Rendition

Despite their off-screen romance, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon’s collaboration on “Rendition” isn’t setting any ticket sales records.

And it has industry insiders scratching their heads. Usually when stars of a film hook up in real life, people flock to see the movie. Remember “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”? The Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie romance made it into a blockbuster. Same with “The Break-Up” and “Vanilla Sky.”

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal spent Sunday in Italy, promoting their recently released political drama, Rendition.

On what was the fourth day of the Rome Film Festival, Reese and Jake attended a photo call, followed up by the screening of their new movie about a man arrested as a terror suspect.

With the Toronto International Film Festival’s premier of “Rendition,” Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon were all about promoting their latest project. Last night, the film was the center of attention and it’s two stars had plenty to say.

With Rendition taking a look at America’s practices of detaining suspected terrorists in foreign jails, there was plenty of fodder for conversation. Jake Gyllenhaal found himself in deep conversation over the film’s content.