Mark Ruffalo's upcoming show is far from a light romp, but the six-episode miniseries, however serious and sad, also features two Mark Ruffalos, and that’s a big selling point
Photo: Getty Images Mark Ruffalo, a hot man with a preternatural talent for acting and an extravagant hatred of GMOs, is playing twins. This is my Normal People.
On HBO’s new TV adaptation of Wally Lamb’s best-selling 1998 book I Know This Much Is True, Ruffalo will depict twin brothers Thomas and Dominick Birdsey, one of whom has schizophrenia. It’s far from a light romp, but the six-episode miniseries, however serious and sad, also features two Mark Ruffalos, and that’s a big selling point for me. Not only two Ruffalos, but lots of them. Ruffalo told the New York Times on Thursday, “It’s 600 pages of dialogue. I was on every page.
This all sound like really excellent work. But as much as I enjoy prestige dramas about family turmoil, I do wish that there were simply a show called Two Mark Ruffalos, and we could all just enjoy that. A scene might go something like this:MARK RUFFALO 2 : I gotta agree.RUFFALO 2: Women do say that! Let’s grab a beer, get caught up on each other’s anti-fracking campaigns.RUFFALO 2: I’d love that, man.
RUFFALO 1: [Standing on the cold sidewalk of a Boston suburb with his hands in his pockets.] Mark, this is so huge, but it’s just a lot for me to take in. I tried … but … I can’t be who you want me to be.RUFFALO 1: [Stomping out his cigarette with comfortable shoes.] I’m just … a guy, you know.RUFFALO 1: [Also wearing glasses.] This has been one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Maybe now that he’s comfortable playing twins he’ll consider future projects in this vein. I’m open to all the angles.
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