Rumored Bruce Banner Mark Ruffalo Talks CBMs

Cool Stuff Ror! I like Ruffalo. I'm just not sure about him being Banner.

great find Ror!

I don't want him anywhere near comic book movies after that interview. Saying The Dark Knight wasn't a great film is blasphemy. I certainly know the different between great films, decent films, and bad ones. Clearly Mark doesn't have that gift (which you'd think one would have being an actor and what not).

No thanks.

If the ball is already dropped then wouldnt he say something about playing The Hulk. I mean they were talking about comic books and stuff. O r he could have at least said that he's involved in a CBM. I dont want him as Banner because I love Edward's and no one can match up or be better than his version. It's like trying to recast The Joker if Heath was still alive. Its like trying to recast Tom Welling as Superman/Clark Kent. Its like trying to recast J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson.

There is a reason he wasn't cast as Two Face. At least they won't have to increase the size of his head when he transforms into the Hulk.

I dunno, if he's got no love for the story, I'd rather have him stay away from the role regardless of how good an actor he is or not. I'm sure there are tons of talented actors who would love to be in a CBM.

ror@ true man, opinion's are varied and you and me both know that's what they are there for but im not completely sold on him as banner? something about him does seem to sit right as the role(maybe im just knit picking?)great actor tho that's without doubt.

if Marc Rufalo appears in ANY Marvel movie I swear I will find Kevin feige and kick him in his sack!

@ckal: That's not what he said in the video and the quote in the article is wrong too. The quote above reads:

"I met for ['The Dark Knight'], for Harvey Dent. I wouldn't say it was a great film, It's a pretty great film, but if it's 'The Godfather' [versus] 'The Dark Knight' ... there are few great films. They're great because they're great, you know?"

...But what he actually says is clear and I don't know how it could be confused:

Interviewer: ...[CBMs] are legitimately great films now.

Ruffalo: Yeah, they're really turning out to be nice movies. I wouldn't say great films but...

Interviewer: The Dark Knight's a great film!

Ruffalo: It's a pretty great film, but it's 'The Godfather', 'The Dark Knight'. There are few great films and they're great because they're great, you know. But [it's] amazing, raises the bar on anything, nothing could really touch it in that genre. And it's great filmmaking too.

Dude was awesome in Zodiac

I know who would do good for the part...Tommy Savas the office douche




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I am Jack's raging bile duct.

Billy Crudup if not Norton!

Mark Ruffles playing B. Banner? is this planet earth?

THIS GUY IS ANNOYING EVEN HE CAN ACT

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I will agree with him that TDK is overrated but then so's the godfather. They are both great in there own way but to label them the "be all end all" type of film is pushing it IMO. I've enjoyed both very much and that's where it stops for me. If i had to chose ONE film that i'd watch for all eternity, it would be neither of those two.

As for his "skills", personally i've never seen him pull off anything "great". To me, he has little to no screen presence and lacks passion tremendously. He has "nonchalant" written all over him and IMO, it's the last thing we need to make CBMs seem great. ESPECIALLY in regards to Hulk which i feel is a dying concept of a character. We need someone in love with that character to breath in new life through him if they ever want him to sell. And i feel that "passion" shows in the actor's performance in the end. Sure we're talking about a small part in the Avengers, but in the hearts of all CBMers, we think forward for a future sequel to TIH.

I guess it's one of the reasons i "like" Bale as Batman but i don't think he pulls it off as much as other performances of his. He doesn't seem to "invest" himself as much into the role of Batman as much as he did in the Machinist or American Psycho. Hell, i felt he was more invested in his small role of John Conner than both Batman films he headlined in. But to each's own.

I feel that to make a CBM really shine, we need actors that devote themselves with passion to the role they're playing. People that even though they might not be the physical doppelganger of the character straight from the books, make the role come alive on screen believably. People like Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Tom Jane, Robert Downey Jr. and yes, even Michael Keaton, who i feel lived for the role instead of seem to do it only for the paycheck. I'm not saying Bale plays Batman only for the paycheck but he hasn't convinced me otherwise. Then again, maybe he doesn't feel he has to. And maybe he's right. But for my own personal tastes, it matters & shows in the end result. I guess it's one of the reasons why i feel he rode the backseat in TDK and was pretty much outshined by everyone, even by Maggly.