‘Torture’: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal on filming love scenes with Jennifer Aniston

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal’s time appearing alongside Jennifer Aniston on the 2002 movie ‘The Good Girl’ wasn’t all straightforward.

The ‘Nightcrawler’ actor recalled working with the ‘Friends’ star on the romantic drama throughout an interview on The Howard Stern Show not too long ago, reported Fox News.

When Stern requested him if it was “torture” to movie love scenes with Aniston, Gyllenhaal stated sure as a result of he favored her a lot.

“Oh yeah, it was torture, yes it was,” he stated, laughing. “But it was also not torture. I mean, come on, it was like a mix of both.”

“Weirdly, love scenes are awkward, because there are maybe 30, 50 people watching it? That doesn’t turn me on,” he continued.

“It’s oddly mechanical. And also it’s a dance, you’re choreographing for a camera. You can get in it, but it’s like a fight scene, you have to choreograph those scenes,” he added.

The ‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor additionally defined {that a} sure technique was used that concerned a pillow. “The pillow technique was used,” he stated. “That was just preemptive and used generally always when actually in a horizontal place in that movie.”

He stated, “I think that was actually a Jennifer suggestion. She was very kind to suggest it before we began. She was like, ‘I’m putting a pillow here.’ ”

In 2016, Gyllenhaal first revealed his crush on the ‘Friends’ star.

“She’s a rough one, you know, not likable. So hard to compliment,” he instructed People.

“I will say, I had a crush on her for years. And working with her was not easy… I was – um, yeah. That’s all I’m going to say. It was lovely. It wasn’t hard, that’s what I would say,” he added.

Gyllenhaal admitted on the time that he wasn’t a fan of the hit NBC sitcom ‘Friends’ however was surprised by her “personality from afar, and movies she was in.”

“Not so much Friends, but kind of her personality from afar, and movies she was in. And some of Friends – I’m not a huge Friends fan – but who she is,” the actor stated.

While Gyllenhaal simply made his first red-carpet look with mannequin girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, Aniston not too long ago stated she’s able to date once more.

“No one of importance has hit my radar yet, but I think it’s time. I think I’m ready to share myself with another,” the ‘Morning Show’ star instructed Bruce Bozzi on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy.

Aniston expressed that she has been in relationships for practically 30 years however actually loved her time on her personal for the previous a number of years.

“I didn’t want to [date] for a long time, and I loved really being my own woman without being a part of a couple,” she stated.

“I’ve been part of a couple since I was 20, so there was something really nice about taking the time,” she added.

Aniston was beforehand married to actor Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005 after which actor Justin Theroux from 2011 to 2017. She’s additionally been in relationships with musician John Mayer and actor Vince Vaughn.