“I can’t put words to it”: Jake Gyllenhaal confides with an open heart on this difficult mourning

Jake Gyllenhaal created magnificent bonds of friendship with an Australian actor who died in 2008. As he had confided to Peoplehis disappearance was a real tragedy for him.

Some friendships continue even after death. This is what proves Jake Gyllenhaal to his friend, the Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died in 2008 at the age of 28. Three years before, he and Jake Gyllenhaal had met during the filming of the film The Secret of Brokeback Mountain. Like an invisible bond that united them, the two actors have become true friends. “The relationship between me and Ledger while we were making this movie was based on a deep love” said the actor The Guilty To Vanity Fair in 2022. In 2016, eight years after the death of Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal gave an interview to People. He had been questioned about how this disappearance affected him, even though several years had passed. Moved, he then replied that “it had affected him in a way impossible to describe”which he preferred not to discuss publicly.

Jake Gyllenhaal is godfather to Heath Ledger’s daughter Matilda

Although they had not known each other for many years, Heath Ledger had absolute confidence in Jake Gyllenhaal, who had entrusted “not being able to dream of a better person by his side”. When Heath Ledger’s girlfriend Michelle Williams gave birth to baby Matilda, the actor decided to give Jake Gyllenhaal a big role in his life. He decided to make him his godfather. An initiative that had touched him enormously: “Heath and I are best friends, making the movie was very intense for us. I’m actually godfather to Heath’s daughter, Matilda, which is an incredible honor.”

Jake Gyllenhaal remained very close to Michelle Williams and always supported her

Jake Gyllenhaal saw the love story between Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams be born. It is therefore quite naturally that he created bonds of friendship with the one who made his friend’s heart beat. After his death, he immediately flew to New York to help Michelle and Matilda, who was 2 at the time. Matilda was not only close to Jake, but also to the entire Gyllenhaal family. Over the years, the bond between Jake and Michelle and Matilda has never been severed. He and Michelle Williams were often seen together at events and after parties. Proof that friendship is for life.

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