Did Jake Gyllenhaal Try to Court Winter's Bone Star Jennifer Lawrence?

Sources say Jake had his eye on the Oscar nominee

By Ted Casablanca, Taryn Ryder Feb 02, 2011 1:45 PMTags
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicolas HoultFrazer Harrison/Getty Images; ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images;Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

Jake Gyllenhaal, you sly devil, you!

After the star briefly romancing Taylor Swift and hitting on Mila Kunis over the weekend of the Golden Globes, we've learned of another talented babe who we're told caught Jakey's eye.

Jennifer Lawrence! (And for the by-the-second dating record, this was before Jennifer started to really hang more with hunky Nicholas Hoult.)

Surely, this Jake-on-the-make dish isn't true?

"Absolutely not," says a friend to Jake.

But not so quick. A friend to Jennifer is saying it "totally" is true.

Hmmm, official reps to the celebs had no comment, but let's discuss:

First, gotta say the Winter's Bone star and Oscar nominee shot to fame this year, and that's not the only reason she's a rising Hollywood talent. Have you seen this girl? Babe is a knockout!

We got word that after meeting Jennifer a while back, Gyllenhaal was totally smitten with the beaut and "went after her," according to sources who claim they know first-hand.

Lawrence and Gyllenhaal (Mila Kunis, too) are both featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue, and we must ‘fess the two would make a hot couple. Still, we're told Lawrence "wasn't into it" and nothing happened. Fool.

But to be kind, maybe that decision was because of thoughts about her X-Men costar Hoult? He accompanied Jennifer to the SAG Awards and the two were super cozy at Weinsten's afterparty at Sunset Tower.

Just Jared reports the two are dating, so that would totally make sense why Jennifer may have turned down Jake a few weeks ago.

Oh the life of a daring bachelor. Regardless, we are so much more onboard with this Jakey than the coffee-date one. Aren't you?