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I'm reminded of the Freudian adage that when two people go to bed, there are six people in the room—their parents included. In this case, when two actors go to bed, it's the director who's there too. —Edward Zwick
On Set: ‘Love and Other Drugs’
How a film about Viagra made a cinematic threesome of Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Edward Zwick.
October 2010
“Oh, he put a shirt on,” says director Edward Zwick upon seeing the
photo at left. “Good for Jake.” Gyllenhaal and costar Anne Hathaway,
Zwick says, are frequently naked in the comedic drama, due out November
24. “They spend a certain amount of time having sex in various places,”
he explains. The film is set in the late Nineties, and Gyllenhaal plays
Jamie Randall, a womanizing pharmaceuticals salesman whose big break is
a new pill called Viagra. Much rides on its success. “Jamie comes from a
family of overachievers,” says Zwick. “He never fulfilled his parents’
expectations. Fucking has always been his validation.” Gyllenhaal and
Hathaway have explored similar territory before: The two played lovers
in 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, but they worked together for only a few
days. In preparation for their sex scenes in Love and Other Drugs, they
spent a lot of time cultivating their chemistry—and it shows. “There’s a
moment where Jake’s character test-drives Viagra,” remembers Zwick. With
Hathaway’s Maggie? “No—with her, there wasn’t any need for it.”
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