Mark Ruffalo is a vocal supporter of Palestine. The implication is that expressing support for a free Palestine gets you sidelined by Hollywood. He is also vocally against Trump and ICE.
I’m sure some people out there will also draw some antisemetic conspiratorial conclusions from that as well, i.e. “Jews control the media” which, no. It’s just that Israel as a country has certainly had undue economic influence over American politics and entertainment via lobbying interests. (Just ask the Scream cast over at Paramount)
In reality though he was just filming another project at the time.
I’d also note that Jon Bernthal, who has vocalized support for the IDF and Israel, was present for the press tour. Which doesn’t help.
Edit: This is an Explain subreddit. This is what I am interpreting the post to be implying. Some of the replies so far are giving “So you hate waffles?” haha
Oh yeah, putting Tom & Mark together in an interview alone would be a potential spoiler goldmine.
Regardless of Mark being very open & vocal about his political beliefs, this is just as likely a reason to not put the two on a press tour together. These interviews are almost always one on one or one on two. Every time Mark & Tom do an interview together, they'd need at least 3 so they can't get lost in spoiler-filled banter.
Some, sure . And some were not, like the time he joked with an audience that he was still alive! Except that audience was about to watch Infinity War and he just spoiled that he died to them.
They try to put Tom with people who keep him from spoiling anything. If he’s doing an interview with a costar he’s pretty good about not spoiling anything. Unless that costar is Mark Ruffalo.
Tom Holland was allowed to "leak"/"spoil" the things he did. That guy doesn't do anything that isn't curated and OK'd by the studio when it comes to press/interviews.
Ruffalo was well known for spilling the beans long before Spider-Man came to the MCU
Pretty sure tom holland never spoiled anything too important. Mark ruffalo literally spoiled one of the biggest moments in the mcu (infinity wars ending)
Most of the time those promo interviews are scripted AF and they're still acting and delivering lines. Leaks are almost always intentional to generate buzz.
My understanding is the the only reason he wasnt involved is because hes filming another movie* right now and didnt have the time. Its easy to blame it on the implications but I think if any of that were true he would have a much smaller part in the movie
This was filmed production started two years ago. A lot can happen inbetween. It’s easier to exclude from pre movie press tours than it is to scrap a script and parts of a movie which have already been shot etc.
It's also wrong. Ruffalo is filming season 2 of Task right now which is why he's unavailable to do media. It really is that simple and everything else is just tinfoil hat theories.
It's more likely bec Ruffalo was booked doing another show during the promotional campaign for the movie, but people do love to draw lines
Edit: I believe he was filming the show Task at the time
Confused, most people (should I say actors/actresses) in Hollywood are against Trump and ICE, but since he supports Palestine they black list him? Just confused…
Exactly lmao. He's a bro dude through and through and appeals to the kinds of dudes who put punisher skulls on their car and watch those military bro podcasts with SF guys. That's his demo. (not understanding Frank Castle exists in opposition to those types of dudes and would probably spit in their face)
My brother in law loves to lament that RATM is "now Rage in favor of the Machine" because when he grew up listening to their music, he never learned or understood a single lyric of theirs, and now he's mad about it
Conservatives got mad at Colbert for "going woke" once he dropped his conservative satire act, completely oblivious of the point of his character. They watched The Colbert Report and thought his jokes was telling it how it is.
I was and remain so sad the Colbert Report went off the air. That was the best satire of my lifetime. I don't know if there will ever be anything like that on cable TV again, probably not.
For Colbert it was a career upgrade to go to the Late Show but for us it was a downgrade to go from intelligent thought-provoking humor to run of the mill latenight monologues.
I still am happy for him and I think I understand why he did what he did. He is a good dude.
The recent season of Daredevil is a very direct criticism of police idolization of him as well. He's the kind of "hero" Rorschach was a criticism of in Watchmen. Then again, chuds hold Rorschach at high regard too.
Only thing I've seen is the cop tweet. Where's this source for supporting Israel and IDF? Dead internet theory is real. Bots can just exclaim bs and other bots join in, creating a chain of echo chambers with unverified sources. Scary world
He platformed an IDF soldier on his podcast and praised him for his bravery and shit. He signed the “no hostage left behind” letter, repeated debunked Israeli propaganda, and—unlike his pro-Palestinian costar, mark ruffalo—has coverage on the press tour. These aren’t baseless allegations, no matter how bad you want them to be
Man I could have sworn there was an interview after he first did Punisher where he talked shit about the cops wearing the logo and all that and he seemed cool. But now I'm wondering if I mixed him up with someone else.
Your not confusing him, he has said many times cops who wear punisher symbols missed the point and that Frank Castle is not an ok person. Reddit just jumps at any chance to degrade anyone who might support Israel.
He has also said that he supports cops who wear the punisher logo because he thinks it’s cool that people in uniform can see themselves in the character.
Quite frankly, this is always the extent of what it is whenever Reddit claims someone famous to be a "Zionist". That term is thrown around far too liberally. We need to do better.
Also something about signing a letter “No hostage’s left behind” in 2023 to Israel. I don’t really think that implies he loves Israel or is some Zionist, but I haven’t read the letter.
In honesty, from what I’ve seen, I think it’s overblown. I could be wrong though, I may have just missed something.
Edit: i was curious so I read the letter. IMO, it reads as simple human decency, but form your own opinions:
Dear President Biden,
We are heartened by Friday's release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan and by today's release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity.
But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people, including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death. They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered - women raped, families burned alive, and infants beheaded.
Thank you for your unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people, who have been terrorized by Hamas since the group's founding over 35 years ago, and for the Palestinians, who have also been terrorized, oppressed, and victimized by Hamas for the last 17 years that the group has been governing Gaza.
We all want the same thing: Freedom for Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace. Freedom from the brutal violence spread by Hamas. And most urgently, in this moment, freedom for the hostages.
We urge everyone to not rest until all hostages are released. No hostage can be left behind. Whether American, Argentinian, Australian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Eritrean, Filipino, French, German, Indian, Israeli, Italian, Kazakh, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, South African, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbekistani or otherwise, we need to bring them home.
I'm no fan of Israel, but it's insane how many times I hear about a celebrity being a "Zionist" only to research and find out that they simply expressed support for the victims of 10/7.
Wait until you hear that Lady Gaga is a "zionist" for having played there in 2014 and saying it was a "beautiful place". And then dedicating constant messages at her shows to free palestine for years. Or how Radiohead are "zionists" because they released statements that were too lukewarm for the lynchmob. Also how bernie sanders is a "zionist" after introducing legislation to bar arms sales to israel. this stupid list is too long and making me lose hope in humanity the more examples i think about.
It’s actually crazy. I also feel the need to justify that I’m not some religious fanatic and I despise Trump before saying the more extreme left has become wholly intolerant of Jews as a collective.
Nah, they’re just suckers who heard ‘bernethal praised Israeli soldier’ and stopped thinking. What they’re opposing doesn’t speak specifically to their beliefs because they don’t even know what it is.
The dumbest part is: the podcast was specifically about the Oct 7 attacks and what the soldier did during it (and was a month after they happened, before Israel’s response clearly swung into ‘disproportionate’) It’s not even like he was talking to someone about participating in Palestinian oppression.
What's also interesting to me is that he grew up going to Quaker schools in the DC area and has expressed a lot of adherence to the tenets of the faith and their approach to conflict resolution, and how he used boxing as a method to deal with anger, etc. I wonder how much of peoples' opinions about him are shaped by the characters he typically plays.
There is a little bit of "talked to a Zionist, therefore now a Zionist" math that people do. Not a great way to judge someone who has not themselves expressed those views.
Especially on social media. Juice box emojis everywhere. Someone has a big nose? Zionist. A sign outside a kanye show drawing a circle and strikethrough of the star of david? Most upvoted comment was "he's saying things others are too afraid to say". And then the whole conversation is about "zionism" even though there's not a single mention of israel in the convo. When Zohran was going after landlords in NYC, what GIFs appeared everywhere? Hasidic jews, and constant yelling of ZIONIST, even though it has nothing to do with landlords in NYC. But I'm not fun at parties so I get to be gaslit
The other one that's also everywhere is the "that ______ was promised to him 3,000 years ago" that is under just about any social media post that even alludes to anything involving jews
FR! that was on the landlord posts too. And it's so stupid, because that generic comment wades into some historical argument that none of us are qualified to actually make. And it implies that because jews had been removed from the land so long ago that there is no reason for them to expect land rights coming back. Ok, let's say i accept that without alteration. Then why would native americans be entitled to any land? both groups were kicked out, the diaspora was not voluntary. But of course, this level of cognitive flexibility is outside the grasp of your average... i dont' even know what to call them. anti-zionists? i'm an anti-zionist. progressives? liberals? i thought i was those things? what am i and what are they? just assholes i guess
I mean, Jon is probably the accurate the third most of screen time in this movie behind Tom and Zendaya. Ruffalo might be like number six or seven? He was pretty much in just two scenes.
Man, it’s so liberating not giving a shit what actors’ political opinions are; I get to enjoy the work of both actors without seething about the fact that I disagree with one or both of their opinions.
Mark Ruffalo is currently in south eastern Pennsylvania filming the second season of "Task." He was nominated for an Emmy for the first season of "Task." He seems not to be blacklisted at all.
Ruffalo is so committed and decent that it probably wouldn't matter at all to him if he were. He has repeatedly stated that he doesn't even stay friendly with people who support genocide, because it is a terrible moral failing (which it is).
Somewhere along the way, we as a society forgot that "correlation doesn't mean causation" and leaped to all sorts of conspiratorial thinking by default.
Ruffalo great actor though, and I can't wait for more Task!
Humans have been making up and exaggerating shit they know nothing about literally forever. Look at religions. This isn't a novel, new thing. Gossip, fiction, and lying is as old as communication.
We weren't some benevolent species that only sought truth. Ever.
Meanwhile, the real reason is probably because the Hulk isn't really a massive character in a Spiderman Movie?
I mean, I don't keep up on all the comic book movie spam Hollywood shits out, but I'd assume they'd have whoever is playing Spiderman (and also the leading female role, if there is one) do most of the promotional spots.
Thank you. We’re talking about a character that’s in 2 separate parts for a total of maybe 20 minutes in the whole movie ( I’m being generous) versus for all intents and purposes the main secondary character whose throughout the entire film. Honestly was a great punisher piece of media.
I think, culturally, it’s time for us to make a clear distinction between “the Jews” and the terrorist state that is the Israeli Government.
I’m sick to death of hearing the word “anti-semitism” thrown around when we aren’t talking about your fucking ass, random Jewish guy. If I don’t like you, it’s because you personally are a fucking asshole. The Israeli Government, on the other hand, can suck a massive turd, collectively.
Ehh, he brought a soldier onto his podcast in late 2023 to talk about the attacks from Hamas a month earlier. That’s really not the same thing as continuing to support them, like, now, after their response has been so plainly beyond acceptable.
You really should try to find context before blacklisting people.
It's not just "Israel as a country", it's Zionist Jewish American billionaires like Bill Ackman spending millions to actively silence/dox/report to ICE (through Canary Mission) any and all critics of Israel. Their reach extends far beyond lobbying. They have paid counter protesters in California, they have paid private security to support local law enforcement in NYC to get the pro Palestine university encampments and so on.
Might also want to add to the list of atrocities he wants; indigenous land protection, water rights for all, and ending slavery. Just this horrible person who thinks humans should have food rights ...
Jon Bernthal, who has vocalized support for the IDF and Israel,
Eeesh. I've looked this up and it's very disappointing. TBH I give a lot of Jewish celebrities a certain amount of slack over their politics because, frankly, they are often raised in a culture that presents things as one-sided, and I can usually see they are well-intentioned people whose compassion has been weaponised. I could forgive the odd open letter in support of Israel, because as Seth Rogen said on Maron, you are pumped full of propaganda. Even so, this is a little off-putting and it leaves a bad taste.
Bro(ette), this is the internet, if you say you love burgers, of course you can only hate hot dogs.
Your explanation makes total sense, including the note about how Mark was busy (which does not exclude the other possibility for his absence, of course).
Just to add, Ruffalo has come out and basically said he wants nothing to do with Israel supporters, so I wouldn't be totally surprised if he also stepped back from events with the likes of folks like Bernthal
Good reading on this. My intial thought was that Mark has said recently he won’t talk to people who don’t see this as a genocide and are okay with murdered kids, and so the implication was that someone or someone’s on the promo tour are pro-Israel.
This also makes a lot of sense, and is likely the intention.
Bernthal can eat an entire platter of dicks. I say his statement that he had dedicated his performance of the fucking punisher to first responder police. Shocker he completely missed the point of his character, and his god damn performance in that movie.
I fucking hate that israel is seen as the authority on Jews and claims to speak for ALL Jews because it's not "Jews control the media" it's "israel controls the media, they just HAPPEN to have a lot of Jews." Nothing has created more real world antisemitism than israel claiming they represent Jews as a whole while they commit atrocity after atrocity.
Majority of hollyweird is against Trump, that doesn't mean shit. Now being a supporter or Palestine goes against Hollywood so that does mean something.
Jews don’t control the media, but Jews established the media industry and when they initially began migrating to the U.S., and the movie industry has a large number of Jews working within the industry, and their bias comes through their media.
It’s not a conspiracy. It’s not a racial thing. It’s just happenstance with an immigrant population that got in on the ground floor when the industry and movie technology was coming over from Europe.
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u/ATangentUniverse Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
Mark Ruffalo is a vocal supporter of Palestine. The implication is that expressing support for a free Palestine gets you sidelined by Hollywood. He is also vocally against Trump and ICE.
I’m sure some people out there will also draw some antisemetic conspiratorial conclusions from that as well, i.e. “Jews control the media” which, no. It’s just that Israel as a country has certainly had undue economic influence over American politics and entertainment via lobbying interests. (Just ask the Scream cast over at Paramount)
In reality though he was just filming another project at the time.
I’d also note that Jon Bernthal, who has vocalized support for the IDF and Israel, was present for the press tour. Which doesn’t help.
Edit: This is an Explain subreddit. This is what I am interpreting the post to be implying. Some of the replies so far are giving “So you hate waffles?” haha