Speaking with
The Capital, actor Mark Ruffalo, who've voiced his opposition to the proposal allowing hydrofracking in New York, further backed his opinion. However, this time he compared
the opposition to his Incredible Hulk role in next year's
The Avengers.
Actor Mark Ruffalo says his leading role in fighting hydrofracking in New York bears more than a passing resemblance to his leading role in the new Avengers movie. “The great thing about the Avengers and our superhero mythology is that they are people that fight for the common man over impossible odds, and for the betterment of the whole,” said Ruffalo, who plays the Incredible Hulk. “So in some ways, that whole mythology feeds into what I’m trying to do here.”
For those who don't know, Hydrofracking is a new development in natural gas extraction, which makes mining for natural gas in dense shale more economically possible, where before it was not. And as mentioned before, Ruffalo has voiced being against it in the past.
Marvel's The Avengers is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner with Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston, directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel's The Avengers will be released May 4, 2012.