Jake Gyllenhaal collapsed in film after rehearsal imitating cartoon character’s voice, says director

Thomas Bidegain released his second film as director, Soudain Seouls, in French. The intention, however, was to make a film in English and include Jake Gyllenhaal, Vanessa Kirby and even Margot Robbie in the cast of the feature film.

The US$30 million budget to bring Suddenly was not enough to cover the demands of Gyllenhaal. In an interview with Technikart, Bidegain stated that the actor wanted to rewrite the entire film eight weeks before production began and while the film sets were assembled in Iceland.

Gyllenhaal he also demanded to drive a car that was “neither red nor white”, asked the builders to sleep in their cars due to his fear of covid-19, decided to swim in the freezing sea, did his first rehearsal imitating Pepé’s voice Le Pew, a Looney Tunes character, even wanted a scene in which he would slap a fish.

Four days later, the filmmaker decided to make a French version of the film and refused to sell the script to Gyllenhaal It is Kirbywho intended to continue the project.

O Studiocanal, stated that the film did not work out because there were “creative differences”. “Creative differences are very normal, albeit unfortunate, in film development. In this case, there were concerns that simply could not be overcome, despite great efforts on both sides,” the studio said in a statement (via NME).