Jake Gyllenhaal Took The Post "Brokeback Mountain" Gay Rumors As A "Huge Compliment"

As told to James Lipton.

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Jake Gyllenhaal has finally come to that American thespian rite of passage and sat down to chat with James Lipton for Inside the Actor's Studio. The full conversation will air September 19 on Bravo at 8 PM, but one clip that's making the rounds involves Gyllenhaal discussing his friendship with Heath Ledger and Brokeback Mountain. He says losing Ledger was, and still is, like losing a family member, because the two had been friends for years prior to Brokeback.

And of course, there were those rampant gay rumors surrounding him because of the role. He considers them a "compliment," but confirms, since we were all just dying to know, that he's all about the "tits and ass."

[via Bravo]

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