Jake Gyllenhaal Is Our New Prince Of Persia?

By Katey Rich: 2008-04-10 15:59:22

We got ourselves all in a tizzy when we thought Orlando Bloom had been cast as the prince in the Prince of Persia movie. And even before that we had ourselves convinced that an actual prince would be cast in the role. Neither rumor so far has turned out to be true.

But hey, let’s try another rumor on for size! Latino Review has it from unnamed sources at Disney that the role has been offered to Jake Gyllenhaal, who was neither Persian nor a prince, last I checked. Granted, this is the ultimate kind of rumor, confirmed but no one except one site and going off very little hard information. So, y’know, take it with a grain of salt.

So what do you think, die-hard Prince of Persia fans? Gyllenhaal has never really seemed the action hero to me, and he’s done well for himself taking smaller, serious roles that actually use his talents rather than forcing him to fight invisible laser beams or whatever. I mean, we all saw what happened to Tobey Maguire. But hey, a paycheck’s a paycheck, and this could be the movie that at least guarantees everyone can pronounce his name. I still think it’ll be David Zandi, the bona fide prince, who gets the role, but speculation is always fun in the meantime.

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