I was inspired by the story, when Jake invited Tom to dinner in a restaurant in Korea, and not just a restaurant, but the best restaurant in Seoul, Jake decided to ask a friend and the Oscar Winner director Bong Joon-ho for Tom, and he advised which restaurant is good. So Jake and Tom had dinner together that night. I think they had a romantic date. It's so sweet that Jake is courting Tom.
"I called him up (Bong Joon-ho) and asked if he would recommend a place to have dinner for me and Tom, and he did, he emailed me back and we had dinner there last night at the restaurant that he recommended."
- Media Conference in Seoul, Jul 1, 2019
They also like to reminisce about their first meeting at a Crossroad restaurant, Jake's love for Tom at first sight "like in the Titanic", they even chose the song "My Heart Will Go On" as the soundtrack of their lives.
Tom Holland: “We met at a restaurant.”
Jake Gyllenhaal: “It’s like the movie Titanic. That was what it was like when Jack and Rose meet.”
Tom Holland: “I was clearly Jack in that situation. You were Rose.”
Jake Gyllenhaal: “Obviously.”
- Cinépolis, June 3, 2019
Q: What did you two do the first time you properly hung out?
Tom: Coming for lunch...
Jake: Yeah, we did.
Tom: At the River place
Q: What would be the theme song for your life?
Tom: I think, Celine Dion's "My heart will go on".
Jake: You take everything, you take every one of my songs!
Tom: It's my song now.
(By IMDb, Jun 30, 2019)
When the question of the actors’ first meeting came up, Gyllenhaal immediately remembered the moment he first saw Holland in person.
“We were at a restaurant and I saw you from across the room and my heart just exploded,” he recalls, prompting Holland to reply, “Wow.”
“I remember walking up to you and I said to you, ‘I would love to work with you,'” Gyllenhaal adds. “I actually said that!” Looks like dreams do come true.
- EW's first digital cover, July 01, 2019
Q: Do you remember the day you first met?
Jake: Yeah. Should we say it? Or do we say: "Yes I remember."?
Jake to Tom: Where? Are you writing where?
Tom: Yes.
Jake: Are you saying the actual name of the place?
Tom: I am, yeah. I've already written mine. I will never forget this moment. So I've written down so quickly.
Tom to Jake: Are you writing a book?
Jake: Yeah... ready?
Tom: Crossroads. March.
Jake: At Crossroads kitchen in Los Angeles. C 2:38 PM, March 26 tue, 2017. Year of the monkey.
(I think it was March 2018 (Year of the Dog) because Jake was officially confirmed as Mysterio in May, and filming began in early July 2018)
- Konbini: L'interview BFF de Tom Holland et Jake Gyllenhaal, Jul 1, 2019
Jake: It's a funny story because I actually knew that this movie was being made, but no one had effered me rolling it, and I ran into Tom at a restaurant...
Tom: Yes.
Jake: Just the universe brought us together, we haven't met before, we meet for the first time. And I said to him: Man, I would really love to work with you. And then, strangely, just a few weeks later, they offered me the role in this movie and two months later we working together. In London. So, that's how it's happened.
- Mexico Panel, May 5, 2019