Playful role sends Mark Ruffalo back to his roots

Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, Mark Ruffalo talks to Lucy Allen about his brilliantly-played character, Duncan Wedderburn, in ‘Poor Things’, looks back on his career to date, and talks openly about his brain tumour diagnosis

Mark Ruffalo. Photo: AP/Chris Pizzello

Q: Congratulations on ‘Poor Things’, what a character. He’s so horrible! Were you nervous about taking him on?

A: Yeah, I had never done anything quite like that. I mean, I was skating around it but never had done an accent like that, I hadn’t done a period piece.