In 2010, Jake Gyllenhaal starred in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a big screen adaptation of the iconic video game. A big Disney production that should have allowed the actor to achieve great success. Unfortunately, the film, which has been accused of being “whitewashed” (casting a white American in the lead role instead of someone of Iranian descent), was a fairly substantial failure that was recently panned by critics and may have sunk Gyllenhaal’s career.
in 2019, at the Yahoo Entertainment microphoneThe actor returned to this difficult experience and did not deny that it was a mistake in his career. “I think this movie taught me a lot about one thing: you have to spend a lot of time thinking about the roles you choose and why you choose them.”, she said. Therefore, the failure of Prince of Persia was a blessing in the eyes of the actor.
“Sometimes you mess around and think, ‘That wasn’t good for me,’ or ‘That just wasn’t right for me.'”Gyllenhaal continued. “There are a number of those roles. And a number of roles where it works.”
According to Disney, the start of a great adventure franchise and following in the footsteps of Pirates of the Caribbean, Prince of Persia grossed only $336 million worldwide. It would take almost a decade for the actor to return to the mainstream with Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which he plays the villainous Mysterio. One of these roles “Where it works.”
Compilation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time:
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