# Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't want you to see his penis. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631 "2004-03-16T14:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clear\_Air\_Turbulence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clear\_Air\_Turbulence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clear_Air_Turbulence)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/21 "2004-03-17T06:28:33Z")
What if he has a really small penis? That could seriously hurt his career. He may merely be trying to protect himself. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/22 "2004-03-17T06:39:30Z")
Maybe he has a teeny-weeny. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/23 "2004-03-17T06:49:18Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know, Gyllenhaal isn’t under any sort of requirement to show you his wee-wee. He doesn’t feel comfortable appearing naked in a movie. End of story. How is that any of your business in the first place? I was wondering if I was missing something in the OP. Evidently if I am, so are you. I don’t think either of us is. He had the choice to take the role and do frontal nudity or not take the role and not do frontal nudity. As for how great a person Bertolucci is … I’m a great fan of any number of people, but if frontal nudity were required to work with 'em, that’d nix the job in most cases. Would it be any of your business if it were me and not Jake? Cuz I gotta be honest here … I don’t see what the BFD is. ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/24 "2004-03-17T07:00:02Z")
> [@](#): > > There are almost no storytelling situations outside of porn that requires the showing of genitalia. True. And this movie was not one of the exceptions. And really, how many movies show female genitals? I can’t even think of _one_. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/25 "2004-03-17T07:05:03Z")
> [@Nightime](#): > > And really, how many movies show female genitals? I can’t even think of _one_. To this day I’m not sure how anyone can honestly say they see any part of Sharon Stone’s naughty bits in Basic Instinct. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/26 "2004-03-17T07:23:58Z")
> [@Nightime](#): > > And really, how many movies show female genitals? I can’t even think of _one_. _Monty Python’s Life of Brian_. ---
**Author:** ![the\_O-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@the\_O-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O-man)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/27 "2004-03-17T14:24:09Z")
He is on the record as saying he will do nudity if he feels it is necessary for the plot: [http://www.imdb.com/PeopleNews/2003/20030224](http://www.imdb.com/PeopleNews/2003/20030224) > [@](#): > > The Good Girl star claims he’ll only agree to nudity in his roles when it plays a part in the story telling of the movie. He says, “I’ll show my d_ck if it helps the narrative. I’m not going to throw my d_ck around just because. And if I do it, I want to establish a base of trust and have a final say in how much of my body is shown.” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/28 "2004-03-17T16:48:28Z")
Let’s make a distinction here: Some movies may show a woman’s pubic hair, but no mainstream feature shows a woman’s genitals. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/29 "2004-03-17T17:18:33Z")
So if Amanda Bynes turned down doing a film that had lots of sex and nudity that was being directed by Oscar winning director Roman Polanski, would she be a fraud? ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/30 "2004-03-18T00:16:32Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There are almost no storytelling situations outside of porn that requires the showing of genitalia. Apparently, _The Piano_ was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/31 "2004-03-18T00:43:16Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Let’s make a distinction here: Some movies may show a woman’s pubic hair, but no mainstream feature shows a woman’s genitals. What about Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/32 "2004-03-18T00:46:29Z")
> [@Fairblue](#): > > What about Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil? Yeah, if you have a DVD and go frame by frame you can catch one frame that shows that the curtains do indeed match the drapes. Not exactly my idea of easily accessible nudity. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/33 "2004-03-18T01:02:01Z")
I thought she was shaved? Maybe I was just tramatized by seeing it on the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/34 "2004-03-18T01:05:58Z")
Nope, one of my friends was a little _over_excited about what he said was Milla’s vagina in Resident Evil. I see it in the theater as well and don’t see anything so I figure he just swa something that wasn’t there. After the DVD comes out I’m bored, pop it in, and sure enough, a thin red line. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/35 "2004-03-18T01:27:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There are almost no storytelling situations outside of porn that requires the showing of genitalia. I dunno, Harvey Keitel showing his penis in “The Bad Lieutenant” really underlined and punctuated how f\*cked up his character was. I understand his penis also did a fine job in “The Piano” as well. I may stop going to movies featuring Harvey Keitel and just go to those featuring his penis. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/36 "2004-03-20T22:58:39Z")
A character might show everything in complete explicit detail - but do we have to see it on film? No we do not. Trust me. I work in the porn business, I see genitalia every single day. Porn is the only place where it’s _required_. Outside of that, you can easily cut around it. I would go further to say that about 75% of the occasions of even softcore topless female nudity in non-porn movies is unnecessary and gratuitous. The few times I think it should be allowable is during a sex or shower scene (which also is sometimes gratuitous, but not as often) or when the character is in bed and clearly nude at the time. Hiding your boobs when you’re clearly naked and with your significant other I think is absurd. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/37 "2004-03-21T02:21:24Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Let’s make a distinction here: Some movies may show a woman’s pubic hair, but no mainstream feature shows a woman’s genitals. Until recently, when Bertolucci gave us **The Dreamers** (does that qualify as mainstream? In Seattle it does) which, though more boring than Psych 101, is relatively gender-democratic w/r/t the naughty bits. ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631/38 "2004-03-21T06:13:47Z")
Let’s not forget Julianne Moore’s pudenda in Short Cuts. And Jake Gyllenhall taking the high road about doing nudity in films while talking about it in the most vulgar, and coarse manner is just too, too rich. Is there anybody left in Hollywood with brains and class? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-gyllenhaal-doesnt-want-you-to-see-his-penis/234631.md?page=1)