breadfellows. The recent Oscar winner, 64, said Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of Gyllenhaal’s new thriller “The Covenant” that the pair lodged together amid the pandemic and baked bread.
Curtis dished to People at the bash that she and Gyllenhaal, 42, — who is her godson — have “gotten to know each other” over some loaves.The “Donnie Darko” alum and his girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu lived next door to the “Freaky Friday” actress during the lockdown in a home that Curtis owns.“He made a lot of sourdough bread, a lot,” Curtis said, adding that the carbs were “very good.”“So singing, acting, sourdough,” Curtis continued. “And he did that test where you do a handstand against the wall and take your shirt off and put it back on.”Gyllenhaal also joined Hollywood’s upper crust on “The Covenant” red carpet where he said he’s continued to bake after quarantine.“I am still eating sourdough,” the “Zodiac” actor told People. “Yes.
I haven’t stopped. Even though we’re out of the pandemic, I am still making sourdough.”Curtis not only broke bread with Gyllenhaal during the pandemic, but she also gave him career advice when he was a young man breaking into Hollywood.
She explained: “I sort of looked at him and said, ‘I’ve done this for a long time. You’re just starting. There may be things your parents don’t have the experience, strength and hope that I do.
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