{"id":345868,"date":"2021-09-29T02:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jake-gyllenhaal-was-almost-cast-in-ben-stillers-zoolander\/"},"modified":"2021-09-29T02:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:58:35","slug":"jake-gyllenhaal-was-almost-cast-in-ben-stillers-zoolander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jake-gyllenhaal-was-almost-cast-in-ben-stillers-zoolander\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jake Gyllenhaal was almost cast in Ben Stiller&#8217;s &#8216;Zoolander&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Jake Gyllenhaal was almost cast in Ben Stiller&#8217;s &#8216;Zoolander&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s been 20 years, and Hansel is still \u201cso hot right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it was almost Jake Gyllenhaal, not Owen Wilson, as the hippy-dippy male model in \u201cZoolander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gyllenhaal, 40, was in the running to play \u201cMale Model of the Year\u201d Hansel in the 2001 movie alongside director and star Ben Stiller, who revealed the bombshell in an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a37762711\/zoolander-20th-anniversary-ben-stiller-interview\/\">interview with Esquire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the film\u2019s 20th anniversary, stars Stiller, Christine Taylor and Milla Jovovich looked back on making the hilarious satirical flick about the fashion industry and revealed that Gyllenhaal was in the running for Hansel at one point when the \u201cWedding Crashers\u201d star almost missed out due to other commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Stiller said that Wilson was always his first choice for Hansel, but when the \u201cLoki\u201d star seemed to have some scheduling conflicts, the filmmakers were forced to hold auditions and look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/stiller-gyllenhaal-082.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"ben stiller\" class=\"wp-image-19625416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/stiller-gyllenhaal-082.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/stiller-gyllenhaal-082.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/stiller-gyllenhaal-082.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ben Stiller starred as dumb fashion model Derek Zoolander in the 2001 comedy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe only one that I remember clearly was a young Jake Gyllenhaal doing this wide-eyed version of Hansel that was really funny,\u201d Stiller said.<\/p>\n<p>And that wasn\u2019t the only big reveal from Stiller, who said Will Ferrell wasn\u2019t the first choice to play evil fashion mogul Mugatu, either.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Owen Wilson in the sequel to &quot;Zoolander.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19625926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Owen Wilson in the sequel to \u201cZoolander.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAndy Dick was supposed to play [the villain] Mugatu,\u201d added the \u201cAlong Came Polly\u201d actor, noting that Dick had a conflict with shooting a sitcom.\u00a0\u201cNow it\u2019s impossible for me to picture anybody but Will [Ferrell] doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The flick opened just two weeks after 9\/11 and originally received less-than-positive reviews. But alas, it has stayed a cult classic two decades on and a sequel was released in 2016.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Milla Jovovich, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the original film.\" class=\"wp-image-19625932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Milla Jovovich, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the original film.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was such a hard time with comedy,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cLaughing might be a remedy in the moment, but the truth of the matter is, people weren\u2019t ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a weird time,\u201d Stiller added.<\/p>\n<p>The cast also revealed how they avoided receiving an R rating and settled for a PG-13 grade instead. \u201cBen went to the ratings board to say, \u2018Listen, Would I ever put my wife in anything that would be questionable?\u2019\u201d Taylor explained. \u201cThe Wedding Singer\u201d star has been married to Stiller since 2000.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor in the 2001 film.\" class=\"wp-image-19625936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/zoolander-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor in the 2001 film.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She continued, \u201cBecause he got to use that as part of his argument, coupled with keeping it shorter and lessening the amount of characters that made it into that scene, [that] had to do with how it ended up getting rated [PG-13].\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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