Mark Ruffalo recognizes himself in the masculine character he has in the new series I Know This Much Is True plays. The American actor himself grew up in a masculine family, he says in an interview NRC.
“It’s a world I understand, the working class I grew up in,” said Ruffalo, 52, who has been seen as the superhero character Hulk in recent years.
Ruffalo plays an Italian-American house painter who also cares for his schizophrenic twin brother.
“I am a second generation Italian migrant, my father was a painter in the construction industry, just like the rest of his family. The Italian-American family dynamics, but also the masculinity that we got as Italian-American men, is completely separated in this story taken and studied. It felt real and genuine. “
“A pandemic removes all distractions from the outside”
In I Know This Much Is TrueAn American-Italian family is central, which will be broadcast by the American channel HBO and which has been broadcast on Ziggo in the Netherlands since April 28. During the corona crisis, Ruffalo felt how strongly family ties can weigh on one’s own existence.
“A pandemic removes all distractions from the outside. For many people, this means that they have been stuck with family members for weeks now. That can be very nice, but it can also be challenging. Strangers can hide things, but family cannot.”
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