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Ruffalo Wants To Get Rumpled For ‘Columbo’

Mark Ruffalo

He embraced the big green angry one for THE AVENGERS franchise, but it appears Mark Ruffalo has his sights on a lower key character for the future. Taking to Twitter, he has addressed rumours about a forthcoming COLUMBO movie with a decidedly non-non-committal response:

Though he’s shown a lack of detective work in the spelling of screenwriter Ed Solomon (who wrote NOW YOU SEE ME featuring Ruffalo), the prospect of the legendary shambolic snoop being resurrected with a respected name is a bewildering yet enticing one. Forever associated with the late Peter Falk, the franchise has been routinely prodded with a stick over the past decade since ending in 2003. The A-Team star Dirk Benedict recently took the part in a stage production of 1962’s introductory play Prescription Murder and House MD‘s Hugh Laurie was reportedly in talks to front a new TV version.

As a big Columbo fan I have mixed feelings, but as the show regularly used a feature-length format and the basic traits of the role could be transferred to another gifted actor I’m not too worried about how this might turn out. Ruffalo could well be aggravating the great and good of LA before the year is out.

If you’re waiting for me to get a “Just One More Thing” pun in, you’ll be disappointed.

Source: Twitter, Empire

Steve is a journalist and comedian who enjoys American movies of the 70s, Amicus horror compendiums, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Naomi Watts and sitting down. His short fiction has been published as part of the Iris Wildthyme range from Obverse Books.

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