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Jake Wants to Be Lance

Posted Jul 24th 2006 1:23PM by TMZ Staff

Turns out BFFs Jake Gyllenhaal and Lance Armstrong are more then just bosom buddies. Jake is interested in playing Lance in a upcoming Sony biopic about the seven-time Tour De France winning, cancer surviving, rock star dating, all around nice guy.

The guys have been spotted riding with Matthew McConaughey in Malibu lately. Now we hear that Jake is in training for the role and part of that training is spending every waking moment with Lance. They were recently spotted together in France for the Tour de France.

With all the research Jake is doing, it's sure to be the role of a lifetime.

Tags: bio-pic, Jake Gyllenhaal, JakeGyllenhaal, lance armstrong, LanceArmstrong, malibu, matthew mcconaughey, MatthewMcconaughey, movie, tour de france, TourDeFrance

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1. I thought Matt Damon had that role. What happened? Does Lance keep messing up the happy ending and delaying the movie?

Posted at 3:31PM on Jul 24th 2006 by Melissa

2. I thought Matt Damon had that role. What happened? Does Lance keep messing up the happy ending and delaying the movie?

Posted at 3:32PM on Jul 24th 2006 by Melissa

3. Yeah! I thought Matt Damon was going to do it too. I rather he do it then Jake. By the way, where is Matt?

Posted at 7:05PM on Jul 24th 2006 by Angel

4. "Broke-Back-Bicyclists" ?

Posted at 3:47PM on Jul 27th 2006 by Paulo

5. I would also like to see Matt Damon in the lead. If they show Lance as a teenager growing up winning triathalons, hands down winner for that part is "Dewey" from MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE- who else looks like his twin?

Posted at 4:21AM on Jul 29th 2006 by sergio

6. I would also like to see Matt Damon in the lead. If they show Lance as a teenager growing up winning triathalons, hands down winner for that part is "Dewey" from MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE- who else looks like his twin?

Posted at 4:21AM on Jul 29th 2006 by sergio

7. I am happy Jake is being offered or thinking about doing this role. Matt is a good actorr howerver I think Jake has more of a range then Matt which is definitly needed for this role.

Posted at 12:22PM on Aug 7th 2006 by Lilly

8. I vote for matt---just feel he is better suited for this part

Posted at 5:06PM on Nov 15th 2006 by johnny