Jake Gyllenhaal suffered staph infection after slicing his hand open while shooting Road House

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jake Gyllenhaal has said he developed a staph infection after incurring an on-set injury while filming a fight scene for his forthcoming movie, Road House. “We’re fighting on the floor, fighting around tables, we’re fighting around glass,” the Donnie Darko actor said, remembering that he then “put my hand on the bar” and placed it onto “f***ing straight glass”. Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘Road House’ “Gratefully, I was really, really trying to take care of everything that we did and my body while we were doing it. Directed by Liman, who helmed 2015’s Edge of Tomorrow and the 2005 film Mr & Mrs Smith, Road House sees Gyllenhaal play Dalton, an ex-UFC who takes a job as a bouncer at a rowdy bar in the Florida Keys.