Jake Gyllenhaal Speaks of Big Shift in Hollywood due to Sex Scandal

Hollywood’s finest stepped out for the Hollywood Film Awards, including Jake Gyllenhaal, who took acting honors for his drama “Stronger.”

“Extra’s” Renee Bargh spoke with Gyllenhaal, who played Jeff Bauman, a man who lost both of his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing, in the critically acclaimed film.

He said, “To be here because of my portrayal of him is an extra honor. He's one of the best people I know. He is probably the bravest person I know.”

“Brave” is also a good word to describe the people in Hollywood speaking out about sexual harassment. 

Of the issue plaguing the industry, Jake commented, “I'm a hopeful person, but as Morgan Freeman's character says in ‘Shawshank Redemption,’ ‘Hope can be a dangerous thing.’ But I do think there is a huge shift.”

Jake admitted that he was surprised when the stories came out.

Jake is thankful for having some time off for the holidays, saying he is thankful, “Just to be at Thanksgiving with my family. I've been working. I'm thankful for my work, but just to be there with my family, yeah. “

As for his not-so-traditional favorite Turkey Day dish, Jake shared, “My mom makes this crazy cucumber salad.”

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Kate Winslet, Gary Oldman and Jake Gyllenhaal Honored at Hollywood Film Awards

 James Corden hosted the event, also lauding Timothee Chalamet, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, Mary J. Blige, Joe Wright, Adam Sandler and Angelina Jolie.

"What a year 2017 has been for movies: there was the reboot of Beauty and the Beast, the reboot of It, the reboot of The Mummy, the reboot of Blade Runner — you guys, you've outdone yourselves! I don't know how you do it, you're geniuses," jested James Corden while hosting the Hollywood Film Awards.

The event, held Sunday at the Beverly Hilton, isn't televised and lauds previously announced winners, some of whom are from movies that haven't been released yet. Joked the Late Late Show host, "Like the Donald Trump pee tape, I'm just excited to know they're out there and I might just get to see them one day."

Corden also poked fun at himself in his opening monologue for the ceremony, celebrating the best of the film industry: "Who better to do that than me, the voice of Hi-5 from The Emoji Movie, currently available on Blu-ray with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 9 percent? It's a match made in heaven, isn't it?"

Throughout the evening, Wonder Wheel's Kate Winslet took home acting honors, as well as an onstage kiss from the night's supporting actress honoree Allison Janney of I, Tonya. After being introduced by her Divergent co-star Shailene Woodley, Winslet noted the amount of notable talent in the ballroom, including Janney. "I know I don't really know you but I know I just want to be you. I do, or just stroke you or something.

I mean, we could always kiss, maybe?" she said candidly. As Janney then made her way to the stage, Winslet said, "Ah, it's gonna happen! This is an exciting moment!" (Winslet also nearly took home two trophies, since Mudbound's Mary J. Blige accidentally left her breakout performance statuette at the podium after receiving it from Viola Davis, and left Corden to come onstage and retrieve it.)

Jake Gyllenhaal delivered the evening's most moving speech that paid tribute Jeff Bauman, the Boston Marathon bombing survivor that he portrays in Stronger. "We've always had this compulsive need for heroes, the need to transform ordinary humans into superhumans, but Jeff Bauman never wanted to be a hero," he said, after being introduced by Amy Adams. "I don't know if I could've found the courage to do what Jeff did in real life, but I know something now that I didn't know then: if we could find in ourselves the strength that Jeff found, we just might not need heroes."

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