In the Grey: Jake Gyllenhaal Says He Was 'Rooting' for Henry Cavill to 'Remember His Next Line' in Guy Ritchie’s Improv-Heavy Film

In The GreyIn the Grey: Jake Gyllenhaal Says He Was 'Rooting' for Henry Cavill to 'Remember His Next Line' in Guy Ritchie’s Improv-Heavy FilmThe actors first met 'day one' on the set of the new thriller.By Michael PeytonPosted: May 16, 2026 4:00pm UTC2 commentsIn the Grey is now playing in theaters. Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill met in Guy Ritchie’s trailer on the first day of filming their new thriller In the Grey, and cheered each other on throughout the improv-heavy production. Ritchie, who wrote and directed the movie, is known for his constant script changes and focus on discovery while filming. In an exclusive interview with IGN, Gyllenhaal says that process allowed him and Cavill to hone their characters in real time. “With Guy, there's a lot of improvisation, a lot of discovery,” Gyllenhaal says. “Lines change in the moment, scenes shift on the day. We had a scene where we got the lines maybe a few minutes beforehand. All I did was root for Henry to remember his next line, and when he got through it, I was terrified I had to remember mine. That kind of thing keeps you incredibly present.”In The Grey, which also stars Eiza González (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Carlos Bardem (Assassin’s Creed), and Fisher Stevens (Succession), follows “a covert team of elite operatives who live in the global shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, the team is sent to steal it back on what would be for anyone else a suicide mission. What begins as an impossible heist gets much worse, spiraling into an all-out war of strategy, deception and survival.”Henry Cavill, Eiza González, and Jake Gyllenhaal in In The GreyAlthough both Gyllenhaal and Cavill had previously worked with Ritchie, In the Grey marks their first joint on-screen appearance. According to Gyllenhaal, the two actors didn’t have much time together before being dropped right into the action. “What's funny is that Henry and I hadn't met before day one,” Gyllenhaal says. “We encountered each other in Guy's trailer on the first morning of filming. So, there wasn't much time to workshop a shared reference point. Guy had a very clear sense of who these [Conteúdo truncado para controle de custo.]