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Jake Gyllenhaal, The Shoes: Actor Stars in French Band's Gory New Video

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Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal takes a surprising turn as an MDMA-eating serial killer in French synth-pop group The Shoes' new video, 'Time to Dance,' helmed by acclaimed UK director Daniel Wolfe.

In the gory clip, which clocks in at over eight minutes, Gyllenhaal returns to the dark side as a rave-attending, molly-dipping psychopath, donning a fencing mask and rapier, and brutally murdering unsuspecting hipsters and club kids.

The dark visual is half slasher sendup, half 'American Psycho,' (in fact, Bret Easton Ellis tweeted to say that he "really really likes" the video earlier today), a far cry from Gyllenhaal's recent turn in 'Prince of Persia,' or his last video role, playing tennis with Joe Jonas in Vampire Weekend's visual for 'Giving Up the Gun.'


"Jake Gyllenhaal and I had been talking about working together on something, and I got sent 'Time To Dance' by The Shoes, who are my favorite band, so I wanted to bring Jake in on that," explained 'Time to Dance' director Daniel Wolfe, in an interview with Spinner/RPM. "I pitched the idea to him, and he liked it, which was great."

"My brother and I had been chatting about doing a British take on the slasher genre for a while, but as a music video, and instead of seeing it from the victim's perspectives, we wanted to be with the killer, spend some downtime with him," the director continued. "To then be able to work with Jake Gyllenhaal on it was great. The Shoes' music is very cinematic, I had the privilege of working with them before, they're open to ideas, and they gave us the freedom to make 'Time to Dance.'"

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Harven

There is a saying like this "Only one himself knows if the shoes match his feet or not “。If u really love her /him, age ain't nothing but a number for these loved-up A-Listers. My BF and I both think so! He is almost 10 years older than I .We met via~~--Ａgeｌｅｓｓ'date . ℃○M .~~ a nice place for younger women and oldermen, or older women and younger men, to interact with each other! ,Ever feel that you would best enjoy someone who is not in your age group? If u are really interested in it, maybe u wanna check it out or tell your friends.

March 27 2012 at 3:25 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Asia Dramas

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March 13 2012 at 9:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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