JAKE GYLLENHAAL - GYLLENHAAL'S PASSION FOR SALT

Hollywood actor JAKE GYLLENHAAL has developed a new fascination - with salt.

The 24-year-old heart-throb is fixated with a new book he's picked up all about the crystalline substance, and he admits he's hooked.

He says, "I am reading a booked called SALT: A WORLD HISTORY, and it's all about salt.

"I have a weird fascination with specifics. I like the idea of learning a lot about one thing. And salt is something you take for granted.

"You think it's just something on your table. But it has a huge, long history. Wars were started over it."