Ruffalo said "Blue Valentine" director Derek Cianfrance tried and failed to cast him in "Blue Valentine" in a role eventually played by Ryan Gosling, reports variety.com.
He missed out on the role of Dean Pereira that Gosling portrayed opposite Michelle Williams' Cindy Heller.Gosling got a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for the role in the hit movie.
Ruffalo opened up about losing the role while talking about his new HBO mini-series "I Know This Much Is True", which is directed by Cianfrance.
A post shared by (@markruffalo) on Mar 1, 2020 at 6:00pm PST He got Cianfrance on board to write and direct all six episodes saying that his "rough and holy" style would be "an ideal fit" for the blue-collar story based
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