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Jake Gyllenhaal has taken up free running.
The 29-year-old star admitted he pushed himself harder than ever when he took up the French martial art - known as Parkour - in order to get into perfect physical condition for his role in video game-based action movie 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'.
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"I never did anything this intensive before to change my body. It's a physical role. And when I commit to playing a part, it's 110 per cent."
The difficult technique - which involves training to overcome any obstacles in the most efficient way possible - also boosted the actor's confidence, though he admits he ended up scaring himself by taking on some difficult stunts for the film.
He added to People magazine: "It got a little bit dicey there near the end, when they saw that I liked doing things that were dangerous. I tried my hand at things that were pushing it a little bit. There was this big 35 foot jump that I did that got a little hairy."