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Interview By: Lena Aburdene
Mark Ruffalo is the thinking woman's dream man. Although more frail in person, he is absolutely beautiful. His skin is smooth and young and
his thick thatch of curly dark hair frames his soulful, deep brown
eyes. He has a certain child-like innocence about him, something that
was captured 13 Going on 30 but seldom seen in his other work.
Ruffalo could easily be called the nicest guy in Hollywood. He has no
pretentions and carries himself humbly. He's gentle and thoughtful. He
graciously answered questions for us about his latest role as Jack Linden in
We Don't Live Here Anymore. Probably the strongest performance of his
career, the character he plays seems so far removed than the person he
is in real life.
We Don't Live Here Anymore is a story of two couples who have reckless
affairs and engage in often horrifying extremes of selfish behavior. The
ever so charming Ruffalo explains how he chose a role with such heavy
and sensitive material:
"I read the script and although I thought it was outstanding, it really
scared me. I couldn't think of any director that I thought could handle
it in a really mature sort of balanced way. I thought this movie's
impossible and then I found out the movie has been around since the
70's. And then I met with John and saw where he was coming from and I
thought this guy. Yeah, absolutely. Yes."
Ruffalo believes that the success of a film is heavily reliant on the
script, as he continues his thoughts saying, "I think first it's
probably the script and then it's a combination. you have to have actors
that are willing to commit to the material but also a director that's
been guided. In this particular case we had a really strong director and
strong actors."
The other actors in the film are highly respected. Ruffalo's co-stars
included Laura Dern, Naomi Watts and Peter Krause (of Six Feet Under).
Ruffalo who seems confident in himself, yet the farthest thing from
egotistical had to share many steamy scenes with co-star Watts.
Although there were several scenes with explicit sexual behavior,
Ruffalo shyly and squeamishly recounts his uncomfortable scenes: "It's
always awkward and Naomi didn't want to be there so it's not enjoyable.
Especially if the girl's not into it.. there's laws against that!!
Especially the circumstances of the scenes.the sex comes out as this
sort of release. There's a lot of guilt and shame. It's sex that's used
to cover up the shabbiness of their lives. Those scenes carry that kind
of ickiness." Even working with beauty Naomi Watts didn't help ease the
awkwardness of the vulnerable sex scenes, as Ruffalo continues, "Both
Naomi and I were saying we didn't feel that these movie needed explicit
sex scenes and neither of us wanted to get nude.so John was saying,
'we're going to shoot it so you can see the sides of you." In a mocking
sort of terrified voice, Ruffalo squeaks in horror, "So I said, what am
I gonna wear??"
The budget was small on this film, and therefore the film was ...
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