Brokeback Mountain of Focus Features, James Schamus to ask if the film was ever made. Ang Lee was considering retirement after "Hulk". In an interview with "Out" magazine, he described himself "wrecked" after filming both "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hulk". "Brokeback Mountain" "nurtured" him back into filmmaking. The casting of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal was announced in 2003. Anne Hathaway stated that during her audition, she lied to Ang Lee about her knowledge of horse riding so that he would cast her. Subsequently, she took horse-riding lessons for two months. While the film is set in Wyoming (like the original
Jake Gyllenhaal Bauman. He starred in Paul Dano's drama "Wildlife" and the western "The Sisters Brothers". Gyllenhaal's next role will be comic book supervillain Mysterio/Quentin Beck in the sequel to "", "", set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe set for release in 2019. Gyllenhaal's New York Off-Broadway debut occurred in 2012 in Nick Payne's "If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet" at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre. Gyllenhaal debuted on Broadway in 2014 in Payne's "Constellations" at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre opposite Ruth Wilson, also in her Broadway debut. Gyllenhaal joined John Mauceri and David Denby in Adam