Director Todd Haynes recalls collaborating with Mark Ruffalo for 'Dark Waters'

The Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes reflected on his collaboration with Mark Ruffalo for the thriller film Dark Waters and said that the actor pushed him out of his comfort zone which led to the success of the movie reported DeadlineHaynes is currently serving as the President of the International Jury at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival He is known for his directorial ventures like Poison Safe Far From Heaven Carol and Dark Waters among othersThe director collaborated with the Avengers actor Mark Ruffalo for Dark Waters which also starred Ane Hathaway Tim Robbins Bill Camp and Victor Garber in the prominent rolesDuring a talk held in Berlins Hebbel am Ufer theatre Berlinale jury president Todd Haynes elaborated on how Mark Ruffalo was his creative spark after he bought him a careerchanging script of Dark Waters reported DeadlineMark Ruffalo came to me with an early draft of Dark Waters which was just so utterly unlike the kind of movies that Ive been associated with the sort of expose of a lawyer taking down and challenging criminal practices on a farm He didnt know how much I was an obsessive and passionate lover of the paranoia in this case and those exact stories werent listed as part of my work thenHaynes continued There are always going to be other pockets of desire and inspiration that arent necessarily the thing that people attach to you and the very fact that he came to me led us down a whole other fantastic path as quoted by DeadlineFurther during the talk the director also opened up about the films which kickstarted his directorial career in HollywoodI would like to preface this by saying that I think three films inaugurated my career and all three of them dealt with illness and pathology They are Superstar Poison and Safe and each film approaches those themes in very different ways said Haynes as quoted by DeadlineThe Poison filmmaker also talked about the influence of David Lynch in his early years of movie directionWhat was influencing me at that time was David Lynch and the ironic way he was inserting himself into the genre At the same time I was just trying to get a film of mine shown anywhereHaynes also recalled the early challenges he faced in the initial years of filmmaking for his content which followed an experimental narrativePeople would say We dont understand what youre doing here What is the story What is the tone The tonal question was one thing the narrative question was another And this was something that forged the creative alliance that Christine Vachon and I found in each other We met in college and started working to produce what we called experimental narrative and it was in this sort of spirit that we embarked on said Haynes as quoted by DeadlineHayness film Poison won the Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1991This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever