Q&A with Foxcatcher’s Mark Ruffalo: O brother, how fightest thou?.Mark Ruffalo found his lost wallet and phone in the New York blizzard thanks to Twitter.So far, his career hasn’t suffered from his involvement - “but I also don’t think what I’m saying is that extreme.” He knows the bottom line in Hollywood is the bottom line and most of his movies tend to make money. “I wanted to run away from activism but then I didn’t feel good about myself.” “I feel responsibility to my kids,” Ruffalo says of his three children. Four years ago, he was one of the high-profile entertainers who joined protesters for the Occupy Wall Street movement. He was in the anti-fracking coalition that helped get the process banned from New York state and he continues to be out-spoken about global warming. “I was working with him as a peer and I was freaking out, but it was like getting a nod from the King.” “That was a real blessing for me because in the first movie I only had a few scenes with Morgan but for this I was so nervous,” Ruffalo says. “She literally stole every scene from all of us.”įor key one-on-one moments with veteran Morgan in the sequel, the seniority situation was reversed, and it was Ruffalo in awe. “Lizzy’s so funny and so quick and totally charming,” Ruffalo says. In fact, his amiable side allowed him to be the perfect guide for newcomer Caplan. “Mark’s amazing, and he made me feel so included,” she says of Ruffalo. “If you can’t get justice in your real life then at least you can have justice in the fantasy life.” “Part of the reason the first one landed so well was that it was about looking for justice,” Ruffalo says. Like the first film, the second includes messages - this time concerning 21st century privacy issues - to go along with the action and the comedy. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Things get complicated, of course, especially when the magic debunker Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman) shows up. They are tricked by Walter (Daniel Radcliffe), an apparent tech prodigy and illegitimate son of their previous target, the rich white-collar crook Arthur Tressler (Michael Caine). The sequel has the rogue Rhodes (Ruffalo) and the Four Horsemen magicians cabal (Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy Caplan replacing Isla Fischer) being manipulated into pulling off another sting. What’s a movie other than a big magic trick?” “Magic and heists and movies seem to go hand in hand. “I’m surprised nobody has ever done a movie before quite like this,” he says. Let’s say it was unexpected by everybody but Ruffalo. He’s the go-to Hulk in the Marvel movies, including next year’s Thor: Ragnarok.Īnd, he returns to play FBI agent Dylan Rhodes in the sequel to Now You See Me, which turned out to be a surprise international hit in 2013. The New Yorker earned his third Oscar nomination for his investigative reporter role in last year’s Spotlight.
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