Prince of Persia a slip up: Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal has admitted starring in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was a mistake.The actor featured in the 2010 Disney film, a video game adaptation of Prince Of Persia, which was panned by critics for whitewashing — casting Gyllenhaal in the lead instead of an actor of Iranian descent. The Oscar-nominated actor reflected on the failure of the film, saying it was a learning experience for him. “I think I learned a lot from that movie in that I spend a lot of time trying to be very thoughtful about the roles that I pick and why I’m picking them. “And you’re bound to slip up and be like, ‘That wasn’t right for me,’ or ‘That didn’t fit perfectly.’ There have been a number of roles like that. And then a number of roles that do,” Gyllenhaal told a website. (PTI)