Josh Gad says Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t approve of the Book of Mormon

Josh Gad He claimed Jake Gyllenhaal He was never keen to pursue a role in it Book of Mormon.

according to His diary“In Gad We Trust: Tell Some,” which was released on Tuesday, January 14, Gad, 43, claimed, Love and other drugs The costar warned him against pursuing a role in a musical comedy production.

Gad wrote: “While going back and forth doing episodes of the series Daily showI was also shooting a movie titled Love and other drugs …One day, as Jake and I were driving home from a set in Pittsburgh, I asked him if I could play a demo of a new musical I had recently workshopped in New York, hoping to get his advice on whether or not to . I have to follow up on this further. He said, ‘Yes, play it,’ and I played the opening number.

Love and other drugsstarring Gyllenhaal, 44, and Anne Hathaway In the lead roles, principal photography began in Pittsburgh in September 2009. Gad played a supporting role in the story, which followed drug salesman Jimmy who begins a relationship with Maggie, a woman suffering from early-onset Parkinson’s disease.

Gad said in his book that Gyllenhaal “laughed so hard” while listening to “Hello!”, the opening number of the critically acclaimed stage production, before Gyllenhaal’s ideas developed.

“I moved on to another song on the album and his face slowly went from jubilant excitement to intense fear and terror,” Gad wrote. “He stopped the car and said, ‘Dude, you can’t do whatever this is. This is going to be too controversial. Who the hell wrote this anyway?'” I stopped the music and looked at him. ‘The South Park youths.'”

Despite Gyllenhaal’s alleged misgivings, Gad spent 15 months filming Elder Cunningham Book of Mormon On Broadway, created by South Park‘s Trey Parker and Stone died. Gad’s performance earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2011.

Gad said Us Weekly Upon the release of his memoir that overcoming the obstacles of his career path “ultimately became the subject of the book.”

“In the face of adversity, how do you overcome obstacles in order to achieve dreams that are bigger than you set out to be? This has been the story of my life,” Gad said. we.

The actor also wrote about having an absent father most of his life, detailing how it affected his own fatherhood experience. (Jade has two daughters, Ava, 13, and Isabella, 10, with his wife Ida Darwish.)

“I enjoyed the hell out of writing [the book]I hope everyone who reads it takes away something useful and inspiring. “At the very least, I hope they have a good laugh.”