Mark Ruffalo has been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for twelve years as Bruce Banner / Hulk and was nominated for an Oscar for his performances in “The Kids Are All Right” (2010), “Foxcatcher” (2014) and “Spotlight” ( 2015) was nominated – and this year too he can count on his chances of winning the coveted golden boy.
For his portrayal of Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter, the stubborn and insulted lover in ‘Poor thingsThe 56-year-old is participating in the Oscar race for the fourth time – and will once again find it very difficult to take home the prize. In addition to Ryan Gosling (for his role as Ken in ‘Barbie’) and Robert De Niro (for his role as cattle baron William Hale in ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’), everything points to Robert Downey Jr. for his performance in ‘Oppenheimer’. ” is granted.
But that does not detract from the performance of Mark Ruffalo, who has a great time in the role of the smarmy lawyer Duncan Wedderburn – and clearly had fun making the chauvinist as stupid as possible.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Favorite”) Ruffalo was able to deliver perhaps the best performance of his career. While the author of this article would highlight this without any ifs or buts, the actor has now revealed what helped him shine so much in the wonderfully absurd satire.
“Fuck it”: Mark Ruffalo has nothing left to lose
In conversation with the actor explained that he was initially hesitant to take on the role. Unlike many of his other films, he does not play a nice father, a depressed father or a worthless father here: ‘I play a bon vivant, a total egoist and megalomaniac.’ And that’s exactly what he got in the end. him the chance to separate to show a new page: “I feel like it changed people’s perspective of me as an artist. And how I see myself.”
The role as “Gockel” was an opportunity to break away from the roles in which he is otherwise repeatedly cast. “Honestly? “I’m starting to get tired of being Mark Ruffalo,” the “Poor Things” star admits. “I just thought, ‘Fuck it. If I give a horrible performance, I don’t care,” the now four-time Oscar nominee continues, ultimately expressing his excitement about taking this risk: “I think it was the best time I’ve ever had . at a movie.”
Managing the balancing act of on the one hand getting to the heart of an ultimately complex character and his development and on the other hand relying mainly on physical comedy inspired by Charlie Chaplin, It was almost as if he had “one foot on a banana peel and the other in the grave.”
“Poor Things”: Now in theaters
Yórgos Lánthimos managed to completely convince us with his latest brilliant move. In our review, FILMSTARTS editor-in-chief Christoph Petersen gives the rare maximum rating of five stars – for a “voluptuously perverse steampunk update” with “mighty strange sets and costumes and an excellent performance from Emma Stone”, which will probably raise high expectations for the Oscar for win best actress. But above all: “Poor Things” an incredibly funny satire that starts where “Barbie‘ ends – and would probably be half as funny without Mark Ruffalo.