For Love & Other Drugs, Gyllenhaal, who played a Viagra salesman, starred alongside Hathaway, who played his love interest suffering from early on-set Parkinson’s. And while the duo’s chemistry was one of the saving grace of the entire rom-com, Gyllenhaal doesn’t share fond memories of his s-x scene with Hathway.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway | Love & Other DrugsPretending to Be Turned On by Anne Hathaway Wasn’t Easy for Jake Gyllenhaal

Prior to joining forces for the 2010 rom-com, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway were already familiar with each other following their time together on Brokeback Mountain. Considering the ice was already broken in the Western as they shared a s-x scene, the two were extremely comfortable being in each other’s company in Love & Other Drugs. But being too relaxed ended up making things harder for Gyllenhaal, as he explained that pretending to be turned on by a n-ked Anne Hathaway on set for the s-x scene was his hardest challenge. He said,

“I mean, look. I’ve had a pretty illustrious career at this point but the hardest thing has been pretending to be turned on by Anne Hathaway,”

Although it’s quite possible there was a sense of sarcasm in the Marvel star’s statement, it can’t be said for sure as there are no follow-up comments by the two actors on the matter.

Love & Other Drugs (2010)Anne Hathaway Recalled Getting Unnecessarily Naked in Love & Other Drugs

While Jake Gyllenhaal was seemingly struggling to prepare himself for his s-x scene with the Interstellar Star, Hathaway was having a blast even though she once mistakenly took off her clothes on set. Recounting one of her favorite memories of Love & Other Drugs, she recalled getting unnecessarily naked in front of the crew members after a mishap on her part. She said (via Belfast Telegraph),

“We were just back from lunch and I’d gone behind the set and was talking to someone… Then all of a sudden someone whispers ‘Annie you’re on!’ and I think because they were whispering I thought we were shooting, so I ran in and dropped [my coat] and I’m just standing there and I see Jake kind of freeze and go ‘huh?’ and I realize the camera is in a different place and we’re still rehearsing and that I got naked unnecessarily in front of everyone!”

Anne Hathaway

The Oscar winner was quick to pull her trench coat up, as she jokingly deemed it a case of life imitating art.

Love & Other Drugs is available to rent on Apple TV.