Jake Gyllenhaal says acting in 'Spider-Man' was 'hard': 'I remember not being able to remember my lines'

If you're thinking about slandering the Marvel Cinematic Universe—here's looking at you, Martin Scorsese—Jake Gyllenhaal won't stand for it.

During Gyllenhaal's recent visit to The Howard Stern Show, Stern implied that the 40-year-old actor probably didn't feel challenged by his role of Quentin Beck/Mysterio in 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home.

"It's hard, man," Gyllenhaal. "That acting is hard."

"Physically," Stern interjected.

"I mean, all of it," Gyllenhaal continued. "That world is enormous. In a situation that was just, like, a train that was already moving. For me, normally I come in way early on, and I get to play and I get to figure it out. It was like, you gotta deliver in that space. And it was a whole different craft, right? They're moving with ideas, which is so fun about it. It's actually a really creative [space]."

The one-time Oscar nominee then recounted his first day of shooting Far From Home: 

"I remember not being able to remember my lines. I was like, 'What the?!' And I was the wooden board, right? And they were like, 'Whoa.' And I went up to Tom Holland, I was like, 'Dude, help me out.' He's like, 'It's all good. Just relax.' It's like, he was me in so many situations. And I finally did, but I think I just put a lot of pressure on [myself] because I love that world, man. It's not me coming in as an actor, like, 'Oh, I've made 60 films. I know what I'm doing.' It's me coming in every time being like, 'I love Spider-Man! I love this world. Like, I wanna kill it here.'"