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    'I Know This Much Is True' Gets Called Out by PETA for Exploiting Monkey

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    The HBO drama series starring Mark Ruffalo has been urged to rethink the use of wild animals by the animal rights organization after it features a primate in two episodes.
    Jun 17, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The producers of Mark Ruffalo’s new HBO drama “I Know This Much Is True” have come under fire from animal rights activists for exploiting a monkey.
    Officials at PETA have fired off a letter to HBO chiefs urging them to rethink the use of animals after the ape featured in two episodes of the series following the network’s recent work with elephants in “Westworld”, a bear in “Silicon Valley”, a tiger in “Vice Principals”, and a lion in “The Leftovers”.
    PETA bosses are calling on the company’s executives to enact a policy against using wild animals.
    “Animals aren’t looking for their ’15 minutes of fame’ – in fact, they’re desperate to avoid it,” says PETA Senior Manager of Animals in Film and Television Lauren Thomasson. “HBO knows this much is true, and PETA is calling on the purportedly progressive network to stop exploiting animals who are typically caged and beaten into submission off set, and to use CGI instead.”

    PETA points out that primates, such as capuchin monkeys, who are used for film and television are “typically taken away from their mothers prematurely and are frequently denied adequate psychological and social stimulation, proper exercise, and the opportunity to engage in natural behavior”.
    “As a result, they often develop neurotic behavior patterns, such as pacing, rocking, swaying, cage-biting, and self-mutilation,” a statement reads. “Many suffer from debilitating loneliness and depression.”

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      Mark Ruffalo Spills What Robert Downey Jr. Told Him That Convinced Him to Take on The Hulk

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      The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ actor admits during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Tonight Show’ that he was afraid he could not make the role his own given his cinematic background.
      May 11, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Mark Ruffalo was hesitant to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as he wasn’t sure how he could make the role of “The Hulk” his own.
      The 52-year-old actor told Jimmy Fallon during “The Tonight Show” on Friday, May 08, that it was co-star Robert Downey Jr. who convinced him to accept the offer, admitting, “I was scared.”
      “I didn’t know what I could add to what I already thought had been done so well before me.”
      Explaining his hesitation, Mark revealed he was only doing “indie movies up ’til that point. So I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m the right person for this.’ And Joss Whedon’s like, ‘Yeah, you are the right person.’ ”
      “Then I got a call from Downey, it must’ve made it to him that I was hemming and hawing, and he just simply said, ‘Ruffalo, let’s go. We got this.’ In true ‘Iron Man’ fashion. And then after that, I was like, ‘I guess I have to do it.’ ”
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      The “Spotlight” star first appeared as The Hulk in 2012’s “The Avengers”, and most recently played the role, aka Dr. Bruce Banner, in “Avengers: Endgame”.

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      Mark Ruffalo Confirms He's In Talks to Join 'She-Hulk'

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      The Bruce Banner depicter reveals he is in early discussion to join the cast members of the upcoming superhero series and play a mentor to the new Hulk.
      Mar 4, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Mark Ruffalo is in preliminary talks to star in the new Disney+ show “She-Hulk”.
      Ruffalo revealed he’s discussed returning to his role as Bruce Banner during an appearance at the C2E2 convention in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, March 1, 2020, according to the SyFyWire website.
      “There’s some talk about it, but it’s all kind of preliminary,” Ruffalo told a fan who asked if he’d appear in the show. “It would be nice to see Banner, Hulk, Professor (or) somebody show up to help and to guide or be a gentle guiding presence of She-Hulk as a friend.”
      As for whether an appearance would include Banner/Hulk’s involvement with She-Hulk’s origin story in the comic books, in which Jennifer Walters, a cousin of Banner receives a Gamma-fuelled blood transfusion from him, Ruffalo said he thinks it likely.
      “I would think so, yeah,” Ruffalo said. “But I don’t have much control over that.”
      “She-Hulk” is currently in development with a cast and premiere date yet to be announced.
      The star also opened up about taking a role in a TV adaptation of Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning thriller “Parasite”.
      “I might be playing the father in Parasite on a television show,” he shared. “I would love to do it. We’re sort of waiting on the script and all that, but yeah, that’s pretty much true and in the works.”

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      Mark Ruffalo in Line to Take Lead Role on 'Parasite' TV Series

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      Director Bong Joon Ho has reportedly teamed up with fellow Oscar winner Adam McKay in developing a new five-to-six episode series which filming is expected to begin in 2021.
      Feb 11, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Mark Ruffalo has been tapped for a leading role in a new television spin-off of director Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning film “Parasite”.
      “The Avengers” actor watched from the audience as the filmmaker pick up four trophies, including one for Best Picture, at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday (February 09) and now he’s in line to star in a TV series adaptation for HBO network, according to multiple reports.
      Sources tell Collider director Bong is teaming with Adam McKay on the new five-to-six episode series, and Ruffalo has emerged as a frontrunner to star as one of the leads, although the exact details of the character he’ll be playing have yet to be revealed.
      The filmmaker, who made history at the Oscars as “Parasite” became the first foreign language film to win the Best Picture trophy, recently opened up about some of the ideas he may include in the TV series adaptation.
      “I had all these key ideas accumulated from when I started writing the script,” he told TheWrap. “I just couldn’t include all those ideas in the two-hour running time of the film, so they’re all stored in my iPad and my goal with this limited series is to create a six-hour-long film.”
      The “Parasite” series is expected to begin filming in 2021.

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