Jake Gyllenhaal filmography character, a "sullen" and "schizophrenic" teenager, made him a cult hero. Although the film was critically acclaimed, it failed commercially. Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow", which, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, was a commercial success at the box office. In 2005, he co-starred as Jack Twist opposite Heath Ledger in the romance drama "Brokeback Mountain". The actors portrayed two men that fall in love during a sheepherding expedition. The roles earned both Gyllenhaal and Ledger critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. That same year, he starred in the drama films "Jarhead" and "Proof".
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