Heath Ledger "Brokeback Mountain", Ledger costarred with fellow Australian Abbie Cornish in the 2006 Australian film "Candy," an adaptation of the 1998 novel "," as young heroin addicts in love attempting to break free of their addiction, whose mentor is played by Geoffrey Rush; for his performance as sometime poet Dan, Ledger was nominated for three "Best Actor" awards, including one of the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, which both Cornish and Rush won in their categories. Shortly after the release of "Candy", Ledger was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As one of six actors
Jake Gyllenhaal Carolina with Jessica Biel, as well as Doug Liman's as yet untitled film about the race for lunar colonization. The following year, Gyllenhaal played the lead role in the of the video game "", produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney on May 28, 2010, and in the romantic comedy " Love & Other Drugs", released on November 24, 2010, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2012, Gyllenhaal starred alongside Michael Peña in David Ayer's film "End of Watch" about two Los Angeles street cops. The film was released on September 21, 2012 and received