Mark Ruffalo Reveals How ‘Poor Things’ Brought Out His Dormant Inner Rogue: “I’m So Sick Of Being So Well-Behaved”
deadline.comMark Ruffalo has taken a turn. “I’m so sick of being so well-behaved,” he says. “I just want to take the ship as close to the reef as I can without actually crashing it.
And maybe I’ll crash it too. I don’t give a sh*t anymore.” It’s fair to say that prior to his Poor Things role, Ruffalo’s credits are littered with likeable men: Jen Garner’s lovely best friend Matt in 13 Going on 30; the right-side-of-justice Inspector Toschi in Zodiac; real-life environmental activist Rob Bilott in Dark Waters; the abuse-exposing journalist Mike Rezendes in Spotlight… Even his Marvel franchise Hulk is deeply loveable.
That’s not to say Ruffalo’s work has remotely one-note—the man has been Oscar-nominated four times—but there’s a quality of sincerity that lends itself to the full-hearted men he has played.
So, it was hard to imagine Mark Ruffalo as a cad. A proper, moustache-twirling, lock-up-your-daughters cad. But then came Yorgos Lanthimos with his Poor Things script.
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