Jake Gyllenhaal's director Thomas Bidegain revises claim actor's erratic on-set antics - like using offensive Pepe-Le-Pew accent - ruined French film production

Jake Gyllenhaal's former director, Thomas Bidegain, clarified his comments on the circumstances surrounding Gyllenhaal's departure from the 2021 production Suddenly on Friday. Bidegain claimed he halted production on the English-language adaptation of his film after just four days due to Gyllenhaal's erratic behavior on set in Iceland during an interview with French outlet Technikart last week, per TMZ. Jake Gyllenhaal 's former director, Thomas Bidegain, clarified his comments on the circumstances surrounding Gyllenhaal's departure from the 2021 production Suddenly on Friday; pictured 2023 Bidegain claimed he halted production on the English-language adaptation of his film after just four days due to Gyllenhaal's erratic behavior on set in Iceland during an interview with French outlet Technikart last week; seen in 2019 'People don’t understand how a film is made. The talks included actress Vanessa Kirby, whose exit from the film was also reported to have contributed to the demise of Suddenly said the actor demanded wild rewrites, used an offensive Pepe-Le-Pew style accent and surprised the crew by stripping down to his underwear before plunging into the freezing ocean, declaring 'When I see the sea, I swim in the sea' Suddenly, based on Isabelle Autissier’s novel Soudain Seuls about a couple stranded on an island, was set to be Bidegain’s second directorial venture.