Terry this is FRESH air.
I'm Terry Gross.
We're continuing our End of the Year series featuring a few of the 2024 interviews we particularly enjoyed.
On this episode, we have an interview with Mark Ruffalo.
This year he was nominated for an Oscar in the best supporting actor category for his role in the movie Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
He spoke with our producer Sam Brigger in February about that role and his career.
He here's Sam.
In Poor Things, Mark Ruffalo plays a character described in the movie as a cad and a rake.
His name is Duncan Wedderburn, and he seduces Emma Stone's character, Bella Baxter, to run away from her home and fiance and have an adventure with him in Lisbon.
Let's hear a scene.
You're a prisoner and I aim to free you.
Something in you, some hungry being hungry for experience, freedom, touch, see the unknown and know it.
So why am I here, you ask?
I'm going to Lisbon on Friday.
I'd like you to come.
Lisbon of Portugal, that is Lisbon I speak of God.
Never allow it.
That's why I'm not asking him.
I'm asking you.
Bella.