Presumed Innocent star Jake Gyllenhaal says the new legal drama, while based on an older story, is different than other modern-day courtroom thrillers. "What's interesting is the family dynamic versus what is happening in the court of public opinion. But then you go back to the family and I think that becomes the most pressurized situation, right?" Gyllenhaal explains to GamesRadar+.
"You spend time with the family and then you wonder because of what's happened in the dynamic of the family, what's gonna happen in the courtroom. And then you go back and you do the same thing from the courtroom to the family." Gyllenhaal plays Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor who finds himself on the stand after becoming the prime suspect in the murder of his colleague and mistress, Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve).
His nemesis of sorts, Tommy Molto (Peter Sarsgaard), becomes the lead prosecutor in the case and is determined to take Rusty down at any cost. The situation becomes confusing for Rusty's kids, Jaden and Kyle (Chase Infiniti and Kingston Rumi Southwick), who must decide whether they want to forgive their father for cheating on their mother Barbara (Ruth Negga) all while hoping he doesn't go away to prison for life. "And so is this play between how it stretches and pulls and tries all of them.
I I also think it's very interesting to have someone doing a profession who's then accused of something that they've always tried to prosecute. So what you're doing is flipping something constantly o.
