--- ---  # Jake Gyllenhaal Expressing His Heartfelt Appreciation for Tom Holland Is Their Latest Bromance Development by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 20, 2019 3:22 PM UTC  Jake Gyllenhaal on Jimmy Fallon Jake Gyllenhaal on Jimmy Fallon by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 20, 2019 3:22 PM UTC [Jake Gyllenhaal](http://time.com/5515318/jake-gyllenhaal-pronounces-melancholy/) is supposed to play the villainous Mysterio in the forthcoming film, _Spider-Man: Far From Home_. There’s just one problem—he’s in a bromance with Spiderman. Gyllenhaal stopped by the _The Tonight Show_ on Tuesday to chat with Jimmy Fallon about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as master of illusion Mysterio, but spent much of his time raving about Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland. As soon as Fallon asked, “How’s Tom Holland?” Gyllenhaal’s face lit up and he couldn’t stop swooning about his on-screen nemesis. “He’s great, dude. He’s awesome,” gushed Gyllenhaal. “He’s the nicest guy in the world. I’m super into him as Spider-Man.” The glowing accolades only prove what everyone who follows Gyllenhaal on Instagram already know—it’s a bromance. Yep, could Gyllenhaal and Holland be joining the likes of [Obama and Biden](http://time.com/4701470/joe-biden-favorite-meme/) or perhaps [Frank Ocean and Brad Pitt](http://time.com/4814955/frank-ocean-brad-pitt-bromance/)? Time will tell. The two actors made their bromance Instagram official in a heart-filled post on Valentine’s Day. If it’s not bromance, why else would Gyllenhaal use the social media site’s cheesy Superzoom filter? Don’t scoff, [studies have shown](http://time.com/4978727/bromance-male-friendships/) that young men get more emotional satisfaction out of their “bromances” than they do out of romantic relationships with women. That undoubtedly holds true in the Marvel Universe as it does in our own. _Spider-Man: Far from Home,_ which is directed by Jon Watts, is set for release on July 5, 2019. Jake Gyllenhaal Is In a Full On Bromance With Tom Holland ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5532424/jake-gyllenhaal-on-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5532424/jake-gyllenhaal-on-fallon/"},"headline":"Jake Gyllenhaal Expressing His Heartfelt Appreciation for Tom Holland Is Their Latest Bromance Development","datePublished":"2019-02-20T15:22:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:32.172Z","description":"Gyllenhaal is playing a villain in Spiderman: Far From Home. A villain who loves Spiderman!","url":"https://time.com/5532424/jake-gyllenhaal-on-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb38abf78a85fd174/69894575ab6d778eb46b4d7e/jakegyllenhaalonjimmyfallon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb38abf78a85fd174/69894575ab6d778eb46b4d7e/jakegyllenhaalonjimmyfallon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"JakeGyllenhaalonJimmyFallon","caption":"Jake Gyllenhaal on Jimmy Fallon","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5532424/jake-gyllenhaal-on-fallon/","name":"Jake Gyllenhaal Expressing His Heartfelt Appreciation for Tom Holland Is Their Latest Bromance Development"}}]}] ```