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
Shame (Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow song) stealing admiring glances at each other" just like actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in the film. According to "The Sun" the video likens the love-hate relationship that Williams and Barlow experienced to the film's "tormented" gay cowboys. Williams and Barlow performed "Shame" for the first time on 12 September 2010 at the Help for Heroes concert held in London. On 2 October the duo sang the song at the series eight of the "Strictly Come Dancing". A "Metro" newspaper critic reviewed the performance and wrote, "the pair, wearing matching black suits, spent much of the early stages of their