Mark Ruffalo Sent Himself A Note To Help Leave His ‘Task’ Role Behind
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Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis in ‘Task.’ Peter Kramer/HBO Emmy and Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo is no stranger to playing roles that challenge him, but it’s also a challenge to return to the real world once the work is done. Playing Tom Brandis, a trauma-stricken FBI agent and former Catholic priest heading up a task force that is investigating a series of armed robberies, in Task was no exception. However, he has found a way to make that transition easier. “I literally send a note to myself, and it’s like, ‘When I wake up tomorrow, that’s it, we’re done. I’m signing out and I’m moving on,” Ruffalo explains over Zoom ahead of the HBO show’s finale. “You can’t spend seven months spending more time playing Tom Brandis than being myself. I’m in that guy’s shoes, his clothes, walking in his house, and saying his lines. My acting teacher, Stella Adler, used to say, ‘If something passes through your imagination, it becomes the truth, darling!” The journey that he has to go through was harder than I even thought it was going to be. It was so hard to live in that place that long.” “It was a lot of work, and the world’s heavy right now, and to add heavy on top of heavy is a risky proposition. I’m so happy that this show has become as popular as it has, considering what it’s about. I do think we’re craving a catharsis. We’re so divided, we’re so angry, and if we’re going to follow this idea that empathy is a psychosis or some disease, then we’re just left with so little grace and joy.” Task’s popularity has seen the seven-part crime drama stay riding high in the top ten on HBO Max since its debut in early September. Brad Ingelsby…
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