In an appearance to promote his upcoming film Demolition on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jake Gyllenhaal reminded us all that even A-list actors can flub it sometimes.
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Now Martin has recorded a cover of Bowie’s 1971 hit “Life On Mars” backstage at Fallon’s Tonight Show. “He was like, ‘Did anyone tell you you were supposed to do an accent?’ I was like, ‘No.’ He was like, ‘Fire your agents.’ But they were so excited!”
Gyllenhaal, 35, auditioned for the role of Frodo the hobbit, but left director Peter Jackson unimpressed by his performance. “They were like, ‘Guess what?” He said that during the initial part of the audition, there were no actual lines for him to read, just stage directions. (He actually says “silibant”, but that’s okay, I forgive him.) He seriously thought that was exactly what the producers wanted, bless his heart. I can’t imagine that at all, but then again I can’t imagine anyone in any of the roles in that trilogy other than the people who already are, so I won’t hold that against Jake.
Oh, and bonus fact? Apparently he had some bad auditions for Dude, Where’s My Car? and Lord of the Rings.
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Fallon managed to “dig up” some old footage from the show, which featured the antagonistic policemen, Pete and Parker, loudly yelling at one another, spitting out their food and coffee, thanks to the plethora of “P” words.
