Michael Bay may make the bro-iest action movies, arguably in history, but he’s often managed to attract a diverse group of non-bro-y actors. His last movie, the pricey Netflix thriller 6 Underground, starred goofball Ryan Reynolds, while his second-ever blockbuster, The Rock, co-starred an even-more-wigged-out-than-usual Nicolas Cage — hot off his Oscar win for Leaving Las Vegas, no less. His latest get is a good one, too: nice guy and occasional weirdo Jake Gyllenhaal.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the acclaimed actor is in talks to headline Ambulance, the latest powder keg of Bayhem. It sounds a touch smaller than the usual Michael Bay extravaganza, though its plot seems no less ridiculous. THR describes the plot like this: “The project is described as a three-hander that tells of two brothers that steal an ambulance that is already in a heightened state with a female paramedic and a patient who is in critical condition.” Gyllenhaal would play one of the brothers, with Dylan O’Brien circling the other. Eiza Gonzalez is also in talks.
It’s currently unclear who would be paying for it. Bay got Netflix to put up 6 Underground’s hefty budget after burning through arguably too many Transformer episodes, which got increasingly bizarre and, with The Last Knight, finally stopped making money. Will Bay tap into Gyllenhaal’s recent yen for wacky roles, some of which feature him singing about music? Here’s hoping.
(Via THR)