Date 21/09/2017 - News People
Jake Gyllenhaal's latest role could get him his first Oscar nomination since 2006?s ?Brokeback Mountain.? In ?Stronger? the actor plays Jeff Bauman, a free-spirit Bostonian who, like most in the city, grinds out his days so he can race to cheer on his beloved Red Sox, Bruins, or Patriots at a nearby bar with friends and family. But after the bombing, Bauman suddenly becomes the unlikely face of the "Boston Strong" motto the nation uses to recover.
