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Interview By: Benjamin Lee On the outskirts of the A-List, always threatening to seep through, the hugely talented Mark Ruffalo is kicking off 2007 with his biggest role yet. He first broke out in 2000 with his perfectly nuanced turn in the excellent drama You Can Count On Me. Big-budget support followed in Windtalkers and The Last Castle before his next notable role in the heartbreaking My Life Without Me. From the on Ruffalo continued to plug the mainstream with roles in romantic comedies such as 13 Going On 30, Rumor Has It and Just Like Heaven, made brave choices with In The Cut and We Don’t Live Here Anymore and showed impressive range with Collateral and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. His new role sees him working with acclaimed director David Fincher in the fact-based thriller Zodiac. Ruffalo takes on the role of real-life detective Dave Toschi, a frustrated figure on the trail of the devious Zodiac killer in the late 60s/early 70s. Although this is the second time that he’s hunted a serial killer (after the romantic thriller In The Cut in 2003), Ruffalo confesses that he’s not at all interested in this type of movie. ‘It’s not really my genre man’ Ruffalo admits, ‘I’ve never really been interested in this genre. I doubt that I would have ever even done this genre if it wasn’t for Fincher who does this genre well and I really enjoyed Se7en in particular. But it isn’t initially my favorite thing. What inspired me more for this movie was All the President’s Men.’ Ruffalo also states that it was the classy nature of the production which made him change from his usual type of role. ‘You’re dealing with a really fine filmmaker with really fine material’ he stresses, ‘The writing was very good and then there’s this cast. So you kinda know that you’re going on a ride that has the makings of something exceptional and will transcend the genre.’ Working with the masterful David Fincher was a major selling point to Ruffalo. Fincher, director of Se7en and Fight Club, is notorious for his sometimes laborious attention to detail. Not since Kubrick has a director been so specific with what he wants from his actors. But Ruffalo admits that this sort of perfectionism was easy to relate to. ‘Good enough isn’t good enough and I totally relate to that’ he states, ‘I’ll be the first one to be like dude I need another take. I really respect someone who gets people out of their comfort zones. Michael Mann is the same way. You’re gonna go along on that ride screaming or kicking or with some joy and openness in your heart.’ Ruffalo does share though that there were times when Fincher’s infamous ‘take-after-take-after-take’ approach wore him down. ‘Me and Jake [Gyllenhaal] on our first day we did 58 takes’ he reveals, ‘After take 30 I was hoping he would fire me because I thought it was me that was ... |
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