Jake Gyllenhaal discusses Patrick Swayze’s ‘Street Home’ remake: ‘Huge sneakers to fill’

Jake Gyllenhaal is getting ready to honor his late good friend, Patrick Swayze, within the upcoming, reimagined “Street Home.”

On Monday morning, Gyllenhaal was a visitor on “Good Morning America,” alongside Gabrielle Union, to debate their upcoming animation movie “Unusual World.”

Throughout his look, the actor opened up about one other upcoming position the place he recreates the basic Swayze movie. 

“We simply completed filming and there are huge sneakers to fill,” he mentioned of the late Swayze. 

Within the authentic film, Dalton (performed by Swayze,) was employed as a bouncer in a Missouri bar, however runs into bother with a corrupt businessman named Brad Wesley. Now, Gyllenhaal will step into the lead position.

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“Patrick was a good friend when he was right here,” he shared. “He was all the time so loving and beautiful to me, and I take that each one to coronary heart in enjoying the position and there are some issues I take from him, however typically we made a complete new film, and I’m actually enthusiastic about it.”

The “South Paw” star joked that though the movie will not be a reboot, there nonetheless can be a street home and “kicking” seen within the film. 

The upcoming movie has a 2023 launch date with a star-studded solid together with Conor McGregor, Daniela Melchoir, Billy Magnussen and Lukas Gage. McGregor’s precise position within the movie has not but been revealed, however it will mark the UFC famous person’s performing debut.

Joel Silver, who produced the unique film, will come again to provide the Gyllenhaal-led movie. 

“The unique ‘Street Home’ has a particular place in my coronary heart and I’m so excited to carry this newly imagined model to audiences all over the world,” Silver mentioned in an announcement in August. “Doug and I’ve every made some huge, boisterous motion films and are able to carry the whole lot we now have to this one.” 

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Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke expressed her pleasure for the brand new film in an announcement in August saying, “Street Home is a homerun for us. Not solely is it a nod to followers of the unique, however additionally it is a giant, enjoyable, broad viewers film.” 

“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Joel, Doug, and this nice solid led by Jake Gyllenhaal, and for them to come back collectively to reimagine the basic MGM movie as an action-packed journey for our international viewers,” she mentioned.

In the beginning of Gyllenhaal’s profession, he starred alongside Swayze within the science-fiction movie, “Donnie Darko,” in 2001. The film additionally starred Seth Rogen, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore and Jena Malone.

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