--- title: Jake Gyllenhaal Expertly Dodges Question About Taylor Swift description: Jake Gyllenhaal might be an Oscar nominated actor, but for some interviewers, his most famous role will always be as Taylor Swift’s ex. canonical: https://time.com/4947774/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-19T14:09:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:23.102Z og:title: Watch Jake Gyllenhaal Expertly Dodge a Taylor Swift Question og:description: Would Taylor Swift write a song about him? og:url: https://time.com/4947774/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081820caa80ec351/6988de57656a3f2149bd1c07/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question-avoided.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 Toronto International Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jake Gyllenhaal Expertly Dodge a Taylor Swift Question twitter:description: Would Taylor Swift write a song about him? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081820caa80ec351/6988de57656a3f2149bd1c07/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question-avoided.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jake Gyllenhaal Expertly Dodge a Question About Taylor Swift by [Dana Schwartz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dana Schwartz / Entertainment Weekly Sep 19, 2017 2:09 PM UTC  Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bauman attend the 'Stronger' photo call during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Tiff Bell Lightbox on September 9, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bauman attend the 'Stronger' photo call during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Tiff Bell Lightbox on September 9, 2017 in Toronto, Canada.Walter McBride—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Dana Schwartz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dana Schwartz / Entertainment Weekly Sep 19, 2017 2:09 PM UTC Jake Gyllenhaal might be an Oscar nominated actor, but for some interviewers, his most famous role will always be as Taylor Swift’s ex. Gyllenhaal — [believed to be the inspiration for Swift’s “All Too Well”](http://ew.com/tv/2017/09/13/taylor-swift-maggie-gyllenhaal-scarf/) — sat down with Jeff Bauman, a man who lost both his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 and whom Gyllenhaal portrays [in his new film, _Stronger_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/06/22/stronger-trailer-boston-marathon-bombing-jake-gyllenhaal-tatiana-maslany/). The two men interviewed each other about their favorite Boston movies and places to eat, before Bauman shifted the focus to America’s favorite singer/songwriter/[music video zombie](http://ew.com/music/2017/09/15/taylor-swift-transform-zombie-look-what-you-made-me-do-video/). “If you lost your legs in real life, do you think Taylor Swift would write a song about it?” “For me, or about it?” Gyllenhaal asked. “For you,” Bauman said. “Like a country song.” “She sort of moved more into pop now,” Gyllenhaal responded. Simple, clean, concise. _Stronger_ opens in theaters on Friday. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/18/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question-stronger-video/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4947774/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4947774/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question/"},"headline":"Watch Jake Gyllenhaal Expertly Dodge a Question About Taylor Swift","datePublished":"2017-09-19T14:09:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:23.102Z","description":"Would Taylor Swift write a song about him?","url":"https://time.com/4947774/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Jake Gyllenhaal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081820caa80ec351/6988de57656a3f2149bd1c07/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question-avoided.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dana Schwartz / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt081820caa80ec351/6988de57656a3f2149bd1c07/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question-avoided.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Toronto International Film Festival","caption":"2017 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"Walter McBride—FilmMagic/Getty Images","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/4947774/jake-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-question/","name":"Watch Jake Gyllenhaal Expertly Dodge a Question About Taylor Swift"}}]}] ```