Gyllenhaal signs for Mendes movie

Hollywood heart-throb Jake Gyllenhaal has signed to star in the leading role of Sam Mendes' third big screen movie Jarhead.

Sat, 10 Jul, 2004 - 15:25

Hollywood heart-throb Jake Gyllenhaal has signed to star in the leading role of Sam Mendes' third big screen movie Jarhead.

The Day After tomorrow star, 23, is set to star in Mendes' adaptation of former US marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 best-selling autobiographical book about his pre-Desert Storm mobilisation in Saudi Arabia and fighting in Kuwait.

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