Jake Gyllenhaal looked handsome as he headed to a GMA interview.
The hunky 43-year-old – who recently talked about potentially playing Batman – arrived at the New York City studio on Tuesday morning to promote his upcoming reboot of classic 1989 Patrick Swayze action flick Road House.
Since he stars in the retelling of the ’80s classic no doubt he took some fashion notes from the era as he sported a grey BOSS pinstriped double-breasted blazer featuring a massive lapel.
He added even more throwback flare as he teamed the outerwear with a pair of light blue jeans, a light blue dress shirt, and black leather dress shoes.
His short brown locks were combed to the side and elegantly disheveled as he sported a full beard.
Jake Gyllenhaal looked handsome as he headed to a GMA interview
The hunky 43-year-old – who recently talked about potentially playing Batman – arrived at the New York City studio on Tuesday morning to promote his upcoming reboot of classic 1989 Patrick Swayze action flick Road House
On the program he was asked by host Michael Strahan if he felt pressure to fill the shoes of the late great Swayze.
Jake answered: ‘I mean I knew Patrick, I worked with him on the film Donnie Darko. He was always so kind and loving to me. From the very beginning, he and his wife Lisa always so supportive and so I didn’t feel pressure, but I felt a responsibility to him.
‘It’s an honor, it is a cult classic, so many fans of the movie but also we’ve done it in a whole different way.’
Swayze died at the age of just 57 in 2009, less than two years after being diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
The remake debuted as the opening night film at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, on March 8.
This comes as Hollywood writer Lance Hill recently sued Amazon.com to halt its upcoming remake of the 1989 film Road House, arguing the film violates his rights in the original’s screenplay.
Lance, 81, said in the California federal court lawsuit Amazon never received a license to remake his screenplay after he reclaimed his copyright in it.
He requested an unspecified amount of monetary damages and a court order to block Amazon from distributing the movie without a new license.
Since he stars in the retelling of the ’80s classic no doubt he took some fashion notes from the era as he sported a grey BOSS pinstriped double-breasted blazer featuring a massive lapel.
He added even more throwback flare as he teamed the outerwear with a pair of light blue jeans, a light blue dress shirt, and black leather dress shoes.
His short brown locks were combed to the side and elegantly disheveled as he sported a full beard
He happily waved to fans as he made his way into the studio
An Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson said the lawsuit was ‘completely without merit.’
Hill’s attorney, Marc Toberoff, said that major studios should ‘respect the fundamental rights and artistry of creators on whose sweat and toil their empires are based.’
The lawsuit said Hill wrote the Road House screenplay in 1986 and transferred his rights to the film’s producer United Artists later that year.
U.S. copyright law allows artists to terminate transfers and reclaim their rights after decades in some circumstances. Hill told the court that he notified Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which owns United Artists, in 2021 that he was reclaiming his rights to the screenplay.
MGM allegedly responded that Hill could not reclaim the copyright.
Amazon acquired MGM in March 2022. Hill said he regained his copyright last November, and that Amazon set a deadline to finish the film the day before the termination became effective.
Hill said Amazon took ‘extreme measures’ to meet the deadline, including using artificial intelligence to recreate actors’ voices during a Screen Actors Guild strike, but did not finish the movie until January.
Jake Gyllenhaal talks about paying homage to the late Patrick Swayze in “Road House,” which is a reimagining of the ‘80s cult classic film: “I didn't feel pressure, but I felt a responsibility to him.” pic.twitter.com/NPtJ1nEpcV
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On the program he was asked by host Michael Strahan if he felt pressure to fill the shoes of the late great Swayze
Jake answered: ‘I mean I knew Patrick, I worked with him on the film Donnie Darko. He was always so kind and loving to me. From the very beginning, he and his wife Lisa always so supportive and so I didn’t feel pressure, but I felt a responsibility to him’
Jake concluded: ‘It’s an honor, it is a cult classic, so many fans of the movie but also we’ve done it in a whole different way’
Swayze (seen in Road House back in 1989) died at the age of just 57 in 2009, less than two years after being diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer
Road House will be featured on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming platform on March 21
Amazon’s spokesperson denied that the remake uses any AI in place of actors’ voices.
Hill frequently used the pseudonym David Lee Henry in Hollywood and he is best known for the cult film Road House.
Henry is credited with creating the story for the original Road House and shares screenplay co-writing credit with Hilary Henkin, 71.
Reset to the Florida Keys, the remake is directed by Doug Liman, whose filmography includes Swingers, The Bourne Identity and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.