Mark Ruffalo Slapped The ‘S— Out’ of Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo attend the Sony Pictures Classics TIFF celebration dinner during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival at Creme Brasserie on September 5, 2014 in Toronto, Canada.
Mark Ruffalo didn’t hold back when it came to slapping Channing Tatum when they were co-stars nearly ten years ago. As the actor appeared on Hot Ones ahead of the release of Poor Things, host Sean Evans asked him about the time he accidentally popped Tatum‘s eardrum on the set of Foxcatcher. The 2014 sports thriller starred the two actors as Olympic wrestlers Mark and David Schultz. Ruffalo played David, who was murdered in January 1996 by wealthy John du Pont (played by Steve Carell) after John recruited the brothers to help train them.
Ruffalo said in the Thursday (December 7) episode that Channing asked him to “slap the s— out of him,” something that was “easy to do” because he had “beaten the s— out of” the Hulk actor “so many times.” He recalled the two of them spent four months learning how to wrestle together.
The Magic Mike alum first told the popped eardrum story at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Foxcatcher‘s director, Bennett Miller, won the festival’s best director prize. Tatum said that at the time, his ear made a “screeching noise,” and he couldn’t hear anything. He added, “Eardrums heal, so I’m fine.” The film was nominated five times for Academy Awards, including Ruffalo as best supporting actor.
In his new film starring opposite Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, and Ramy Youssef, there was a lot of smacking on set. Dafoe told the New York Times recently he had Stone slap him across the face more than 20 times during the filming of one scene in which he doesn’t even appear on camera. Stone slaps his character, who is off-camera in the shot. But that didn’t stop Dafoe from wanting to be present on set even though he wasn’t required to be there. Poor Things premieres in theaters on Friday, December 8.
14 Actors Who Hated Their Own Movies
There are movies that we love and those we can’t stand. For the actors starring in these films, some are proud of the work they did, while others wish they didn’t sign up for certain projects. Actors of high and low status have regrets about the roles they’ve taken on during the course of their careers. Unfortunately for them, these movies will live on forever to haunt them. Some have openly bashed the films they starred in, while others have taken it in stride and made jokes about their poor choices. However, some of the movies on this list have become cult favorites, like the 2004 Catwoman movie Halle Berry starred in. Critics may have hated it, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of a low 8%, but it still gained a cult following. While appearing on What What Happens Live in 2017, the actress was asked to rate the movie and while laughing, she says, “100.”
Cult Followings
Another film that has a large cult following is the Twilight film franchise. Robert Pattinson starred as Edward Cullen, the brooding heartthrob vampire of every teenage girl’s fantasies during the late aughts. During the Twilight mania, Pattinson was overwhelmed by the intensity of it all, and his disinterest in the franchise was reflected in his press tour for the films. In a 2019 interview with USA Today, Pattinson revealed he has “very warm memories” since the mania died down. He told the publication, “People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It’s a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all, when it was very, very intense.” The actor also spoke highly of the film’s soundtrack. He said as he recently watched part of New Moon on TV. “It genuinely does have an incredibly good soundtrack. I completely forgot, but the soundtracks were quite ahead of their time.” The New Moon soundtrack featured artists like Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Lykke Li, Death Cab For Cutie, Muse, and The Killers.
Take a look below at which 14 actors hated the movies they starred in.
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
