The actor said his late co-star 'refused' to participate in an opening monologue that poked fun at the film's gay love story.
were approached to contribute to the opening monologue and poke fun at the same-sex romance at the center of Ang Lee’s 2005 film.
“I mean, I remember they wanted to do an opening for the Academy Awards that year that was sort of joking about it,” Gyllenhaal told the outlet. “And Heath refused. I was sort of at the time, ‘Oh, okay... whatever.’ I’m always like: it’s all in good fun. And Heath said, ‘It’s not a joke to me ― I don’t want to make any jokes about it.’”Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger speak onstage during 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards.. “He would never joke.
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