Jake Gyllenhaal 'Southpaw' Movie PHOTO - 'Nightcrawler' Star Is Unrecognizable In First Boxing Film Image

Jake Gyllenhaal just won over critics and fans thanks to his dark new movie Nightcrawler, in which he was underweight and straight up creepy. The actor has moved past this film, though, adding on pounds and pounds of muscle for the Antoine Fuqua boxing film Southpaw. In a brand new photo that's been makings its way around the Internet, Jake reportedly looks "unrecognizable" to the masses. Do you agree?

"Jake is going to change how people see him. I had him training twice a day in the boxing ring, he did two-a-days seven days a week," the director revealed according to ETOnline. "I pretty much had him with me and my trainer every day. I took him to almost every fight. I had him train at Floyd Mayweather's gym in Vegas and we watched Floyd's fights, and the Manny Pacquiao fight. He trained in New York at Church Gym with real fighters. We literally turned him into a beast."

Fuqua added: "Jake, my god, he's a very electric, powerful fighter in this movie, and a guy who fights for his daughter. I'm confident that this will change how people see Jake, as a leading man."

Check out this incredible photo of an unrecognizable Gyllenhaal in the boxing film here!

What do you think of this photo? Is Jake really unrecognizable? Are you excited for this boxing movie? Let us know in the comments section below!

After seeing that photo, watch the trailer for Nightcrawler, featuring a gaunt Jake who then had to add on the muscle for his Southpaw role:

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