Robert Downey Jr. salutes ‘bangable’ Mark Ruffalo for wearing ‘a– pad’ in ‘Poor Things’ nude scene

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Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series. In a wide-ranging conversation, the duo spoke about the movie-making measures Ruffalo took to pull off a thicker physique in his latest film, “Poor Things.”“Do you know I had an a– pad in?” Ruffalo, 56, asked Robert Downey Jr., 58, about his commitment to the role. “My legs were, like, four inches bigger,” he continued. “My calf was four [inches].

He [director Yorgos Lanthimos] really wanted the silhouette. So I was wearing a corset with shoulder pads, so I was so squeezed in.”“Poor Things” is a period fantasy comedy also starring Emma Stone who portrays a woman who is brought back to life by a scientist and runs off with a lawyer (Ruffalo).

But the extra padding seems tame compared to the other details of Ruffalo’s costumes. “It was even more extreme. [Lanthimos] wanted me to look like a bird, so I had this whole built-out chest piece that never made it because it was just too much,” he explained. “But the big a– pads, the leg pads, the thigh pads, the calf pads, those were all playing.

So when you look at that and you’re like, ‘Wow, he looks great’ — now you know, I was just wearing what the Avengers wear, but underneath my clothes,” the “Hulk” star told the “Iron Man.” Not only did Ruffalo add extra lawyers for “Poor Things,” he also got naked for the film’s steamy sex scene.“I was like, ‘Do I have to?’ All I can hear is, ‘Nobody wants to see your old a– anymore.