Anyone who’s seenOkjahas certainly heard Jake Gyllenhaal’s laugh.
You might have wanted earplugs during some of his higher-decibel line deliveries.
Boring, definitely not.
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(It began streaming on Netflix in late June.)
AndEW’s Chris Nashawatyopined, “Gyllenhaal [lets] loose maybetooloose with a helium-pitched Minnie Mouse voice.”
On Twitter, thousands of users weighed in with their opinion.
“I love that,” Gyllenhaal tells EW of the reactions, in between gulps of laughter.
And that was the point of the character.
That was the goal and, well, I’d say we reached it.
And so some people really love that and some people just think it’s genuinely bad.
That’s fine."
He added, “That’s the reason why I do my job, for reactions like that.
A lot of people have complimented me during my career by saying that my performances are subtle.
I’m grateful for that.
So I can’t seem to satisfy anyone but that’s where I like to be anyways.”
(Watch the trailerhere.)
That performance was only seen by the lucky audiences members who scored tickets during the show’s eight-week engagement.
But one thing we can all say about his work inOkja: That will last forever.
