Jake Gyllenhaal’s Childhood Dream Came True With Ambulance! Why He Always Wanted To Work With Michael Bay!

“I’ve always had this sort of dream since I was younger to be in a Michael Bay [movie].” And Jake Gyllenhaal finally made it happen with Ambulance. If you ever wondered what it’s like to star in a Bay explosion-fest, Gyllenhaal had been wondering the same thing, since he was a kid.

Ambulance was classic Bay chaos. Two brothers (Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) planned a bank heist. It went south. They hijacked an ambulance. Cue the sirens, bullet storms, and high-speed mayhem through L.A., with an injured cop and an EMT (Eiza González) trapped inside. The movie did what Bay movies do – big action, big explosions, and enough plot holes to drive, well, an ambulance through. Critics weren’t exactly in love, but it pulled a decent 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.

For Gyllenhaal, this wasn’t just another role; it was a full-circle moment. “I’ve always had this sort of dream since I was younger to be in a Michael Bay [movie], and it’s just fun to sort of play that out,” Gyllenhaal told People. “To be in a city where I grew up, where you’re a kid thinking about cars and car chases and stuff like that, and to be fulfilling that. Being an action star in a movie, it just allows for so much room for fun and joking and absurdity.”