“You’re the worst actor I’ve ever seen” Peter Jackson didn’t miss Jake Gyllenhaal casting The Lord of the Rings

news culture “You’re the worst actor I’ve ever seen” Peter Jackson didn’t miss Jake Gyllenhaal casting The Lord of the Rings

Surely you know the American actor Jake Gyllenhaalwho became known in 2001 Donnie Darko. He has acted in many productions, e.g The Mystery of Brokeback Mountain

in the year 2005, zodiac in 2007 or later, in Spider-Man: Far From Home in the skin of Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio. What you may not know is that he auditioned for the role of Frodo in the legendary saga Lord of the rings from Peter Jacksonbut it didn’t go well at all!

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s failed audition

Elijah Wood is the lucky kid who managed to get the part Frodo in the cult saga Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson. Released in the early 2000s, these films were a huge commercial success and forever marked the history of cinema. A saga to which the actor Jake Gyllenhaal would have liked to have been in the lead role. Oh, The actor’s audition did not go well, and Peter Jackson himself did not hesitate to tell him

. The reason for these negative remarks? Having picked up a ring, he had to read a few lines … With an English accent. Essential information not available to the poor actor caused the director to lose patience. It was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that Jake Gyllenhaal was a guest when he mentioned this moment:

I didn’t have an accent. Everyone has a British accent and he said to me, “You’re the worst actor I’ve ever seen.” Nobody told you you should have an accent? And I said, “No.” He said, “Well, fire your agents.

Luckily for him, that failed audition didn’t stop him from pursuing a stellar acting career. It was also shortly after the release of the first part of Lord of the Rings Donnie Darko came to the cinema.