering what crunches are as their no-effort-required flat abs start to morph into regular adult stomachs. 22 year olds are often finishing university and realising that attracting sexual partners requires more effort than hanging out at the student union until youre too drunk to be concerned about the fact that youre sleeping with a friend. 22 year olds care.
When Jake was 22, he voluntarily appeared in Highway. I mean, I assume it was voluntary, though some sort of Hollywood hostage situation isnt out of the question. Highway had the extremely 2002 cast of Jake, Selma Blair and Jared Leto. Its essentially a road trip movie but theres a subplot involving some gangsters who are called Mirandas Pandas and also John C McGinley shows up because, as mentioned, it was made in 2002.
Jakes character is called Pilot - ugh - and in order to aggressively fight the hot, he spends most of the movie in either a visor or goggles. Actual goggles covering his big puppy dog eyes. Actual. Goggles. So he decisively won that battle but the war between he and his own beauty raged on.