VIDEO: Jake Gyllenhaal Talks Making Musical Debut in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

By: Jul. 24, 2015
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Jake Gyllenhaal stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT to chat with Seth Meyers about making his musical debut as hapless florist shop worker Seymour Krelborn in the Encores! Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's Little Shop of Horrors. Later, the actor disccuses how he trained to play a boxer in his new film, Southpaw.

Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour) made his Broadway debut this season in Constellations. He was seen Off-Broadway in Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet (Lucille Lortel and Drama League nomination) and in London in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth (Evening Standard Theatre Award).

His film credits include Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award nomination, BAFTA award, National Board of Review Award), Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (Golden Globe nomination, SAG nomination, BAFTA nomination, Independent Spirit Award nomination), Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (National Board of Review Ensemble Award), David Fincher's Zodiac, Sam Mendes' Jarhead, Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (Independent Spirit Award nomination), Denis Villeneuve's Enemy, David Ayer's End of Watch, Duncan Jones' Source Code, Edward Zwick's Love & Other Drugs (Golden Globe nomination), Jim Sheridan's Brothers, Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl and Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow. His upcoming films include Antoine Fuqua's Southpaw, Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, and Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition.

Photo: Lloyd Bishop/NBC



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