Are Jake Gyllenhaal's Persia Abs of Steel Real?
Ah, Hollywood: a place where winsome, dreamy-eyed slacker boys can go to become unbelievably shredded bodybuilders. The latest in our hit parade is the formerly dewy Jake Gyllenhaal, whose abs were glimpsed looking insane in brand-new Prince of Persia footage released over the weekend. Sure, Gyllenhaal has bulked up before for Jarhead, but the quality of his Persia sixpack and its lack of resemblance to concomitant, shirtless paparazzi photos have provoked the internet's most conspiracy-prone beefcake lovers to smell a rat.
Though Gyllenhaal's midsection doesn't look as egregiously painted on as, say, Gerard Butler's from 300, gay blogs are abuzz with scrutiny. The commenters at Towleroad, for example, allege that Gyllenhaal achieved the abs with practical effects:
"I still think that Jake used a prostheis around his midsection. I think he bulked up, but not that much in the midsection for his skinny frame. When relaxed, that ripple effect (ie. 6-pack) would not be that prevalent."
"There is something very unnatural looking about his midriff... It could be prosthetic, considering his bellybutton looks totally different than the one shown in the previous post."
"He has the look of those old Roman breastplates which molded a false set of muscles over the chest and abdomen, albeit in metal. If it's real, it's clearly 'better living through chemistry' as a certain Fortune 500 company once boasted in its advertising."
Other commenters were quick to leap to Gyllenhaal's defense, providing a Zapruder-like alternate reading of the footage:
"He's laughing. You flex when you're laughing."
Still, only one reader was kind enough to provide an interpretation everyone could agree on:
"Persian (Iranian) dudes can be pretty hot."
Indeed. So, did Gyllenhaal's abs get a Bruckheimer boost? You be the judge:
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Clearly he borrowed Weird Al Yankovic's body suit from the Rambo dream in UHF.
No one wants to see abs on a Muppet.
Jake G and Sylvester Stallone have the worst looking abs I have seen.
Either way, Reese ain't the one caressing them at night.
A Persian should play a Persian. Although I like his acting work, he has stolen this role from a real Persian. I hate when Hollywood whitens non-white roles.
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welll Jake's not persian, which makes it tough to decide, because most persian dudes already have abbs. But i think it was implanted cuz like, on an interveiw with ET tonight, the woman asked him if he was going to keep the muscles, and he was like, "no, no. 5 pounds of muscle inplants? i'm gonna loose them" or somehting like that, so i think that answers the question. By the way? has nayone heard of a sequel yet?! the movie was awesome!!!! i cant get the sound track out of my head...!
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helpful post.
A lot of weird comments on here. Happy I came back another time. Cudos
More good posts, I see. Good thing I checked it out again. Much appreciated